Recipe creators often know what spices will taste great together, but they forget that we home cooks have to buy them all. A single dish can cost a fortune, and the spices go stale in the drawer after six months. While I love the variety in big supermarkets, their spices, even in small jars, are […]
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Frozen Food Cubes Make Life Easier
You can freeze all kinds of things for use in drinks and sauces. I freeze a tray of grapes to spruce up the look and fun of summer cocktails. And I always make a double batch of pesto, freezing half of it in ice cube trays. I pop a square or two into soups, onto […]
Quick Pasta on the Sly
When I’m in Asian markets I buy lots of packaged wonton wrappers and boil them like pasta. They’re ready lightning-fast, and with your favorite sauce, delicious. — From Christopher Prosperi, Senior Contributor
The Homesick Texan’s Family Table
Cookbook author Lisa Fain is a seventh-generation Texan — now living in New York City. We talked to her about … and she shared recipes from her book The Homesick Texan’s Family Table: Lone Star Cooking from My Family to Yours.
