Food
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To feed a crowd for Easter brunch, bake your eggs. Two chefs offer their recipes
Mar 28, 2024 10:34 am - Cooking breakfast for a crowd is no fun when you have to stress over how people like their eggs. So this year for Easter brunch, bake your eggs instead. Try a sheet-pan version of shakshuka or the Midwestern staple strata.
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Joy of the freezer: Last year’s produce can create these dishes for a sumptuous spring mealMar 28, 2024 10:34 am - March was once known as the hungry month because preserved food would be running low. Refrigerated shipping changed all that. Now, you can preserve fresh seasonal food in the freezer, which I turned into spring vegetable risotto with greens, cheese-stuffed chicken and triple-berry crumble.
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How to make an Easter ham last all week
Mar 28, 2024 6:00 am - The beauty of making a baked ham for Easter is that there's bound to be leftovers. Leftover ham, which will last for up to five days in the fridge, can be a springboard for other meals during the week.
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Thank Edna Lewis for these beautiful baked beans
Mar 28, 2024 6:00 am - This veganized version of Edna Lewis’ baked beans recipe from her classic “The Taste of Country Cooking” uses onion and tomato for a touch of sweetness and the Instant Pot for speed.
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Salute spring’s arrival with lamb chops over a minty pea purée
Mar 26, 2024 4:49 pm - Lamb and mint are a classic pairing. Here, simply seasoned and seared lamb chops are served with a velvety purée of peas and mint.
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White Negronis might not be white, but they’re always delicious
Mar 26, 2024 1:42 pm - Before I tell you about the Alpine Negroni, the cocktail that got me chasing gentian drinks down their rabbit holes, riddle me this: When is a White Negroni not white? When you follow the recipe.
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At local pizza places, costs are taking a larger share of the pieMar 26, 2024 12:18 pm - The price of nearly everything that goes into making a pizza — from cheese, tomatoes and flour to boxes and wages — has gone up since the pandemic, making it a challenge for local restaurateurs to find that profit margin sweet spot.
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Roast canned tomatoes for a savory red pesto to toss with pasta
Mar 26, 2024 9:56 am - There is nothing unusual about grabbing a couple of cans of tomatoes off the shelf to make a pasta sauce, particularly in the winter when tomatoes are offseason. That’s where this recipe starts.
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Broiled oranges with ice cream are a modern twist on a diner classic
Mar 21, 2024 6:00 am - I recently found myself with a few exceptionally large navel oranges and got to thinking, “Why not give oranges the same splendid halved-grapefruit treatment?” This recipe answers that question with an emphatic “Please do!”
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Omani-style chickpeas are a buttery, garlicky weeknight treatMar 21, 2024 6:00 am - New to my list of late winter comfort foods is this bowl of warm, saucy, garlicky, buttery chickpeas. Known as dango in Oman, this version was adapted from the recipe in Rose Previte’s “Maydan: Recipes From Lebanon and Beyond.”