One by-product of habitual cooking from new recipes is a certain confidence in the ability to predict in advance, from a quick perusal, how ...

British chef Jamie Oliver has become a champion of simple but tasty and unprocessed food, in schools and homes, both in the UK and in the US...

For over two years I have loved receiving my weekly order, which I fondly refer to as my "farm box," from Moore Farms and Friends ...

What do you do when you have a surplus of fresh tomatoes? I often make either a quick or a long-simmering tomato sauce. In the summer my...

Nothing says "Spring" quite as much as fresh new asparagus, and it's given a starring role in this Jamie Oliver recipe for Pan...

February 4 is National Homemade Soup day, and I can think of no better way to celebrate than with a hot bowl of English Onion Soup with Sa...

Radishes and butter are a classic French combination, but I didn't know this until last summer when I saw a post for Radish Herb Butter ...

Boneless chicken breasts are a staple dinner item at our house. When I got my copy of Thomas Keller's new book A d Hoc at Home I was e...

Browsing for recipes is one of my favorite pasttimes. My cookbook shelves are filled to overflowing and I love paging through them, contemp...

Let's see a show of hands here: When you heard on Oct 5 that Daniel Boulud's restaurant Daniel was just was awarded three-star Mich...

The real name of this Jamie Oliver recipe is "Summer Tray Baked Salmon" but I figure I can get away with posting it this week, s...

I love popping into my local library and browsing the cookbook section. I've found some wonderful books there, ones that I've added...

We were looking for a great-but-not-too-unhealthy munchy snack and these Roasted Chile Lime Chickpeas with Cilantro fit the bill nicely; we...

Last week when I was at the market I picked up a lovely piece of cod. I knew I wanted to prepare it with herbs and tomatoes, and found this...

Last fall, at the very end of fresh squash season, I stumbled across this side dish recipe, and, given my obsession with sage (and the larg...

Every month Megan of My Baking Adventures chooses a "challenge" recipe for the intrepid cooks in the Tyler Florence Fridays grou...

Last week I found a bag of fingerling potatoes in my cupboard that just begged to be cooked in a really special way. These potatoes were a ...

I've made this classic Roman dish, many times, from different cooks' recipes (but really, this is a simple pasta, so there's not...

Back before Google, Epicurious, and the Food Network, finding a good recipe took a bit of digging and, often, some crossed fingers as the ch...

Herbs are so rewarding for a gardener of very little talent. The only way anything grows around here is of its own initiative. I put it in...