The best-tasting chicken results when you don’t take it too far from itself, when you let the chicken taste like chicken. For that, you might start with the bird, and look to...
Read moreOn my first day as a line cook in a pastry kitchen, I was tasked with turning lemons into little bowls for housemade sorbet. I angled a sharp paring knife from the...
Read moreThe biggest (and possibly only) challenge of sheet-pan cooking is recovering the browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pan. These caramelized juices and drippings from meats, fish and vegetables can...
Read moreI won’t be with my mom on Mother’s Day (this Sunday, May 11; of course you knew that). But I know exactly what I’d make her: this French toast casserole. Is this...
Read moreThe green salad at Meetinghouse, a modern pub in Philadelphia, is something of an architectural marvel.Layer upon interlocking layer of gem romaine leaves slicked with spiky Dijon vinaigrette form a cylindrical tower,...
Read moreThe restaurateurs Jon Neidich and Craig Atlas of Golden Age Hospitality, known for the Nines, Acme and Elvis, have added this airy trattoria style bar and restaurant with rattan chairs that spill...
Read moreI finally met a turkey meatball I love, after years of trying. Ground turkey is bland compared with beef and pork, which sets me up for a lackluster meatball. The texture is...
Read moreThe décor may be minimal at Hinoki Sushi, but the Godzilla rolls are endless.Inside this Reno, Nev., restaurant on a sunny Monday afternoon, platters of sushi streamed out of the kitchen like...
Read moreJennifer Lu stood quietly behind a wooden counter modestly adorned with a golden bucket of candy and red flags celebrating the Year of the Snake, which also happens to be the name...
Read moreHappy Asparagus Month — known sometimes, to people who aren’t me, as “May.”The month officially kicked off this past weekend, when I laid eyes on the first purple-tipped local bunches at the...
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