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Cook With Kids: Black Rice & Guava Salad with Basil Lime Vinaigrette
Make It With Mom!, Menus
My clients often ask me to show them how to make quick, easy and 'clean' dishes they can enjoy with their entire family. New cooks love to start with the classics they love, and who doesn't love to make a rice dish? Rice always invokes comfort…
Baby Racks of Lamb with a Pumpkin Seed Crust
Great Sunday Suppers, Menus
This dish is a perfect illustration of how the right wine can match Mexican food. In fact, it’s hard for me to even think of rack of lamb without a red wine to go with it. The pumpkin seed crust is much more flavorful than the typical bread…
Do-It-Ahead Chicken Chiles Rellenos
Quick & Easy, Recipes
If you like to get as much food pre-done as possible before your guests arrive, this is the perfect recipe for you. You can make these chiles rellenos the day before and store them on a sheet tray lightly covered with plastic wrap. When…
It's Time for Delicious Apple Recipes!
Kid-Friendly, Menus
Everything You Need to Know about America’s Favorite Fruit
Its undeniable: the days are getting shorter, the grasses are going to seed, the beginning of autumn is here! Sure, you’ll have to pack away the beach gear and pull out the…
Perfectly Peachy: A Primer & Tasty Peach Recipes
Low-Calorie, Recipes
I have a friend who once declared to me once, “Oh, I hate fruit!” Hate fruit? How is that possible? Especially with so many delicious peach recipes out there. That’s like saying I hate movies, or I hate dinner parties. Sure, some are…
Corn Recipes to Celebrate the Last Days of Summer
Great Sunday Suppers, Menus
This is one of my favorite times of the year at the farmer’s market. For the next few weeks, we will continue to see a bounty on seasonal produce from peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, plums, peaches (Oh, peaches!) to berries and onions.
This…
A Conversation with Rick Rodgers: Soft Tacos with Chipotle Carnitas
Family Night Faves, Menus
Rick Rodgers is one of the most versatile professionals in the food business. Through his work as a cooking teacher, food writer, cookbook author, freelance cookbook editor, and radio and television guest chef, his infectious love of good…
All About Heirloom Tomatoes: A Delicious Legacy & Recipes
Recipes, Soups & Salads
Heirloom tomatoes are spilling out of baskets at farmer’s markets and grocery stores around the country. Once considered poisonous by Europeans, tomatoes are now a year-round staple of international cuisines. If you’ve got a pot and a…
Tortilla de Patatas: Spanish-Style Tortilla Recipe
Appetizers, Recipes
On the other side of the pond, in Spain, tortilla is everywhere—but it’s not the familiar corn masa tortilla of America. The word tortilla just means a round, flat cake. In Spain it’s a “cake” of potatoes and eggs, a flat omelet,…