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12 ideas for the Class of ’12
Throw a graduation party that’s creative and carefree
 Updated: Wed, May 23, 2012 Graduation party season is revving up. If you’re hosting a soirée for a new grad, especially if it’s an open house, you’re probably trying to cook up some ideas that will stretch over many hours and satisfy a crowd of — well, who knows who might show up? One trick is to bring the guests in on the... Read More
Recipe: Shrimp and sausage paella Updated: Tue, May 22, 2012 Dutch oven diva Kyle Roubidoux shares her recipe for paella. Read More
Recipe: Buffalo chicken dip Updated: Tue, May 22, 2012 Kyle Roubidoux shares her recipe for Buffalo Chicken Dip. Read More
A chocolate, marshmallow and graham cracker shake Updated: Tue, May 15, 2012 Even a poorly executed milkshake still is probably pretty good. But to elevate the classic cool treat to a higher level of indulgence, tips from a milkshake master can help. For that, we turn to Spike Mendelsohn, veteran of season four of Bravo's "Top Chef" and creator of Washington's Good Stuff Eatery, as famous... Read More
Ways to thicken chili Published: Mon, May 14, 2012 Dear Sara: I want to make chili for hot dogs, but it needs to be thicker. Would adding flour or cornstarch change the taste? -- Donna M., email Dear Donna: You can thicken chili by cooking it longer, uncovered. Or you can add more of one of the ingredients, like diced tomatoes or mashed chili beans. Instead of... Read More
Criminally good home-cooked Chinese dishes Published: Mon, May 14, 2012 "Chinese Food Craving Lands Burglar in Jail," read the headline in The (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Gazette. According to the newspaper, a man caught shoplifting $8 worth of Chinese food from a local supermarket was, upon further investigation, found to be a suspect in a home burglary. The credit cards and... Read More
Oklahoma Table: Strawberries for Mom Published: Wed, May 9, 2012 What better way to treat mom than with local strawberries. Read More
Mother's Day breakfast
Whip up make-ahead egg dishes that are tasty and make clean-up easy
Updated: Mon, May 7, 2012 One look at the mess in the kitchen and that specia breakfast the children made for you can lose its appeal. We all remember the wonder of being old enough to cook for Mom and Dad. As parents, we want to encourage the same excitement in our little darlings — only without the mess. Read More
A paean to parsley Published: Mon, May 7, 2012 Some people think of parsley as a necessary evil, the touch of green on a bad cafeteria meal or in a 1950s-era cookbook photograph, garnishing some mystery meat or a slab of ham. Poet Ogden Nash was one of those people. He is perhaps best remembered for his terse "Reflections on Ice-Breaking": "Candy is... Read More
Building better burgers
You can grill a great burger using beef, but why stop there?
 Updated: Tue, May 1, 2012 We’d have liked to provide some burger-making tips to coincide with the start of grilling season, but as everyone knows, this year that ship sailed with La Nina. And even when we do get a normal transition from winter into spring, many of you have been firing up the grill all year round. Nonetheless, we’ve... Read More
Spice it up with Sri Lankan cooking Published: Mon, Apr 30, 2012 I asked two friends who had traveled to Sri Lanka about the food, and I got the same answer: "It's mostly rice and curry." That gave me a good feeling about the Sri Lankan cookbook "Rice & Curry: Sri Lankan Home Cooking" by S.H. Fernando Jr. (Hippocrene, 2011). Fernando, a music journalist and... Read More
From curds to quark
Homemade cheese made simpler
 Updated: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 Take some milk, add a little acid and give the mixture time to do its thing — who would have thought homemade cheese could be this simple? What with all the equipment and specialized ingredients I’d read about, cheese making sounded like it was better suited to a chemistry lab than my tiny kitchen. That is,... Read More
Cocktails fit for a healthy Cinco de Mayo Updated: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 It's easy to love a great cocktail. Until you look at the numbers. Some margaritas, for example, can pack upward of 1,000 calories. That's an awful lot of empty calories for something that truly is just a minute on the lips. So with Cinco de Mayo coming up, we decided to give healthy makeovers to some suitable... Read More
Mom's cooking inspires top kitchens — and yours Updated: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 When he was about 12, Hugh Acheson's mom went through a cooking phase: recipes from magazines, nice pots and pans, and exciting new dishes, like her signature chicken piccata. "It had that tenderness and crispness and this very simple, but very bouncy sauce," says Acheson. But it wasn't the pop of lemon... Read More
You have to love recipes that work Published: Mon, Apr 23, 2012 Fans of reliable, understandable, well-tested recipes have been following Marie Simmons for several decades. Author, teacher, mother and grandmother, Simmons has been churning out cookbooks since the late 1980s. She has more than 20 to her name. There's no razzle-dazzle about her. She is not a TV regular. Her... Read More
An easier way to mac ‘n’ cheese Updated: Wed, Apr 18, 2012 A good macaroni and cheese takes time. At least one that doesn’t come out of a box. You’re cooking the pasta, grating the cheese, making the cheese sauce, mixing it all up, baking it. For me, it’s too much for a weeknight. I’ve been using a version that involves just stirring grated cheese into the pasta... Read More
Make time to cook -- your family is worth it Published: Mon, Apr 9, 2012 It's easy to dislike Kelsey Banfield, aka the Naptime Chef. She is a stay-at-home mom-turned-blogger (www.thenaptimechef.com) who, according to her new cookbook, turned a realization that she could make dinner while her daughter napped into a "fun and satisfying project." Any working parent who reads these words... Read More
Grand-slam lamb
How to prepare the popular Easter and Passover meat
 Updated: Mon, Apr 2, 2012 Spring is a time of rebirth and festive celebrations. It's often associated with spring lamb, although lamb is available year-round. In many parts of the world, lamb is as common as chicken is in the United States. But we associate lamb with celebratory meals, which is why sales jump 50 percent around the spring... Read More
Take five for dinner Published: Mon, Apr 2, 2012 We are heading into the time of year when push comes to shove for family dinners. As any parent of school-age children knows, the last few months of school are a whirlwind of class trips, recitals, sports playoffs, awards ceremonies, theater productions, team banquets, yearbook meetings, graduation preparations... Read More
Freeze bananas for a tasty treat Published: Mon, Mar 26, 2012 Frozen bananas are wonderful in smoothies. You can make a mock ice cream, too. Simply cut a frozen banana into four sections and blend with a splash of milk in your food processor until creamy. Then enjoy a frozen treat that's lower in fat than ice cream, but doesn't sacrifice taste. The first reader tip shares... Read More
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