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EatingWell: If you’re looking for a new meatless main dish, try this delicious soup
This meatless version of the Indian-inspired British colonial soup includes parsnip and squash to keep it hearty and satisfying. Skip the naan flatbreads to make this recipe gluten free.
Winter Vegetable Mulligatawny Soup
Serves 4
Active Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 medium onion, ...Read more
Environmental Nutrition: Can your diet override genetic risk for disease?
The question of nature vs nurture usually refers to a person’s personality and character and asks which one is most likely to determine who you will be as an adult. But the question of nature vs nurture is also relevant to your risk of developing certain diseases.
Your genetic makeup, passed onto you from your parents, determines everything ...Read more
Seriously Simple: This satisfying weeknight meal couldn’t be easier to make
The holidays are over, and what most of us want are Seriously Simple recipes that are full of flavor that don’t keep us in the kitchen. This turkey breast, bathed in fragrant, slightly Asian flavors will satisfy our desires.
I have embellished this basic recipe with a few of my own flavor components. You can make this in a few minutes on a ...Read more
JeanMarie Brownson: These giant popovers are what the holiday season is all about
We all expect steak to be special at a steak house. Indeed, the dry-aged beef and bison cuts at the Mercantile Steak in Kalispell, Montana, are beyond exceptional. But it’s their giant popovers and decadent herbed garlic butter that we can’t forget.
Deeply tanned, crackly crisp on the exterior, with a pillowy soft interior, these are the ...Read more
The Kitchn: I’ve already made this brown butter tortellini twice in one month
I’m all-in on easy weeknight dinners, but sometimes you just want to tuck into a meal that looks and tastes a hair fancier than your everyday fare and is still simple enough to pull off after a long day (like these stuffed pork chops or this ...Read more
The Kitchn: I want to make ‘melting sweet potatoes’ for dinner every night
I’ll admit that I’m not the biggest sweet potato fan. Sure, I like them just fine in a pot of chili, but I rarely pick them over other sides (with the exception of...Read more
Dinner for 4 for $25: This 3-course chicken and biscuits meal will fly with the whole family
Nothing offers a taste of nostalgia like cooking a favorite childhood meal for your own family.
Take chicken and biscuits. Many of us grew up with this classic comfort food that allowed budget-minded cooks to stretch yet another dinner out of a roast chicken, or this time of year, turkey.
You don't need much meat to give some heft to the ...Read more
A wintry salad that adds cheer to heavier cold-weather meals
Curly endive, or frisee, is my go-to salad green through winter. The frizzy emerald leaves and creamy interior are lightly bitter and sturdy, and add oomph to rich, hearty cold-weather dishes.
Best known for its role in the French bistro salad Lyonnaise, made of tossed frisee, lardons of bacon and topped with a poached egg, this endive is open ...Read more
Best Bites: Reese's Frozen Fruit Banana Slices
These Reese’s Frozen Fruit Banana Slices taste like a decadent snack, but they really aren’t that bad for you.
That’s because hidden inside a layer of milk chocolate and a thin ring of peanut butter is a full banana slice. They taste as good as they sound, and two pieces are just 90 calories.
You’ll have to store these in the freezer...Read more
French connection: Moving to France for 6 months taught him about wine, food and belonging
Steve Hoffman was living a very ordinary life in a very ordinary suburb of Shoreview, Minnesota, when he decided to do something quite extraordinary in 2012 — take a six-month hiatus from his job and move his family to the rural French countryside.
The father of two insists it's not as crazy as it sounds. A lifelong Francophile who speaks ...Read more
Gretchen's table: Pasta and clams ã la famille Hoffman offer a taste of France
PITTSBURGH -- The best meals are also often the simplest meals made with just a handful of everyday, easy-to-find ingredients.
And if they're both fresh and local, even better.
The pasta with clams in white sauce that Steve Hoffman perfected while living with his family in the small village of Autignac, France, is a classic example.
As ...Read more
Tales of doughnuts and pasta and disillusionment
ST. LOUIS — I recently had the best doughnut of my life — a life happily spent looking for the best doughnut.
It cost six dollars. It was a doughnut, and it cost six dollars.
And I’m pretty sure that it was worth every penny.
It was a brown butter-glazed cake doughnut from Damn Fine Hand Pies in St. Louis, and it was so good that my ...Read more
The 15 best dishes we ate in 2024, from shrimp cocktail to space bread
It’s that time of year, when a food writer looks back on a sea of empty plates and thinks about what was once on them.
In my case, as food editor at Bloomberg Pursuits, the big and small plates represent hundreds of meals across the globe and more calories than anyone wants to think about.
A best dish retrospective is also a good opportunity...Read more
Yes, you can take your cookies through a TSA checkpoint -- if they meet these requirements
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh is a city of cookie lovers.
As evidenced by the popular Facebook group The Wedding Cookie Table Community (which counts more than 325,000 members) and the dozens of entries to the Post-Gazette's 2024 Holiday Cookie Challenge, Western Pennsylvanians also like to bake the sweet treats — especially during the holidays �...Read more
EatingWell: This dish works as a starter or side to round out your meal
Serve these rich and tender mushrooms filled with panko breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese alone as an appetizer or alongside anything from pork to fish. To ensure even cooking, look for mushrooms that are similar in size.
Panko-and-Parmesan-Crusted Mushrooms
Serves 10
Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
1 1/2 pounds white or ...Read more
Environmental Nutrition: Keep it local for the holidays
The holidays are the season for gathering, giving, sharing meals, and, yes, shopping. Lots of shopping to make it all happen. This year, as you plan menus, decorations, and gifts, consider shopping locally and supporting local farmers and artisans.
There’s a cache of unexpected treasures in the offerings to be discovered in your community. ...Read more
Seriously Simple: This taste memory never gets old
Coffee cakes seem like a blast from the past. I don’t see them in bakeries much, even though they are a great choice for serving a group. The following cake has two layers: The bottom cake is enriched with sour cream for a fluffy interior, and the second layer is a crumbly sweet layer of crispy streusel.
This moist sour cream coffee cake is ...Read more
Wrap up the year with a ragu recipe
On the last day of our family vacation, we dined at Last Chair Kitchen & Bar, a charming, rustic restaurant at the edge of Whitefish, Montana. We love their rendition of oysters Rockefeller made with oyster mushrooms rather than the slippery bivalve. Their local bison ragu over roasted spaghetti squash made it to our wish list of recipes to ...Read more
The Kitchn: When you can’t get to Texas, make this brisket instead
Beefy brisket is the king of Texas barbecue. Yes, Texas has smoked ribs and homeandleisure/recipes/varietymenu/s-3523397">Read more
The Kitchn: The beloved ingredient that makes French toast 10 times better (and way easier!)
French toast is a breakfast classic— serve it with a platter of crispy bacon ...Read more