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This chicken soup with peanut butter channels West African stews

By Ellie Krieger
Mar 11, 2025 5:51 am - Seasoned with onion, garlic, ginger and a touch of cayenne pepper, this fragrant chicken soup gets its flavor cues from West African peanut stew.
You have to break a lot of eggs to make a Spanish tortilla. Or do you?

By Joe Yonan
Mar 11, 2025 5:48 am - With the price of eggs these days, you don’t have to be vegan to appreciate this version of a classic Spanish potato tortilla. It uses two types of tofu instead of eggs for creamy texture, plus kala namak (black salt) for eggy flavor.
A new cookbook ties healthy eating to good sleep

By ALBERT STUMM
Mar 08, 2025 8:32 am - If bad food can keep you awake, can good food help you sleep? A sleep researcher and food magazine editor teamed up to answer the question — and the result is a 28-day meal plan designed to deliver the nutrients needed for quality sleep.
Lisle’s French market gets room to grow

By Katlyn Smith
Mar 06, 2025 5:29 pm - Lisle trustees say “oui” to French market move downtown and new food truck markets.
Dinner detente: Tortilla soup two ways satisfies carnivores and vegetarians alike

By M. Eileen Brown
Mar 05, 2025 6:06 am - Soup is the perfect dish to bring carnivores and vegetarians together at the dinner table. It’s so easy to take one recipe and make it two – even three – ways. This recipe for tortilla soup is a wonderful example.
Celebrate spring with Cava, Spain’s sparkling wine

By Mary Ross
Mar 05, 2025 5:25 am - What’s the difference between Cava and Champagne? In brief, about $50 per bottle. In detail, the difference between all wines amounts to four variables: grape, soil, climate and culture.
Store-bought pancake mix is handy. Here’s how to make it even better.

By Leah Koenig
Mar 04, 2025 6:14 am - The best thing about pancake mix is the convenience. The second best thing is that the mixes’ formulas are so perfectly calibrated, you can easily modify them with simple pantry ingredients, no recipe required. Here are five fuss-free ways to glam up store-bought pancake mix.
Mushrooms, spinach, egg and cheese take this oatmeal in a savory direction

By G. Daniela Galarza
Mar 04, 2025 5:55 am - Pantry staples come together in this pot of savory mushrooms, oats and eggs. Dried mushrooms create an almost-instant mushroom broth. Toasting the oats in butter deepens their flavor.
Move over, croutons. Add Parmesan crisps to this wintry salad instead.

By Aaron Hutcherson
Mar 04, 2025 5:44 am - This wintry salad features baby spinach, chicken, orange, almonds and a toasted sesame dressing. The combination is nutty, savory and sweet. But the revelation for me in this salad was store-bought Parmesan crisps.
How to adjust chicken recipes for different-size birds

By Aaron Hutcherson
Mar 04, 2025 5:37 am - Q: The overwhelming majority of chicken recipes I see call for a 3½- to 4-pound chicken. But when I go to the grocery store, it’s rare to see a bird under 5 pounds. Recently, every whole chicken I came across was at least 6 pounds. Any suggestions on what to do? “Cook it longer” seems like things could go awry.

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