In the last installment of “Learning to Cook with Kids,” chef and culinary educator Cleo Bell revealed some of her best practices for cooking with kids. Her big takeaway: Set a tone of respect and trust in the kitchen and kids will rise to the occasion. She also broke down…
Last week I talked about learning to share the kitchen with my kids. Whether it’s out of sheer cooking fatigue or the desire to have them be more self-reliant (or a little of both), in the past three months, my two boys have been doing more for themselves in the…
I have to tell you: I’ve never been big on sharing the kitchen with my kids. I’m a writer with a couple of cookbooks and many recipes to my name, someone who cooks dinner most nights and who is happiest puttering in a (clean, quiet) kitchen, not gritting my teeth…
In these weeks where we’re all staying home, preparing the day’s meals can start to feel a little like Groundhog Day—wasn’t I just standing in this exact same spot yesterday, making this exact same grilled cheese sandwich? And possibly the day before that? Even for the most devoted home cooks,…
While the world’s best tacos might be devoured late at night on a street corner in Mexico City, there’s really no wrong time or place to eat one. Appropriate for any meal; portable and versatile and inexpensive and delicious—tacos may actually be the perfect food. So if Taco Tuesday hasn’t…
Ham is to Easter what turkey is to Thanksgiving—the chance to puzzle creatively through the leftovers is a big part of why we serve such a large piece of meat in the first place. Early in the week after Easter Sunday, leftover ham might be taking up precious real estate…
Whether you celebrate Easter as a religious holiday or a secular one that welcomes spring, there’s typically a feast involved, often featuring a large hunk of meat. Worldwide, lamb (from sheep one year or younger) is traditionally eaten in the spring as a celebration of the start of the growing…
You may have outgrown green beer, but it’s still fun to pull together a St. Patrick’s Day celebration in honor of Irish culture and heritage. Soda bread, lamb stew, seafood pie, colcannon are all good places to start, but without corned beef and cabbage, are you really doing St. Patrick’s…
In 2009, Camas Davis moved to France to learn how to butcher whole animals and make charcuterie. After over a decade working as a food writer and editor, Davis was looking for hands-on work in food, she
Most years at the beginning of December, I nestle some narcissus bulbs in a rock-filled pot, stick them in a sunny spot, and spend the month watching them grow. It’s a way to pay attention as the weeks careen by. Between closing out the year at work and school, shopping…
With the first full week of the new school year upon us, the planning this week stayed pretty freeform. I pulled the rest of the chicken thighs and a brisket from my Butcher Box stash, took a look at the calendar to see what nights I’d have time to cook,…
We’re officially back-to-school this week, but I refuse to yield to fall just yet, despite the chill in the air in the evenings. There are still tomatoes and corn to be eaten! Needless to say, the first full week back to school can be a long one. Even if the…