Category: Food

Enjoy This ‘Winter’ Pizza, Packed With Flavor and Fiber

Topping your pie with squash brings a big vitamin A boost to this pizza. The delicata contributes extra fiber, too, thanks in part to its edible skin. The crust bakes on the bottom rack of the oven while the vegetables roast on the top rack. Once the pizza is assembled, a blast from the broiler…


For This Ultimate Potato Gratin, Bland, Rubbery Cheese Need Not Apply

As the saying goes, if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. I agree with this philosophy, but with one caveat: You can always add more cheese—especially when making a potato gratin. Potato gratin is a cheese lover’s gift, with ultrathin layers of sliced potatoes blanketed in oozing cheese, cream, and, yes, more cheese. It’s a…


Pumpkin Bread

Read the print-ready version. My grandmother clipped this pumpkin bread recipe from a magazine over 50 years ago, and it is my most-cherished family recipe. One of my clearest childhood memories is baking the loaves with my mom and carting them off to every neighborhood potluck and holiday party. Now I bake pumpkin bread with…


One-Pot Chicken Paprika Is a Weeknight Winner

With traditional paprikash, chicken is served in a thick, creamy paprika sauce over a bed of egg noodles. In this streamlined recipe, you rub a paprika-based spice mixture on bone-in chicken thighs, sear the chicken in a skillet, then toast rice and veggies in the chicken drippings. The chicken goes back into the skillet, then…


Cooler Autumn Days Prove Ideal for Perfecting Homemade Pizza Skills

When sunny skies dot the fall forecast, I mix up a batch of pizza dough so it can rise while I hit the forest preserve bicycle trails. At home, I take the chill off by cranking up a hot oven outfitted with a pizza stone. Check out the many dough ingredients and prepared crust options…


These Mississippi River Towns Offer Real Surprises

As the plane taking me home rose and banked to the west, it crossed the Mississippi River. Just a few days before, this striking landscape held little meaning. Now, looking down, I recognized the great span of bridges connecting the Illinois towns of Rock Island and Moline with Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa — known collectively…


Classic Vegetable Pot Pie

Read the print-friendly version of this recipe Nothing conjures up tummy comfort more than savory vegetables in gravy, covered in a flaky, buttery crust. Imagine garlic, carrots, celery, potato and peas simmered in a thick sauce, gently seasoned with salt, black pepper, oregano, and sage, then topped with crunchy pastry. That’s right. Just one crust…


Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe Takes Just 5 Minutes to Prep

Whether it’s for breakfast, lunch, brunch or dinner, chicken is a delicious ingredient that can be used to make lots of amazing dishes. However, it can take a lot of work to cook chicken perfectly. That’s where a quality slow cooker comes in handy. Slow cookers can deliver maximum flavor with minimum effort, such as with this simple chicken slow cooker…


Easy Broccoli Casserole Recipe Using Frozen Broccoli

If you’re looking for a comforting dish perfect for weeknight dinners or as a side dish for a hearty holiday meal, look no further than a broccoli casserole. The classic, popular veggie gets a makeover by being combined with melted cheese, bread crumbs and rice. Believe it or not, there are plenty of amazing dishes you can make from frozen…


Double Lemon Chicken With Cheat’s Preserved Lemon

By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Don’t you hate it when someone improves on a dish you’ve made dozens of times, and are pretty sure you’ve already perfected? One of my family’s favorite meals is a tangy lemon chicken recipe I found years ago in a long-forgotten cookbook that takes around 15 minutes to cook…