Our Green Plate Special columnist compares and contrasts two cookbooks on food waste, one from 2018, the other from 1975.
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‘Everyday Seafood’ offers imaginative recipes with delicious results
The new cookbook by British chef Nathan Outlaw also stresses the importance of sustainably harvested seafood.
This holiday season, why not make a pumpkin jelly roll cake?
Bring on the yule log.
Brussels sprouts nicely spicy with kimchi dressing
If you like a great Caesar salad or a spicy ramen soup, give this dish a chance.
A meaty bistro classic tart that is as refined as it is rich
Use yellow or white onions; sweet onions will make the tart too sweet.
Pâté – ‘a delicious requirement for sustainable meat consumption’
Granted, not everybody likes liver, but here’s an easy way to prepare it for those who savor a schmear on good bread.
The key to a tastier butternut squash soup
Starting with seeds and fiber in the cooking liquid brings a fuller flavor.
In ‘Pure Simple Cooking,’ the ideas are grand and the photos alluring
But for some of the recipes, the devil is in the details.
Real Texas chili is big on meat, but there’s no room for legumes
Tender beef swimming in a pepper-spiced tomato sauce is what true fans desire.
The humble onion offers lessons in good eating and buying
The essential bulb is easily purchased from Maine farms and stored, in case you don’t want to grow your own.