Pamalamb, The recipe is pretty simple. I used a basic pumpkin muffin recipe from an old Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, substituting the whole wheat for white flour, adding extra pumpkin for moisture (and Vitamin A), and...

Based on my conversations with many people, virtually everyone in the NY area, and in the midwest, and in California has never heard of mole, except as a furry animal that ruins their gardens. The immigrants in the NY area...

I have increasingly turned to MasterCook for the planning ahead. It took some getting used to, but now I have the software loaded to really suit my needs. It allows you to build your own pantry and select items from the pantry...

for her garden!!! My father was an ice man while he was a teenager, still had the metal tongs, had to go up many, many stairs in the Bronx. My husband still talks about the coal delivery in Brooklyn too, all the coal dust all...

“do they serve organic milk in your county's public schools?” Actually, Ruth lives in the Bay Area. We have public schools with student run organic gardens and wood fire burning ovens where the students make their own...

beef came in a color besides gray until I left home. Green beans were boiled with a ham hock for at least 45 minutes or an hour. Once, when I went to visit her after I was grown, she was picking green beans out of her garden. I...

as seedlings at garden centres. Tastes a bit like lemony spinach.

Dumpling Master and Dumpling 10053, you’ve got trouble brewing in your backyard ...

(cringe, snivel) Oh, I’m not afraid of trying, but I’ve never personally known anyone who makes it at home well! That’s my fear. That it’s really not possible to make it delicious and wonderful without...

than that, give him/her specific responsibilities related to mealtime, whether prep or setting or clearing the table. Plant a garden, even if it is just a patio tomato plant or herbs on the windowsill. I think that many...

opinion on its value, but it has been acknowledged far and wide for bringing a creative, chef-centric approach to Thai food. Jean George may be taking Thai ingredients and cooking them in masterfully in the French method, but...

but didn’t end up in the dish. I don’t think it would be the same without those special dishes just for me. I also think this is why my brother has stopped coming to Thanksgiving dinner - master of denial that he is,...

, Nasturtium from our garden. The wine has a touch of oak, and reminds the diner of viognier. — Aubry Champagne, with Tomato-Watermelon-Juniper (gelee item)

Reminds me of Howard Stern’s reply to his critics: If you don’t like it, change the station. McDonald’s is to Wimpie’s as French Laundry is to Olive Garden, yet Mr Priss churls. Go figure.

want. the joy of cooking has every good cookie recipe. also check out better homes and gardens. there’s a buttermilk brownie recipe in one edition of that book that will blow you away. and if you want easy, decadent cookies,...