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How to make light, chewy, flavor-packed flour tortillas at home

Proficiency in Italian and counted cross-stitch are two things I thought I might learn during quarantine. I don’t know what happened to all those months, but I can’t speak Italian and I have...

DATE: Oct 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

This reliable jam recipe will let you savor the best berries and stone fruit year-round

These glorious months of raspberries and peaches, blackberries, plums and nectarines inevitably lead me to making jam. I can’t leave a farmers market without pounds of ripe fruit destined fo...

DATE: Aug 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

This classy combo of steamed leeks and soft-yolked eggs is so French and so ready for spring

French bistro salads are legendary, and for good reason. They celebrate the ingredients, are dressed well in advance and are served at room temperature. In a favorite Parisian caf...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

The easygoing, savory, make-ahead way to feed a crowd: Stratas

When someone offers to bring a casserole to a party, I’ll admit to conjuring weary images of canned soup and mushy vegetables. Yet because that sort of dish is a perfectly sensible solution ...

DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Give DIY (distill-it-yourself) vermouth a try

When I travel, I am inclined to collect foodstuffs. I scour grocery stores looking for snacks and candy, and gather honeys and mustards from markets. A few years ago, I hauled a gallon of ol...

DATE: Sep 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

I bake for dogs, and they eat it up

Puppy season kicked off last month, with posts on social media and a flood of photographs and videos filling up my feed. My friends and their friends, and, it seems like everyone else’s frie...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

These cherry pies are buttery, crispy and tart - and they fit in the palm of your hand

Food memories are funny. While I remember distinctly the very first time I tasted a fried pie, I find I can’t really recall its flavor, texture or any particulars. More, I remember my brain ...

DATE: Jul 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

All hail kolaches, the buns of Texas (and beyond)

Kolaches are Czech-born, Texas-favorite soft rolls with a satisfyingly sunken patch of filling. Ask almost anyone from the Lone Star State whether they know about kolache (co-LAHCH) and be p...

DATE: Mar 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Summer’s corniest treat makes a pretty cool ice cream sandwich, too

Lolling in front of the air conditioner and wishing for Snowmageddon is one way to beat the heat. For me, the only sensible response is ice cream – specifically and most recently, the corn i...

DATE: Aug 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

For slaws with staying power and no leftovers, go cabbage-free

When it comes to picnic and potluck contributions, almost everyone welcomes coleslaw. So, why is it that what lands on the table is often store-bought? I contend the fault lies en...

DATE: Jun 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Make the Frito Pie that keeps on giving

Scissor open a snack-size bag of corn chips, spoon in chili, cheese and sour cream and you have a walking taco, a.k.a. Frito Pie. The birthplace of this personal meal in a bag is unclear – p...

DATE: Feb 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

One flexible cracker dough, so many possibilities

For your next party, skip the box and make your own

DATE: Oct 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food