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, …
This was written for Thanksgiving, but it applies equally well to any big holiday dinner. Thanksgiving dinner can be a maddening experience for many people, and it’s getting worse as fewer people cook with any regularity. (When I was food editor for the San Jose Mercury News, a reader called …
Black pepper has always played second banana to its tablemate, salt, the most widely used seasoning. number two black pepper, has pretty much been available in basic black, whereas salt has given us as many choices as there are cable channels from pink Murray River salt from Australia to fleurs …
GET ORGANIZED. Write down the menu. Make a shopping list from the recipes. Then shop as far ahead of time as you can. Also take into account what dishes you’ll need for serving and eating, including glassware. For example, next to the specific food, put the dish in which …
If you have ever watched a Samurai epic, you know that Japanese warriors pay a great deal of attention to their swords. That same attention has gone into the making of Japanese kitchen knives. Sales of Japanese-made knives have “skyrocketed” in the past 10 to 15 years, according to Jeremy …
you have ever watched a Samurai epic, you know that Japanese warriors paid a great deal of attention to their swords. That same attention has gone into the making of Japanese kitchen knives, whose sales have skyrocketed in the past 10 to 15 years. The popularity of Japanese-style knives has …