During the holiday cookie season, when everyone is adding fifteen different nuggets of things to giant cookies, or…

If you are a fan of underground clubs with secret handshakes, exclusive parties at last-minute surprise venues, or…

Recently I had an epiphany: Necessity may or may not be the mother of invention, but it is the mother of cheesecake.

I have never been shy about my love of schnitzel. I once ate it twice a day for five days in a row in Vienna.…

These past few weeks have been a boom time for home cooking. Pantry staples like rice and beans are flying off…

With everyone baking sourdough these days, the poor folks who are not keeping a starter (that is, a new pet) are…

Okay, quarantined people, let’s talk flatbread. Flatbread doesn’t need multiple risings. Often it doesn’t need any…

The other day my dad said, as a joke, “You should write about cholent. Perfect pandemic food!” We laughed because…

When I first started thinking about Passover stories to write this year, I was torn. After all, every year most…

Purim is one of those holidays that my family glossed over when I was growing up. We didn’t attend temple or Hebrew…

I want to begin by saying that I am not, nor have I ever been, Irish. I have never been to Ireland, and other than a…

Welcome to Biscuit Week, a special time set aside to cherish the most buttery and beloved of all quick breads.

The first stranger who ever slipped me the tongue was an elderly Chinese lady, and while it was by my clear…

Everyone (including The Takeout) put out their latest and greatest Super Bowl recipes last week. But almost no one…

It’s the dead of winter, and most of the fun holidays are behind us—but there’s still months of cold and slush to…

It’s the dead of winter, and most of the fun holidays are behind us—but there’s still months of cold and slush to…

My family historically preferred their green vegetables a bit gilded. When I was growing up, my dad was famous for…

Many people who are stuck in the midwinter doldrums dream of garden-ripe tomatoes and juicy, blushing peaches, but …

For many of us, tomatoes are the perfect food of summer, when gardens and farmer’s markets overflow with every…

I came to beans later in life. As a young person, I never really liked them. I associated them entirely with overly…