Cooking

This Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore Is Calling Your Name

If you love chicken cacciatore but don't love having to watch it simmer on the stove, this recipe is for you. You can prep all the ingredients, add …

Food & Dining

11 Risotto Recipes That Are Easier Than You Think

Risotto is a fine dining staple that, for too long, has been confined to restaurants. The creamy, comforting dish is often thought to be inaccessibly difficult for home cooks. But the truth is that, with the right technique, risotto is easy enough for any cook to make on a weeknight. It comes …

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25 Essential Fall Dutch Oven Recipes

My most prized possession in my kitchen is my Dutch oven. Ever since I began rifling through food magazines as a teenager, I've pined over the …

Food & Dining

13 Of Our *Fall-iest* Dinners to Roast, Bake, Or Simmer Tonight

In south Louisiana, we joke that the four seasons are Mardi Gras, crawfish, snowball, and football. I never packed away my shorts, and thought sweater-weather only sometimes came in December or January. My relatively new reality of a <i>real</i> fall—brisk temperatures, changing leaves, wearing …

Food

The One Food You Should Never Order From Wendy's, According To An Employee

When those fast food cravings come knockin', you know there's no better place to go than Wendy's. The fast food chain is home to some of the most …

Food

This Smoky, Pasta is as Close to Carbonara as Vegetarians Can Get

For the last few months, I've spent Thursdays and Fridays working in a pork-centric restaurant. I've been a vegetarian (albeit one who's dabbled in fish) for more than twenty years, but since I'm in the pastry kitchen, dealing with doughs, batters, and custards rather than cheeks, chops, and …

Food

A Condiment That Brings the Heat

For me, ruddy Chinese chile oil is a must-have staple to unleash fire on many dishes. Blank Slate Kitchen in Brooklyn has just introduced an uncommon version made with Sichuan peppercorns, which contribute the intriguingly numbing heat of that spice. Drizzle it on noodles, rub it on shrimp or fish, …

Food & Dining

How to Meal-Prep on Sunday for a Week of Healthy Dinners

Sunday To-Do List = 1 hour<p>1. Make the Slow-Cooker French Onion Soup recipe (steps 1-2) and freeze. The prep-work for this recipe should only take …

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These Cast-Iron Recipes Will Take You From Breakfast to Dessert

1 of 8<p>Potato-Bacon Hash<p>Advertisement<p>2 of 8<p>The Big Cinnamon Roll<p>3 of 8<p>Classic Grilled Cheese<p>Advertisement<p>4 of 8<p>Cast-Iron Pork Cacciatore<p>Advertisement<p>5 …

Recipes

Here's Your New Go To Breakfast Recipe, Courtesy of Martha Stewart

My idea of the perfect morning is enjoying a tasty, nutritious breakfast while prepping for a busy day ahead of me. Unfortunately, we don’t always …

Food & Dining

I Ate Hundreds of Bowls of Queso and Somehow Lost 10 Pounds

Imagine if you could eat, research, and cook your favorite food every day without ever getting tired of it. Sounds like a dream, right? This was my life last year when writing, <i>Queso! Regional Recipes for the World’s Favorite Chile-Cheese Dip</i>. I became a full-time queso eater.<p>For the uninitiated, …

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25 Slow Cooker Meals You Can Eat When You Get Home from Work

You've been told time and time again that slow cookers help get weeknight dinner on the table without fuss. But you'll soon discover that many …

Food & Dining

Blueberry Lemon Cookies (The Best Recipe!)

These blueberry lemon cookies are perfect for any season! However, summer is the period when I make them often. The combination of blueberry and …

Baking

3 Common Cooking Mistakes a Dietitian Wishes You'd Stop Making

Generally speaking, opting for a home-cooked meal is always a healthier option than dining out. But as dietitian and author Susie Burrell points out …

Eating

An oniony tarte tatin is one-pan heaven

<i>By Bonnie S. Benwick, The Washington Post</i>Here’s an ease-into-fall appetizer that will make you look like a culinary rock star — even with entry-level …

Recipes

How to Make the Easiest Dinner Ever

• 2 pounds protein (such as chicken thighs, flank steak, fish fillets, or tofu)<br>• 2½ cups chopped veggies (such as broccoli, sweet potatoes, bell peppers, …

Recipes

Start with Pork Roast to Make Delicious and Easy Meals

Pork roasts are a delicious and tender cut of pork that are easy to cook and inexpensive. The tender and mild meat combines so well with so many …

Pork

Recipe: Key Lime Shortbread Cookies

Makes 80<p><b>Ingredients:</b><p>1¾ cups all-purpose flour<p>½ cup powdered sugar<p>¼ cup cornstarch<p>1 cup butter, softened<p>1 tablespoon fresh Key lime juice<p>2 teaspoons …

Baking

Here’s the Best Place to Set Up Your Slow Cooker

Summer has officially given way to fall. The change in weather and the color of leaves could only mean three things for Southerners: SEC football, …

Food & Dining

Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli Shares Her Kitchen Secrets

The celebrity chef dishes on growing up a foodie, her new book, ‘The Home Cook,’ and how cooking on TV is nothing like cooking in real life.<p><b>You grew up in New York City, your mom is a famous cookbook editor, and your dad is a talented home cook, right?</b> “My parents definitely played into my career …

Restaurants

Challah Bread Pudding with Chocolate and Cherries

1. Preheat the oven to 350° F (180 ° C). Grease a 9 x 13" baking dish with a bit of coconut oil or margarine.<p>2. Place the challah cubes in a large …

Baking

Biscottomisu Cake (Torta Biscottomisù) – Easy Italian Dessert

Let’s make the classic tiramisu dessert more fun! This biscottomisu cake is an interesting version of the original tiramisu recipe. As you probably …

Dessert

Forget Sous Vide, This Week We're Going to See What Will Casserole

Greetings, and welcome to <i>Will It Casserole?</i>, Retro Week’s answer to <i>Will It Sous Vide?</i> Basically, instead of making whatever you want me to with my …

Food & Dining

FloFab’s Top 10: Special Ingredients to Elevate Your Pantry

My husband sometimes complains that there’s never anything to eat in the house. If you examine my pantry, the only option might be eggs — and those take a bit of effort. I can remember desperation crackers, smeared with mustard, during late-night cram sessions in my college dorm, but that’s not the …

Recipes

Quick Vanilla Cream Pie – Italian Dessert

This quick vanilla cream pie is so creamy and delicious! It is very easy to prepare! It will take you no more than 25 minutes to make this dessert …

Baking

Pastel De Tres Leches (Tres Leches Cake) – Classic Dessert

This is the classic, authentic recipe of the popular Tres leches cake (pastel de tres leches). So simple and very delicious, this cake is perfect for …

Baking

Fall Side Dishes

Fall is all about butternut squash, sweet potatoes, earthy mushrooms and warming flavors like cinnamon and maple syrup. Whether you love roasted root …

Recipes

Italian Raspberry Tiramisu (Classic Dessert)

This Italian raspberry tiramisu is always a great idea, especially as a summer treat. It is a basic tiramisu dessert that is very easy to prepare. …

Baking

How to Make a Classic Roast Beef Dinner in Your Crockpot

<b>1.</b> Combine flour, salt, pepper, marjoram, and thyme on a large plate and coat the beef with this mixture.<p><b>2.</b> Heat the olive oil in a large skillet …

Recipes

15 Soups to Make in the Slow Cooker and Eat All Week Long

After a steamy summer of living without soup (besides the occasional gazpacho), the cooler days of September immediately bring a serious craving for …

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