Category: Food

These Paddy’s Day Potatoes Should Be Part of Your Celebration

There are countless variations on this classic Irish potato-and-cabbage combination. Ours is made with steamed red potatoes, sautéed cabbage, and just a touch of butter. Red Potato Colcannon Active Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Serves 4 1 pound small red potatoes, scrubbed and cut in half 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 cup onion, thinly…


2 Ways to the Crispiest Tofu

Have you ever had agedashi at a Japanese restaurant? I can’t get enough of this dish. Tofu pieces are quickly sautéed in hot oil until each side is golden brown and crisp. Presented on a simple rectangular platter, the agedashi is accompanied by a sweet sauce of dashi, mirin, and soy sauce broth. No matter…


Beef and Stout Pie: How to Make an Irish Pub Classic at Home

With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, you’ll find all sorts of Irish American foods popping up on menus. There’s the classic boiled dinner of corned beef and cabbage, and buttered soda bread with its tender, biscuit-like crumb. Added to these wholesome traditions, you’ll find decidedly unorthodox, but popular treats such as green-tinted shamrock…


Video: Former Member of British Military Volunteering at the Ukrainian Border

Keiran Murphy, a former member of the British military, left his home and his son to help with the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Every day, he crosses the border six times in order to deliver food and water to those in need. From NTD News


EatingWell: Amping up a Cabbage Salad Has Never Been Easier

This warm cabbage salad bursts with flavor from a tangy Dijon vinaigrette and crispy bacon. Warm Cabbage Salad with Bacon Serves 6 Active Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes Ingredients 3 slices bacon, chopped 3 tablespoons cider vinegar 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon whole-grain mustard 1/2 teaspoon honey 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon…


Wild for Game Meats

More and more of us are getting our game on these days as the popularity and availability of game meats like venison, elk, bison, duck, pheasant, and quail grows. Known today as “field to table” eating, game meat is hardly new, having sustained humans for thousands of years. A healthy, sustainable, and increasingly fashionable choice,…


The Kitchn: These Cupcakes Are Positively Dreamy

Black bottom cupcakes fall somewhere between chocolate cupcakes and cream cheese brownies, which is to say they are positively dreamy. These are cupcakes that eschew frosting. Instead, the tender-crumbed chocolate cake reveals a delicious chocolate chip-studded cream cheese filling when broken apart. They’re a moist, fudgy, and luxuriously rich treat. What are black bottom cupcakes…


Coq au Vin: A French Country Cooking Classic

The year: 52 B.C. The scene: The Battle of Gergovia, in modern-day Auvergne, France, between the Romans, led by Julius Caesar, and the Gallic people, led by Vercingetorix. The day before the battle, the story goes, Vercingetorix sent a rooster to Caesar as a warning about the bravery and fierceness of the French troops he…


Spotlight on Hot Drinks

A cup of coffee used to be just that, a cup of coffee. Maybe a drop or two of cream or a sprinkle of sugar was added in. These days a coffee drink is much closer to a gourmet milkshake than it is to its original form. Many are created with a base of milk…


The Kitchn: Whether You Make Tiramisu Pancakes for Breakfast or Dessert, You’ll Enjoy Every Bite

You know those breakfasts that are so tasty and indulgent that they make you question whether they could double up as a dessert? These tiramisu pancakes fit that brief pretty neatly. Tiramisu is one of those classic desserts that just has the perfect combination of flavors — strong, bitter coffee paired with slightly boozy, vanilla…