Rec Room

When it comes to deviled eggs, I like being a fancy bastard. While I find the classic iteration to be perfectly…

Okay, this headline is a lie. An Omelette And A Glass Of Wine is not technically a cookbook, though it’s about…

The mere words Moosewood Cookbook feel like a time portal back to the ’70s, the age of long-haired hippies in…

Welcome to Turn Off The Oven Week, featuring creative ways to beat the heat and stay far away from your stovetop.

I have good news for the chubby-cheeked child within you and the possible real children who might live with you: You…

If you’re vegan, conscious of your food’s carbon footprint, or, like me, finally accepting that you’re lactose…

From the outside, parents tend to have bizarre passions. My dad’s happened to be anything related to the ritual of…

Before anyone has a meltdown, let me start by saying that I’m not going to “blow your mind” with a new “life hack”…

One of the benefits of being a food writer is that companies will occasionally send free samples your way. Sometimes…

I grew up with parents who tended not to experiment much with new foods. As a result, I never had a tamale until my…

My current TV addiction is the FX/Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, about Phyllis Schlafly’s battle to stop the passage…

While every podcast in the audiosphere struggles to adapt to a remote recording format and maintain its co-hosts’…

Once upon a time, in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, there was a small farming community called…

It’s the dead of winter, and most of the fun holidays are behind us—but there’s still months of cold and slush to…

When I moved to Chicago after college, I was in my early twenties and not flush with cash. My entry-level job (in…

Halloween is a time of glorious gorging, but just because you can eat 55 Almond Joys in a row doesn’t mean you can’t…

Did the world need a cookbook solely dedicated to raw cookie dough? Hell yeah it did. If anything, the new book Hello…

I regularly keep a couple cans of whatever wine is on sale for $3.99 at the grocery store in the back of my pantry.…

Every time I visit the Green City Market in Chicago, I’m tempted to buy a giant eggplant to use as a cudgel to beat…

When I was a kid, Rosh Hashanah meant big family dinners at my grandparents’ house, or my aunt’s house, or our…