You can also drink it, use it to brine a chicken or add it to a marinade.
Recipes
The Maine Ingredient: Informal yet inviting buffet lets you start the year relaxed
Here’s a tasty menu that can mostly be bought or made ahead of time.
Recipes you’ll be glad to have on hand
From snack to dessert, having these in the fridge or freezer will serve you well.
Make New Year’s Eve food festive by adding champagne to risotto
Why not splurge with some bubbly and chanterelles?
Finger food that won’t make your guests pop their buttons
Sweet and savory pita toasts are also pretty to look at.
Cookbook review: ‘Beer Bites: Tasty Recipes and Perfect Pairings for Beer Lovers’
Tiny, delicious burgers go quite nicely with a dry Irish stout, but several of the recipes are intimidating.
Let salmon swim in green salsa for brighter flavor
Easy homemade tortilla chips top off a refreshingly different take on the fish.
‘The Saffron Tales: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen’ is a first-rate cookbook
Starting with the opening dedication, the book surprises and delights.
Butterscotch pie is a secret crowd pleaser
Even chocoholics admit to a craving for desserts with that browned butter flavor.
Three soup recipes, distinct in flavor, will bring you comfort
At its most elemental level, soup is just water with a bunch of other stuff cooked in it. And that is what makes it so exciting.