Tag: Cooking and Cookbooks
18 Recipes You Should Learn by Heart
Everyone has one or two — or 20! — recipes that they know by heart. Perhaps, at first,…
A Cookies-and-Cream Pavlova That’s Full of Nostalgia
In 1905, the prima ballerina Anna Pavlova premiered a solo ballet created just for her, “The Dying Swan,”…
A Streamlined Spring Risotto With Chard and Pancetta
The day I found out that I didn’t have to stand over the risotto pot, stirring constantly with…
Leeks and Fish Get a Lift From a Tangy Salsa Verde
I never appreciated leeks as a vegetable — as opposed to an aromatic — until I ate them…
How to Turn Any Vegetable Into Pasta Sauce
Think about all the ways tomatoes become pasta sauce — cherry tomatoes blister for a pasta salad, whole…
The Most Flavorful Easter Ham Starts on the Stove
At the chef Gabriel Kreuther’s New York City restaurant, reclaimed wood beams ringing the dining room evoke the…
Black American Jews Share Their Passover Traditions
According to a 2021 report from the Pew Research Center, there are about 5.8 million Jewish adults in…
A Matzo-Based Brittle for the Modern Age
Like so many others, I, for years, drizzled chocolate over matzo for my children at Passover, so I…
15 Recipes for Observing Ramadan
With the holiest month in the Islamic calendar right around the corner, plans for suhoor and iftar meals,…
Qatayef, a Dessert That Sweetens Ramadan
Mohammad Ahmed Mattour has been running Halawiyat Al-Bustan, one of the most famous pastry shops in Ramallah, in…
A Fast, Frugal Track to Culinary School? Community College.
HAVERHILL, Mass. — The students all wore white chef coats, houndstooth pants and short toques as they tasted…
How Emily Nunn Turned Salad Into a Soapbox
ATLANTA — Emily Nunn won’t drive on the freeways here, so it can take 45 minutes to get…