Thai iced tea is one of several simple creations that use sweetened condensed milk.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post The iced tea was especially crucial on long summer afternoons at home with my…
These books sometimes argue with each other, too, which only heightens the pleasure of flipping from one volume to another. Dominique Crenn, the three-Michelin-star chef behind Atelier Crenn in San…
Each of the everybody’s-making-it dishes that popped up this year spoke to our hungers – for sustenance, maybe, for comfort, for inspiration or just for novelty. Even if we didn’t…
When budgets are tight, 550 meals help brighten Christmas
Alexis Saghie started Farm to Fingers after COVID-19 brought her home
I set myself the goal of figuring out a dinner for four that felt 100% holiday-worthy, but cost just three Andrew Jacksons. I hope you’ll agree there is nothing about…
Figs With Goat Cheese, Pistachios and Mint. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post.du1-i-syn That moment sealed the deal, making this my official, go-to holiday party contribution.…
Escalante Middle prepares 50 meals for families; DHS cafeteria hub for assembling 1,050 food bags
Ginger Gold is a perennial favorite, but FYI, for that teeth-pulling delight, I haven’t found an apple firmer than an Arkansas Black. Along with everything else, farmers markets are different…
Soybeans are unloaded into a truck during a harvest March 7 in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.Patricia Monteiro/Bloomberg Nestle SA, Unilever, McDonald’s Corp., Walmart Inc., Tesco…
Walnut and Five-Spice Thumbprint Cookies.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post From ingredient shortages and reduced grocery runs to the crushing, simultaneous weight of a global pandemic and contentious election, so much has left…
While we love our silicone baking mats for other projects, they can be problematic with cookies, especially butter-based doughs, by causing them to spread too much. Parchment is a safer…
Store owner plans to gift 250 care packages with dry goods
Onions, shallots, scallions and leeks are mostly interchangeable in recipes. Here’s how to use what you have.
Frozen shrimp imported from an Ecuadorian company was banned for one week on Tuesday in a continuing series of such temporary bans. While experts say the virus can survive for…
Douglas Fir Fettuccine Alfredo.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post If I have dry pasta on hand, I toss that into a boiling pot. But rolling out fettuccine noodles is the only kind of…
‘This is the biggest event we’ve ever done’
Thanksgiving feasts have typically been tailored for a crowd: big birds, large casseroles and so on. Your favorite recipes might serve 10 or more. But from turkey breasts to muffin-tin…
Thanksgiving Leftovers Turkey Po’ Boy.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post One of my Thanksgiving traditions has been to join the long line at Parkway Bakery & Tavern in my hometown of New Orleans…
A turkey breast is just the right size for a more compact holiday celebration.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post But, no matter the format, in most homes there will be turkey on the…
Host/chef Marcus Samuelsson participates in PBS’s “No Passport Required” and “South By Somewhere” panel at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in 2019 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Samuelsson is…
Za’atar, the Middle Eastern spice blend, adds a layer of herbaceousness to Cacio e Pepe, the simple and classic Italian pasta of cheese and black pepper.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post There is…
Property owner plans to sell a chunk of land, keep remainder as is
Researchers looked at five types of broad fixes to the food system and calculated how much they fight warming. They found that sampling a buffet of partial fixes for all…
Like a neighborhood butcher shop, which can special order hard-to-find cuts of meat and offal, butchers and meat cutters at national and regional grocery chains can help you find specific…
Mention apple sharlotka to a Soviet expat old enough to remember the Brezhnev years, and you won’t escape a dreamy mention of the famed Antonovka apples and their superiority to…
Tortilla Egg Wraps.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post I was watching Hussain on her Netflix series, “Time to Eat,” where she showcases what her companion book’s subtitle calls “delicious meals for busy lives.”…
How to choose and use lentils, the tiny protein-packed powerhouses.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post People tend to associate the tiny pulse with dark brown, mushy and bland soups, says cookbook author Crescent…
Fun times. This Halloween, select Burger King restaurants in Denmark and Sweden will resurrect the old horror trope while twisting the knife in the competition. For diners who dare, they…
New African eatery also getting into catering business
