My husband occasionally accuses me of eating garbage food: a bowl of yuck (or yum?) cobbled together from leftovers and soon-to-be-rotting vegetables. I think this is a grand way to eat and not (heaven forbid, …

The Best Sandwich I Ever Had
by Malcolm
The best sandwich I ever had was not one of the overstuffed monstrosities from Katz’s Deli in New York. It wasn’t even the Chicken Parm Hero from Hero Boy …

I love to play hostess, even where we only have two friends to invite. Our neighbors from Casa Roosevelt were here Monday night for pizza and Anarchy. It had been a while since we last had guests …

As the nights get chillier, our minds turn to thoughts of beef stew. Our favorite recipes all instruct you to dredge your beef chunks in flour first, and then pan-sear, which seals in juices AND …

Three fateful years ago, I opened up my October copy of Chatelaine (a Canadian women’s health & beauty magazine) and ritually flipped to the recipes section. Glowing out from the pages, like a beacon of …

We’re not sure where the term refritos (or “Refried Beans,” for you white people) came from, since these beans aren’t really RE-fried…they’re just, well, fried. Refried beans can be made from any type of bean, …

 
We ate a lot of canned vegetables growing up. My mom was a typical Baby Boomer from a first generation suburban family. The convenience and novelty of Campbell’s and Durkee was not lost on my …

Today, October 8th, is National Fluffernutter Day! Celebrate with this classic combination of peanut butter and marshmallow Fluff, smeared together in perfect harmony on, hopefully, the cheapest, least nutrient-rich bread (in my family, we grew …

Baking bread is one of life’s little alchemys I am only now beginning to probe. Baguettes need steam, bagels are boiled and sourdough, as I once understood it, requires a mother, or a beast or bitch …