Food
The Desperate Sous-chef
What happens when a helpful guy with no interest in cooking marries an adventuresome but accident-prone California foodie?
How to Fight Inflation of Food Prices
Inflation, health concerns and climate change are at the top of the news. Wise food shopping and consumption can help with all three.
Tweaking Traditional Thanksgiving Foods
What if you love Thanksgiving as a holiday, but aren't crazy about some traditional Thanksgiving foods? These recipes might help.
Traditional Asian Treats
Some of the best Southeast Asian treats are simple, traditional ones available at sidewalk restaurants and street stands.
Mini Orchards
Mini orchards are part of a global movement to make urban environments greener and improve air quality as well as helping stabilize food supplies.
Apple Options
This time of year, supermarket counters are overflowing with apples. Here are some old-fashioned recipes that call for them.
A World of Pickles
Pickling is one of the most common ways of food preservation the world over. See our recipes and information about pickles.
Zucchini Disguises
What do you do when your garden has a zucchini outbreak and your family is dubious about it? It's time for zucchini disguises.
Home is Where the Vacation is
Vacationing at home looks to be the main travel trend for the near future. Here are some ways to enjoy it.
Inventory App and Sticker Dots
Use sticker dots and an easy inventory app, Enough Stuff, to keep track of your food supplies, toiletries and other stuff of all kinds.
Creating an Easy Cooking System
Creating a simple, versatile cooking system can enable you to serve delicious meals at home even on days when you are swamped.
Store What You Eat Guidelines
The pandemic has been a major wake-up call about planning, home storage and preparation for crises. Here are some guidelines.
Great Global Pandemic Bake Off
Where have all the flours gone? A home baking surge has sparked a flour and yeast shortage as mills scramble to reroute supply lines.
Signs of the Times in Stores
During the pandemic, here are signs of the times at stores with shortages that also are trying to maintain social distancing.
Paris’s Oldest Food Market
Rue Montorgueil in Paris began as a village street with a medieval church and food market. It has retained that character.
Shortbread - Santa’s Favorite
Here's a Christmas secret - Santa prefers shortbread to sugar cookies. Here's a shortbread recipe to keep him happy and plump.
Why did the Chicken Costco?
Costco's rotisserie chicken is among the most popular foods. Learn why and its environmental impact, plus recipes using it.
Eating Food in Season
Eating locally grown food in season is a great strategy for weight loss, good health, saving money and protecting the environment.
Din Tai Fung Sightings
Din Tai Fung restaurants' delicious takes on common Taiwanese foods, especially steamed dumplings, have brought a devoted global following.
The World is Flat (Bread)
Flatbreads are oldest, easiest breads and the most modern - pizza and tortillas are among the most popular foods. See our recipes.
Yearning for Yogurt
Yogurt is one of the oldest and most popular foods and a booming global industry. Here's our recipe for creamy mild yogurt.
Beyond Recipes
Beyond the world of recipe-based cooking is an adventurous, affordable, easy way of cooking that combines the basics with variety.
London’s Best Food Market
Borough Market near London Bridge is one of the best foodie spots in London.
Have a Cookie
Embossed shortbread cookies with our round door logo were the theme for gift cookie boxes with a custom wax stamp and calligraphy.
Cookie Cutter Pie Crusts
Cookie cutter pie crusts have taken Pinterest and food magazines by storm. How easy are they to make and are they worth the trouble?
Fruit Drinks of Mexico and Asia
Delicious fruit drinks are ubiquitous at restaurants and street stands in Mexico, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. You can make them at home with our favorite recipes.
Salsa for the Holidays
Salsa is one of America's most loved foods. Here are some holiday fruit salsa recipes that are a nice change from tomato salsas.
Pizza on a Scale of One-to-Ken
If you're lucky enough to live in Portland, try Ken Forkish’s restaurant, Ken's Artisan Pizza. If not, try his great recipes.
Sustainable Bamboo
Eat it, build a home or furniture with it, use it in the kitchen, use it for plumbing, wear it, make fences or containers with it.
Good Things in Small Portions
Eva, a restaurant in Salt Lake City, serves a taste-testing meal on small plates, a welcome break from too much food and not enough variety.
Favorite Sauces for Latin Dishes
Some of the best Latin foods can be made with easy commercial or homemade sauces that work in a variety of dishes.
Anatomy of an Enchilada
The wide variety of Mexican dishes can obscure their common underlying spice and preparation base.
Time Travel Lunch
Hunger. Nostalgia. Orange, California. It’s a perfect time to stop for lunch at this old-time pharmacy.
Cozy Soups
The cold weather is over, but there's still room for an occasional bowl of soup. Here are some favorite recipes.
Barbecue Santa Maria Style
Santa Maria's scrumptious grilling is California's premier barbecue style.
Cornish Pasties
Cornish pasties, a specialty of Grass Valley, CA, were introduced by Cornish gold miners.
Enhance your life and dig deeper with apps and books
Enough Stuff
The Enough Stuff inventory app for iOS helps you keep track of how much you have of items so you don't buy more of them than you need.
Green Thumbometer
The all-in-one iOS app that's a gardening calendar, gardening journal, gardening to-do list and source of gardening information.
Home Gnome
The iOS app that helps you keep track of what tasks you need to do and when to do them to maintain your home well all year long.