With everyone's busy life, quick, easy but tasty meals seem to be the theme in modern cooking....
Despite their fancy names, two trendy desserts — flan and crème brûlée — are merely custards, and a custard's ingredients are simple: egg yolks, cream, sugar and flavoring. So cooking them should be easy, right?...
Thicker is often better with meat cuts you intend to cook whole, like a porterhouse steak or a pork chop. When it comes to stir-fries, however, you can go as thin with the meat as the potential savings are big....
One of the great joys of travel is visiting vineyards in exotic places. The ancient, narrow caves of Tokaji in Hungary, the parched plains of Spain's sherry region, the neat lines of vines reaching down to the Columbia River in Washington on the route...
For this year's Thanksgiving centerpiece, forget about serving a brined turkey. That's so yesterday. And leave the deep-fat fryer tucked in the garage. We're over that idea, too. This year, advise your guests to have their camera phones ready. They'll...
This week we are visiting Morocco. I selected a very simple yet very delicious lamb dish, Mechoui, which I like to eat with couscous. Mechoui is cooked outdoors on a barbecue grill....