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Pictured: French Fries recipe from Chowhound There’s no denying it: the fast food French fry is a masterpiece of lightness and crispiness. To try and improve on its exalted form would
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There’s no better antidote to this season’s cold and wet weather than clam chowder. After all, what could be more uplifting on a blustery fall or winter day than slurping
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Confession: There’s no way for this essay not to end with “how do you like them apples?” so in order to at least attempt to flip the script, here it
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Get set to score points in apple trivia: 7,500 varieties of varieties of apples are grown around the world. While the crabapple is the only one native to what’s now
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If you are anything like me, you blinked and it is November, right? Right—and yikes! Time is flying, whether we want it to or not, but we can still savor
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Ah, fall—it’s the most wonderful time of year (second only to Christmas, of course)! When the leaves are changing colors and the air becomes crisp, it’s peak season to get
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As a food, as a piece of natural art, and as an enduring symbol of fall, pumpkins are practically perfect in every way. If you’re not certain about squash’s preeminence,
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If your idea of a pumpkin is limited to the ubiquitous sugar (a.k.a. pie) variety or if your winter squash game doesn’t go beyond spaghetti, butternut, and acorn, it’s time
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Maybe you carved a pumpkin and don’t want to waste all those seeds you gutted out. Or you purchased a big pumpkin to roast (bless you), and you want to
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Pumpkins were an important foodstuff long before they were better loved as decorations, but plenty of people still eat them too, in far more diverse forms than pie. The term
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You don’t need to be a calendar-driven chef to know that there are flavors for every season. Spring‘s asparagus and artichokes segue into summer‘s tomatoes and strawberries. Some tastes are
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This year, the 13th day of October falls on a Friday*. Because there’s something a bit more sinister and ominous about an October version of Friday the 13th, I thought
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Think of caramel and you probably think of sweets like caramel apples and ice cream sundaes, which makes sense, since caramel is basically just cooked sugar. Even light golden caramel
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“Dumbledore remained standing, and a silence fell over the Great Hall. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts and—most particularly—guests. I have great pleasure in welcoming you all to Hogwarts. I
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You don’t need more stuff. We all have enough stuff. When your space is looking bland and you want to decorate your home or table, look around you. The best
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Eggs are undoubtedly one of the most versatile ingredients, but they’re not just for baking and breakfast. Egg whites are a common ingredient in cocktails, used to create a creamy
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Ever since the words New Nordic Cuisine became a part of our culinary lexicon, foraging emerged as the most popular activity attached to this concept. New Nordic Cuisine focuses on
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When it comes to the savory end of the warm and cozy fall flavor spectrum, sage is perhaps the quintessential taste of the season. Rosemary and thyme rank high too,
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Figs have been around for a while: in myths, in legends, in history, in religion, and on the plate.
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Fall is the perfect time to cozy up with warm, hearty pasta dishes, but you don’t have to miss out on comfort food if you’re gluten free. There are gluten-free
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Threshold seasons—the few weeks when one season is ending and a new one’s launching, with the produce overlap that happens—are some of our favorite things on the yearly food calendar.
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