Category: Food

Stuffed Acorn Squash

Believe it or not, the crisp fall season is right around the corner and before its arrival you’ll want to have plenty of recipes locked and loaded. This stuffed acorn squash is packed with autumnal flavors and it’s delicious. Serving a colorful and creative dish is one easy way to turn dinner at home into a restaurant experience….


How to Make Chai

Similar to how drinking coffee is a cornerstone of American culture, chai is served in India as a morning caffeine boost, an afternoon pick-me-up and even a cozy drink to cap off the day. And much like you can find coffee shops and carts in America, in India, ambitious young chai wallahs sell piping hot glasses of chai in the…


Easy Grilled Zucchini

When it comes to grilling, the first thing you might think about is grilling chicken, burgers and other meats. One of the best parts of the grill, though, is that you can cook an entire meal over the heated grates. Crispy, seared veggies on the side? Yes, please. Grilled zucchini is one of the easiest vegetables…


Fresh Salsa with Tomatoes and Black Beans

Making your own fresh salsa from home is easy. Whether you’re using fresh ingredients from your garden or buying them from the grocery store, this refreshing appetizer takes just 15 minutes to prepare. If you want the tomatoes and black beans to really marinate, it’s best to let it sit in the refrigerator over night. Regardless of how long…


Bread Pudding With Bananas and Cherries

Though cherry season has mostly come to an end, there are still plenty of cherry recipes to make before summer comes to an official close. As temperatures begin to drop, what better way to welcome the transition into fall than with a fresh baked bread pudding with bananas and cherries? For this recipe, you’ll need to visit your…


The Silken Spirit of Greece: Metaxa

In late spring on the Greek island of Samos, the gnarly vines claw their way out of the sun-scorched, stony soil on Mount Ambelos. Their branches, twisted, low-lying, and braced against sea-salt winds, hold up precious clusters of small, gold-green muscat grapes that have made this tiny isle in the North Aegean—just 27 miles long…


Quick Chicken Ramen

If you’re tired of the same old weeknight dinner recipes, there are plenty of ways to bring food from all over the world straight to your dinner table. This chicken ramen dish can be made in less than one hour right from the comfort of your home. The Japanese-inspired cuisine is traditionally made with noodles, some sort of meat, soy…


How to Make Cold Brew

Visiting coffee shops every day can be fun until you get to the register and have to pick something from the menu. There are so many types of brewing methods for coffee and various types of espresso drinks, that it might be hard to figure out what makes them all different. Isn’t cold brew just a fancy…


Corn Dogs and Cake Pops: How Fair Food Favorites Ended Up On a Stick

As hard as it may be to imagine any state fair, carnival, theme park or baseball game without the classic corn dog, there was a time society functioned without this classic snack. You can trace America’s anything-on-a-stick obsession back to July 5, 1927, when a U.S. inventor named Stanley S. Jenkins filed a patent for a “Combined Dipping, Cooking, and Article Holding Apparatus.” Jenkins…


Swedish Meatballs

Why I Love This Meal: Pantry Ingredients – The perfect budget friendly meal that requires basic ingredients you may already have on hand. From Scratch – The homemade meatballs and sauce are what really set this recipe apart, and they’re both very easy to make. Easy enough that the kids could even make this one. What are Swedish…