In 1919, after the end of World War I, Woodrow Wilson declared the first Armistice Day.
His ...
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Growing up "salad" meant a plate with iceberg lettuce, cucumber, carrot, and tomato slices, and ...
Whether making a holiday meal or just a quick weeknight supper, finding a veggie side dish that ...
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Side dishes are the key to making every meal a hit. They are essentially the glue that holds dinner ...
Adapted from Everyday Food
4-1/2 pounds beef short ribs
Coarse salt and pepper
3 tablespoons ...
2 oz Belvedere Citrus
3 oz pressed apple juice
½ oz lemon juice
½ home made toffee ...
Adapted from Jessica Prentice’s Full Moon Feast
2 tablespoons “unsalted butter baby”
3 leeks ...
This is one of those basic, versatile, really delicious cakes. The recipe is adapted from The ...
"When I was growing up, Christmas began right after Thanksgiving with the start of the ...
1/2 pound dried black beans
5 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1 bay leaf
fine sea salt
freshly ...
With St. Patrick's Day around the corner, I'm reminded of a spontaneous weekend trip to Ireland ...
Joe’s restaurant on Abbot-Kinney in Venice, California is a delight and a deal. Michelin thinks ...
Buffalo Gap is only a few miles south-west of Abilene. The small town (population 463) has a ...
In a true southern kitchen, Coca-Cola is not only found in the refrigerator, it's also found in ...
It’s become fashionable to say that your favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, and every so often I say ...
I have a distinct memory of being eight years old at my mother’s friend’s pool party. They were ...
Perhaps it's their association with English tea and ladies' garden luncheons that make scones so ...
From the Blue Bloods Cookbook
There are two types of cheesecake in the world: coarse-textured ...
I always think one of the nicest things to bring home from vacation is a souvenir cookbook from a ...
The Essential New York Times Cookbook
Proving that a cookbook does NOT need photographs to be ...
My adopted home town, Bethlehem, PA calls itself the Christmas City, a title that, in fact, it ...
Since Easter is all about sweets, we like to ask our friends and family to bring a dessert to ...
In many homes on Easter Sunday, a succulent ham shank, crusted with brown sugar and mustard, is ...
It's almost the end of summer, which likely means you're sunburned, overtired, and ready for your ...
This is an excerpt from the book "Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories"
We had ...
Jane Curtin, my former colleague on Saturday Night Live, characterized school cafeteria food in a ...