cooking

Recipes

• Mac Daddy n’ Cheese
  

Grinders

• Ode to Joy
  Classic cookbook The Joy of Cooking gets a spiffy new retooling, and food writers can't stop yakking about it.
• Gastrosexuality
  In a post that launched some interesting discussion on Serious Eats, Adam Roberts of Amateur Gourmet asks, "Does Cooking Make You Gay?"
• A Brewski in Your Stewski
  The Houston Chronicle asks why people don't cook more with beer. The answer? A lack of snob appeal.
• Cooking Is the New Thinking
  As Adam Gopnik argues in this week's New Yorker, writers who use food preparation as "background action" in their novels don't understand cooking.
• The Original Chemist in the Kitchen
  Wired has a short-but-sweet profile of the father of molecular gastronomy.
• The Jamie Oliver Backlash
  One of the UK's most controversial food TV personalities is in the headlines again.
• This Is Why You Never Cook Alone
  Man stabs himself and dies while cooking.
• On Ice
  At a research base in Antarctica, the groceries come just once a year.

Picks

• Take That, Ikea Kitchen Starter Kit
  A DIY kitchen that comes with the chef.

TastingNotes

• Foundations
  The Chez Panisse Café Cookbook offers the same niche in contemporary West Coast cuisine that the Jimi Hendrix Experience occupies in rock-and-roll.
• To Go Back Forever
  Madeleine Kamman and me.
• Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, and Zinfandel
  Three very different wines, one very nice meal.

Ingredients

• Greens, cooking
  General Description: Cooking greens is a category of dark, leafy vegetables in the Brassica family with strong, assertive flavors and often tough, fibrous leaves. Cooking greens are some of the old...

Stories

• Fresh Out of the Oven
  Nouveau baking supplies
• Your Computer Can’t Roast a Chicken
  But it can tell you when your bird is cooked
• Does Cooking Alcohol Really Burn It All Off?
  More booze, more flavor
• James and the Giant Niche
  Beard on Food proves that we still need James Beard
• Basic Steak
  Sear it, then put it in the oven
• Baked Breaded Salmon
  Salmon fillet with breadcrumbs
• Roasted Chicken Breast
  Bone in, skin on (with a simple sauce made by deglazing)
• Asian Broiled Tofu
  With carrots and sauce
• Garlicky Spaghetti
  Supereasy aglio e olio
• Roast Pork Loin
  With a chile-coffee glaze
• Three-Egg Omelet
  Filled with melted cheese
• How to Measure Honey
  Ensure an accurate pour
• Chunky Vegetable Soup
  Use up leftover produce
• Whole Roasted Fish
  Stuffed with rosemary and lemon