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Know what I hate? “Zoodles.” I don’t hate the way they taste—they are quite good—but I hate the implication that…
Jun 19
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Zola Nene, like so many great chefs, didn’t always plan on making food into a career. She was born into a working-cla…
Jun 17
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Good god, sorrel is amazing. If you’ve never experienced the floral, spicy splendor of this hibiscus iced tea drink, …
Jun 16
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Years ago, back when I had my bakery, I used to work the graveyard shift in a kitchen on the top floor of an 1890s…
Jun 12
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In culinary lore, bee sting cake (known as bienenstich in its native German) was created by a group of bakers in the…
Jun 10
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I’ve been going through all my Depression-era cookbooks recently “just for fun,” and it’s inspiring to read about…
Jun 9
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I have never once in my life ordered Thai food without ordering at least one som tum, or green papaya salad. Most…
Jun 5
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Last year I bought a shiny new Weber charcoal grill and had very big plans for it. And then I used it maybe twice…
Jun 3
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Twitter is often described as a noxious, repugnant cesspool of human garbage, but it’s not all bad. Why, just a few…
Jun 2
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Say it with me: corn muffins are not cornbread. Sure, you can bake cornbread in muffin tins, but you can also bake…
Jun 1
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Salad for breakfast seems like a paradoxical concept whose design exists solely to annoy you. Salad is, after all,…
May 29
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I have a lot of canned pineapple in my house. Why? Because when I went quarantine shopping in March all the fresh…
May 28
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During the 55 days of lockdown in France, I didn’t accomplish much other than worrying excessively, trying to deep…
May 27
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One of my go-to favorites year-round, but especially during Ramadan, is lentil soup. I thought I’d find the main…
May 27
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Confession: though I have spent years trying to pretend otherwise, I absolutely despise radishes. It’s ludicrous to…
May 26
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I’ve been daydreaming about Springfield Cashew Chicken since last November, when I first read about the Missourian…
May 22
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I belong to a micro-generation of people whose childhoods were blessed by one of humanity’s greatest achievements in…
May 22
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I love reading cookbooks because the level of commitment is low. Reading something cover to cover is asking a lot…
May 19
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Gnocchi is a divisive pasta in my house. I’m a huge fan, but my husband can’t stand it. And I get where he’s coming…
May 18
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There’s a trio of family-owned Mexican restaurants on Chicago’s North Side that sell some of the best tacos in the…