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Unusual Recipe Request!

We're used to seeing a variety of interesting threads on our Epicurious forums. (Eat weeds, anyone?) One that caught my eye this week was a request for a soup from Afghanistan: "Ideally I would love to hear from anyone from Afghanistan or expats. Traditional Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 3:20 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, cooking, Joanne Camas

Mesclun, Saved by the Stove

Usually when my consort comes home from a trip, we head straight out for dinner to reconnect on neutral territory rather than eating in the roost I've been ruling. And so I never even went to the market yesterday, figuring the usual would be the usual, Read More...

Posted Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:26 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: cooking, pasta, Budgets, Farmer's Market, Regina Schrambling

Fast fish and slow corn

File this under women behaving bizarrely: I've actually been cooking for myself while my consort has been off in Denver. My new alternative to the burrito has been the perfect summer supper, crispy sauteed flounder and corn on the cob, both of which cook Read More...

Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 2:44 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: cooking, corn on the cob, Budgets, Farmer's Market, Regina Schrambling

What to Do With Celery?

Yesterday I picked up my CSA veggies, and one of the items was celery. (A CSA is an organization that connects members with local farmers who deliver weekly batches of just-picked produce. For more on the subject, see my colleague Siobhan Adcock's post Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:03 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: cooking, seasonal, eat local, Sarah Kagan

Top 10 Ways to Chop Onions Without Crying

Yesterday, while editing an article about onions (up soon I promise), I found myself researching the myriad ways one can avoid crying while chopping the tear-inducing bulb-shaped plant. I thought I knew all the tricks. Not even close. Truth be told, I Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 6:47 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: cooking, cookware, James Oliver Cury, Top 10 Lists

Bread, Butter, and Wine: James Beard on Living Well

Anybody who's been to the James Beard House in New York knows that Beard, who has been called the father of American cookery, knew how to enjoy life. Beard's former home, which now hosts dinners cooked by leading chefs from around the world, features Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:20 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Wine, cooking, History, Reflections, Megan O. Steintrager, News & Gossip

Poaching Eggs Is Everything It's Cracked Up To Be

Poaching eggs is something I've always left to the chefs. Just give me my eggs Florentine and my frisee salad and I can be very happy. I've tried poaching at home the true French way by immersing the egg and swirling it gently through the water. Most Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:07 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Breakfast, cooking, gadgets, products, Housewares, Gina Provenzano

Keep It Hot With a Wood-Fired Oven

For the family that has everything, this is the ultimate, highly extravagant gift...an outdoor wood-fired oven. Get amazing results, food with fabulous crispiness and flavor that only comes from cooking and baking in this old-school way. The French oven Read More...

Posted Sunday, August 10, 2008 9:32 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: cooking, Pizza, products, Gina Provenzano

Changing My Wasteful Ways

Eating for a living is a good way to pick up bad habits: When I develop recipes, for instance, I buy whatever perfection I need without ever looking at the price, and if a cake or a ragout or a gratin is not perfect, I have no qualms about scraping it Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:02 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: cooking, Budgets, Regina Schrambling

Cooking Better for Less: Regina Schrambling's New Blog on Epicurious

Cooking has never been just about the recipes. It's culture, it's shopping, it's pleasing people. It's an art and a science. And in these cash-strapped times, it's also about budgets and resource management and careful planning. The Epi-Log blog needed Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:01 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: cooking, James Oliver Cury, Budgets, Regina Schrambling

Made To Order Waffles

When I pour the maple syrup, I have to be careful. Too much and the balance of melted butter and cinnamon sugar to the sweet sticky syrup will be all off. The waffles have to be hot and just crispy enough on the outside to hold the pools of my concoction, Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:33 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Breakfast, cooking, products, Housewares, Gina Provenzano

Weird Family Pizza Combos

Pizza served with pickles and...applesauce. Sounded strange, I thought, but the family who served it to me recently claim it's the only way they'll eat it now. It started when Mom served the unusual sides one night she made pizza, and now her grown children Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:12 AM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: cooking, Joanne Camas, Family Fare

It's Curry Time!

After speaking with cookbook author Raghavan Iyer about curries, I decided to try one of his recipes. This would be my first time cooking anything Indian so I randomly chose Scalloped Potatoes with Coconut Milk and Chiles which can be found in the "Contemporary Read More...

Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 12:48 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Recipes, Books, cooking, Esther Sung

Slashfood Ate (8): Best food and cooking books

Filed under: Books , Slashfood Ate If you're reading Slashfood right now, chances are that you're a foodie. In my experience, if there's anything a foodie likes besides eating/cooking, it's reading a book about eating/cooking. These are a few of the books Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:26 AM from Slashfood | 0 Comments

Filed under: Books, cooking, eating, Slashfood Ate, SlashfoodAte, foodie

Amateur Night: Sous Vide at Home

Almost two weeks ago, I wrote that I was about to embark on a new culinary adventure by cooking sous vide. Inspired by Thomas Keller's demonstration, I bravely went where I'd never gone before. Thanks to everyone who left words of advice; I tried to heed Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:32 PM from Epicurious.com: Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Books, cooking, Esther Sung

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