Tag: Cooking and Cookbooks

When Egg-in-a-Hole Meets Savory French Toast

Hybrid dishes run the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous. For every Cronut and brookie bringing delight,…

Fried Shallots Should Always Be in Your Pantry

As a line cook in the early 2000s, I learned exactly how addicting fried shallots can be: If,…

Clam Dip, but a Little Hot and Spicy

Most of the time, canned clams are a fallback measure, something to reach for when you’re craving spaghetti…

Rescuing Ukrainian Family Recipes

Food memories from childhood summers tend to stick. Olga Koutseridi, a graduate student adviser at the University of…

What to See Now in France’s Loire Valley

On my last prepandemic trip to the Loire Valley, in 2018, I found myself in a familiar place.Ten…

Sheet-Pan Roast Chicken With Rhubarb

Of all the edible heralds of spring, rhubarb may be the rosiest — and the most sour. After…

Things to Do in Rome 2022: Restaurants, Attractions and More

With masking and vaccination requirements largely dropped in Italy and summer approaching, crowds of travelers have begun to…

24 Recipes That Make the Most of Eggs

It can be difficult to get Quentin Compson — my 10-year-old, wire-haired rescue dog — to rise from…

A Fresh Spring Meal for Wild Salmon Season

The spring awakening is upon us. At the market, asparagus is showing up, along with leafy young turnips…

Seeking Spring Comfort? Try This Buttery, Vegetable-Topped Polenta.

Comfort food can take different forms. At its most heartfelt, it’s those childhood tastes that resonate emotionally: a…

At Anchor Oyster Bar, Cioppino This Good Can’t Be a Cliché

Dungeness crab season is shorter and more delicate than it used to be — this past year, the…

What My Mother’s Cooking Taught Me

Whenever I slice and sauté onions, I think of my mother.No, she did not make me cry, but…