Succulent, juicy lamb meat is always served well-done in the Mediterranean region. This type of roast—once synonymous with Easter, weddings, and important feasts—is now often enjoyed at weekly family gatherings. A symbol of hospitality for millennia, this is an excellent celebratory dish that your guests will appreciate. Many chain grocery stores offer leg of lamb,…
Disused Underground Parking Lot Repurposed as Organic Mushroom Farm Under Streets of Paris
A dormant underground parking lot in Paris has found new purpose serving as a farm for growing organic fungi. The low-light produce is then sold to local organic grocery stores, shortening the distance from farm to table a step further. “La Caverne,” or “The Cave,” is one of three converted subterranean spaces founded together by agronomist…
What You Should Know About Cooking With Wine
When a recipe calls for a cup of white wine, the cook who wrote that suggestion likely wasn’t referring to a $50 bottle of chardonnay. In basic terms, when cooking with wine, use one that’s clean, fresh, and young. Indeed, historically, the phrase “cooking wine” conjures up bad images, including wine with salt added, wine…
An Irresistible Snack for Passover and Beyond
This festive morsel is truly addicting. I witnessed its power in my own kitchen with my husband nearby all day long, looking to sneak small handfuls. Then I took it to friends who finished their portions so quickly I couldn’t believe it. It was then that I realized the appeal of this delicious snack. While…
Have Your Mousse Cake and Eat It, Too
The name of this dessert is potentially misleading. It’s not exactly a cake, nor is it a bowl of fluffy mousse. But imagine the two concepts combined in a sublime chocolate confection that literally melts in your mouth. It’s flourless, too, which is wonderful for gluten-free diets, Passover, and frankly, for those chocolate fanatics who…
Hot Honey Butter Smashed Potatoes Hit All the Right Notes
I could probably make smashed potatoes several times a week and never get bored of them. Tiny, parboiled potatoes that are crushed into a smattering of crispy deliciousness? Sign me up. I am an artist and smashed potatoes are my preferred medium. This hot honey variation, in a lot of ways, speaks to my personality….
My Family Charoset Recipe, for Your Passover Seder
Passover isn’t a holiday known for its food. In fact, it’s largely known for the food you can’t eat during it (no leavened or fermented foods; ditto for foods made with wheat, oats, barley, rye, and spelt). And yet, I find myself looking forward to it every year because there is one thing I can’t…
The Family Table: A Hearty Meal From a Mining Town
Submitted by Pat King, Seattle, Washington In 1900, my grandmother Maud Olive Medsker came to Butte, Montana, from Indiana and married Martin Setzer, who was from Kentucky. In all the years of their marriage, they never quit arguing about who won the Civil War. Meanwhile, my grandmother learned to make pasties from her Welsh neighbors. Butte…
Pozole Is a Party of Colors, Flavors, and Textures
Loaded with flavor from spices and hominy, this variation of pozole becomes a meal-in-one, with chicken thighs standing in for pork. And I so enjoy the colorful melange of textures and flavors of this crowd-pleasing, Mexican-style stew. Hominy is always a key ingredient in any pozole. What is it? It’s field corn that has been…
Chick-Fil-A Employee Wins New Car in Raffle, Gives It to Coworker Who Bikes Miles to Work in Winter
A Chick-fil-A employee with a huge heart has bestowed an equally huge gift upon one of her coworkers. After winning a car in a company Christmas raffle, she gifted the vehicle to her friend in need who was cycling miles to work in the freezing winter weather. Teens Haley Bridges, 17, and Hokule’a Taniguchi, 19, work…
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