A few years ago when my husband and I were a spry, travel-loving couple instead of the couch-bound dullards we’ve…
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It was the ’90s. Olive oil and vinegar on your salad was a thing. The explosion of homemade dressings had not yet…
A few years back I started making homemade pork and cabbage gyoza, a laborious but worthwhile endeavor. Making and…
Some readers may think Beef Stroganoff is not a seasonally appropriate dish. Where are the ramps and asparagus, the…
Welcome to The Takeout’s Asian Noodles Week, a tribute to the O.G. pasta bowl.
Ah, the carefree days of living by one’s self. I remember those halcyon days as filled with joyful capriciousness,…
Maybe’s it’s the meal you were eating when your high-school sweetheart dumped you. Or the snack you overindulged on…
I consider myself an un-squeamish cook. The more visceral activities involving meat are often relegated to me in our…
As I write this, I sit devouring the last slice from what has been The Fortnight of Cheesecakes in my household. It…
I’ve become such a junkie for beautiful food photography that I sighed when I saw The Good Food on my kitchen…
Chicken stew on toast, however delicious, lacks sophistication. Now pour that stew into an elegant edible vessel?…
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Deliciousness is not just how a dish looks, but how it feels. It’s the tactile and textural pleasures. And being…
Seven years ago, I starting baking yule logs around Christmas time. I enlisted the help of my friend and baking…
In all my years of reading glossy food mags, I don’t think I’ve ever made a magazine recipe twice. Then I met the…
My favorite part about Thanksgiving isn’t the turkey, the cranberries, nor the stuffing. It’s the cheese sauce.
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This technique was inspired by an episode of Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredients—Quick and Easy Food in which he plonked…
Velveeta gets a bad rap, and frankly, we think it’s undeserved. (The state of Texas will respectfully disagree.) The…
Knobby and fatty, with protruding discs of marrow, oxtails turn off a good many home cooks before they even get a…
My Cantonese in-laws were in town last weekend to spoil our toddler and make us tasty Chinese food. The talk turned…
I’ve eaten my fair share of deliciousness in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, arguably home to the city’s best Mexican…