Food Trends: The Homesick Texan recipes
Gorditas with Picadillo ingredients for the picadillo filling: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 pound of ground beef one half medium yellow onion, diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 or 2 jalapeno chiles,...
View ArticleChef@Home: David and Roslyn Zecchini’s Recipes
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Risotto con la zucca (Risotto with squash) ingredients: 1 pound arborio rice 3 ounces butter 2 ounces extra-virgin olive oil 1 large butternut squash 2 shallots, minced 3 leaves of...
View ArticleWine and Dine: Not every party has to offer soup to nuts
A Bit of This, A Sip of That By Janet Reynolds and Alistair Highet/Life@Home The days are dark; the weather is dreary. In theory it’s the perfect time to have over a few friends to offer comfort and...
View ArticleHome Cooking: Make the Bread, Buy the Butter
So Many Foods, So Little Time What’s worth cooking from scratch or buying at the store By Rachel Fiske/Life@Home Whether you’ve set foot in a grocery store one time or a thousand, we’ve all had that...
View ArticleCooking at Home: Chef Michael Ruhlman breaks down cooking into 20 skills
Online Exclusive: Ruhl-ing Class By Rachel Fiske/Life@Home There is nothing quite like a home-cooked meal. The warm smells bubble through the house, calming us and bringing smiles to our faces; the...
View ArticleCookbook: These tasty treats aren’t just for Thanksgiving
Oh Pie! By Rachel Fiske/Life@Home At certain times of year, pie appears on plates across the country — a heaping slice of pumpkin or apple to polish off a wintry holiday meal, an oozing piece of...
View ArticleEntertaining: Diane Worthington’s book shows you how
Stress-Free Elegant Entertaining By Janet Reynolds/Life@Home If the phrase “stress-free entertaining” is an oxymoron to you, Diane Worthington can help. An award-winning radio show host and the author...
View ArticleONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Clever ways to present homemade gifts
It’s a Wrap! By Janet Reynolds Some of the best holiday gifts are those that are handmade. If you’re looking for ideas, Holiday Food Gifts to Make!, a specialty publication featuring recipes and ideas...
View ArticleTable@Home: A wonderful fruit to behold – and eat
Pairs of Pears By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home Pears have great personality. Each has its own look: leaning this way or that, bright green, pale yellow or deep scarlet red. No matter the color or size,...
View ArticleChef@Home: Chef Zach Welton’s recipes
Online Exclusive: Smoked Trout with Red Quinoa, Baby Grape Mostarda and Sunny-Side-Up Quail Egg For the trout: ingredients: 2 tablespoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons fresh ground white pepper 2 teaspoons...
View ArticleTable@Home: You can have local corn in April. We’re not kidding!
Corny Jokes By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home My family likes to play April Fool’s jokes. We go with the goofy, fun stuff. Zoe and I once dumped a healthy dose of cayenne pepper into Paul’s coffee. He knew...
View ArticleWhy go BIG when tiny can make your party special?
Small is Better By Janet Reynolds/Life@Home Sometimes less really is more. At least that’s the theory behind Tiny Food Party, a cookbook devoted to tasty tidbits rather than entrees. The brainchild of...
View ArticleOnline Exclusive: Learning to love seaweed
Elemental Eating By John Adamian/Life@Home Is there a vegetable out there that needs a more thorough public-image overhaul than seaweed? Superficially, seaweed has got so much going against it. The...
View ArticleDish: At home with Timothy Gates
Story and photos by Steve Barnes/Life@Home “Working at a truckstop really took me forward in cooking,” says Timothy Gates. After putting in six years at his father’s former Chatham restaurant, TJ’s...
View ArticleBack to Basics
Mark Bittman wants you to cook, even if you can’t boil water By John Adamian/Life@Home Mark Bittman is like a self-help guru for people who need a nudge getting into the kitchen. For anyone who loves...
View ArticleKitchen Crumbs: Tasty Tidbits to brighten up your cooking
By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home Cookbook of the month Kitchen Garden Cookbook: Celebrating the Homegrown & Homemade, by Jeanne Kelly A gorgeous book on how to harvest fruits, vegetables, eggs and...
View ArticleYes, you can make your own maraschino cherries
Cherries on Top, Lots of Them By John Adamian/Life@Home Maraschino cherries (the kind most of us get at the supermarket) are like hot dogs and Twinkies: kind of gross, especially once you know what’s...
View ArticleDish: At home with Tim Howland
By Steve Barnes/Life@Home “The key to cooking a thick steak is to take it out of the fridge well in advance,” says Tim Howland, general manager of The Meat House specialty butcher in Clifton Park....
View ArticleDish: At home with John Futia
By Steve Barnes/Life@Home When John Futia was developing the menu for The Capital American Eatery & Lounge, which opened over the summer in downtown Albany, he knew he wanted a few dishes that...
View ArticleTable@Home: A salad to echo the colors around us
Autumnal Splendor By Caroline Barrett/Life@Home I’m at my best in the fall. My kids boo and hiss and shake their heads when I say this. Summer is over, they say. School is starting, they whine. Who...
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