Category: Food

Blondies, the Perfect Sweet Treat for a Crowd

Think of blondies as cousins to brownies. They are flavored with brown sugar and studded with creamy white chocolate chips. Like brownies, blondies are typically made in a baking pan and cut into squares when cool. Baking them in a muffin tin dramatically cuts down the baking and cooling time — ­so you get blondies…


Grocery Store Inflation Soars at Fastest Pace in 43 Years

Inflation continues to pinch Americans’ wallets and poses a political dilemma for President Joe Biden, with consumers feeling the pain, especially in the cost of food bought in supermarkets and grocery stores. While America’s overall annual inflation rate came in at 8.3 percent in August, according to Sept. 13 data from the Bureau of Labor…


This Pork Chile Verde Is the Best Thing to Cook With Tomatillos

Pity the misfit tomatillo, also known as the Mexican husk tomato. Most cooks don’t know what to do with that swaddled orb that looks like a paper lantern and tastes like some underripe fruit. Green salsa is the most common application, but I usually prefer tomato salsa, in part because tomatillos can be a bit…


Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Muffins Usher in the Autumn Season

I first tasted these heavenly muffins at the Downtown Bakery and Creamery in Healdsburg, California. More like a cake than a muffin texture, these are really easy to make. When autumn comes around, I love to make these with kids who really have fun rolling them in cinnamon sugar. These sweet nuggets remind me of the regular cinnamon…


Cauliflower Soup Recipe, With Purple Peppers And Cashew Cream

This soup was a special request from a friend who ate a cauliflower soup I made a few years ago. One fine day she sent me a photograph of my cauliflower soup and said they had tried to make cauliflower soup over the years, but it was never as good as mine. And could I…


Cinnamon Apples Taste Like Warm Apple Pie Filling

Cinnamon apples prepared on the stovetop are so simple to make, yet so incredibly delicious. They taste like a warm apple pie filling that can be used in such a wide variety of ways, from breakfast all the way through dinner and dessert. My favorite way to enjoy cinnamon apples has always been to spoon…


One-Pot Pasta for the Whole Family

This one-pot pasta with tangy tomato-basil sauce is a fast and easy weeknight dinner. All of your ingredients go into one pot, and with a bit of stirring and about 25 minutes, you’ll have a healthy dinner the whole family will enjoy. One-Pot Tomato Basil Pasta Serves 4 Active Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 25…


Southwestern Corn Chowder

I think of this corn chowder from my new cookbook as a summer-into-fall soup, perfect for when the nights turn cooler and you’re looking for new and interesting ways to use up the last corn of the season. Blending some of the kernels with the broth gives the soup a sweet corn flavor and lightly creamy texture….


What Is a Dumpling? It’s More Complicated Than You Think

By Jenn Harris From Los Angeles Times Los Angeles–What is a dumpling? That’s the question I posed to dozens of chefs and other experts over the last year on my quest to understand one of the world’s most beloved, pervasive foods. “Technically, a spring roll is a dumpling,” chef Shirley Chung says during a recent…


How to Eat a Soup Dumpling

By Jenn Harris From Los Angeles Times We’ve all seen it happen. The steamer basket of xiao long bao arrives at the table. Your one friend with no patience reaches in, scoops up a dumpling and eagerly plops the entire thing into his mouth. Scalding hot soup squirts from the dumpling, injuring your friend and…