Grace Under Pressure: Today’s Pressure Cookers Make Cooking Easier

How would you like to make risotto with butternut squash and sage in half the time it normally takes—with almost no stirring? Or lamb shanks with garlic, rosemary and white wine in one-fourth the time? Or black bean soup with cumin and coriander faster still—without soaking the beans overnight? No, …
A Mano BYOB
Cooking To Beat The Clock: Pasta with Broccoli Raab and Feta Cheese
Cooked Greens

With some notable ethnic exceptions like Asians, non-Italians are real Johnny-come-latelies when it comes to appreciating hearty greens like broccoli raab and dandelion. But I’ve enjoyed these greens—which I call “cooked” greens to distinguish them from “salad” greens—since I was a kid. As soon as the snow cleared in Buffalo, …
Orange Crush – Oranges, Mandarins & Tangerines

With recipes for Orange Salad With Olives And Mint Oranges Il Giglio Blood Orange Sorbet Spicy Cabbage With Mandarin Oranges Oranges are the most important citrus crop in the world. They are so abundant and ubiquitous that we usually take them for granted. But Americans couldn’t always open the refrigerator …