February 2009 COTM: A New Way to Cook by Sally Schneider Please post your full-length reviews of pasta and grain recipes here. Please mention the name of the recipe you are reviewing and the book and page number, if possible, as...

August 2008 Cookbook of the Month, The Glorious Foods of Greece by Diane Kochilas. Please post your full-length reviews of vegetables, bean, and grains here. Please mention the name of the recipe you are reviewing and the page...

Any recommendations for Twin Cities—especially St. Paul— restaurants that feature whole grains in their dishes? ~Whole wheat pasta? ~Quinoa? ~Brown rice? ~Amaranth? ~Buckwheat? ~Polenta? ~Couscous? Dishes/restaurants that...

I pretty much use local grass-fed beef for hamburgers and braised dishes. For steaks, though, I go to local grass-fed, but grain-finished. It’s the texture more than the flavor that I prefer.

A lot of the “beef flavor” that people associate with beef comes from beef fat. The best beef, prime and dry aged, has the most marbling and fat. Organic beef can be grass fed (natural grass) or grass fed/finished on...

I made some home-made limoncello from a bottle of the really strong stuff that someone brought me from Mexico. It worked much better than vodka for really extracting the flavor and color from the fruit (even though I had to water...

So I was checking her website, as I do regularly, and came across a fabulous-looking whole grain bread which she has been experimenting with along the lines of Jim Lehey’s no-knead. I’m going to try it today-tomorrow...

It’s grass fed, not grain fed fyi. A good dog.

Vegetables, pulses and grains sections Roots, Pulses and grains, and Soups, and online recipes with those ingredients. Please mention the name of the recipe you are reviewing and the page number, or include a link to the online...

November 2008 COTM: Alice Waters – The Art of Simple Food Please post your full-length reviews of recipes for pasta, bread and grains here, including those recipes that fit in these categories that are in the first section of...

Salt and Grain, Allston (on Cambridge Street next to Cafe Brazil) Subtle, meticulous and detailed spicing. Chicken pakora, with a crispy batter, dotted with earthy spices. Very tender. In the Kadhai Panner, the savoury sweetness of...

cubes and simmeer for 10, then add chopped tomato and scallion for another 10 more, finish with lime juice and garnish with cilantro. For me, this was tasting wonderful until the addition of the tomatoes. Somehow they added a...

Hounds are divided on the topic.

Slate goes in for the kill, taste-testing steaks to see if grass fed really does make for better eating.

Gourmet launches a new weekly newsletter at least partially penned by editor extraordinare Ruth Reichl.