Food labels are designed to convey a great deal of information. Not only do they tell us what the product, ideally, looks like but they’re designed, too, to tell us how much we’re buying, what&rsquo...
Feeling a little sticker-shock after eating at your favorite restaurant lately? Following nearly half-a-century of record low prices, Americans are experiencing something folks in much of the rest of the world have been enduring for the past...
Never let a little thing like failure keep you down. Stock.xchng “One of the secrets of cooking is to learn to correct something if you can,” wrote Julia Child, “and bear with it if you cannot...
For those of us living in warmer climates, the idea of eating ice cream in the middle of winter might seem to make as much sense as guzzling hot chicken broth in the middle of a heat wave. Statistics suggest...
When the food kids find at fast food joints turns out to be safer and – arguably – healthier than the stuff they’re served in school cafeterias, there’s a problem.
School lunches have been coming under...
Did you notice a certain bounce in your step this week as you pushed your cart down the supermarket aisle? Did you feel a little more carefree as you jauntily tossed that bag of spinach into your basket? That, dear...
It’s not a question many cooks or journalists hear too often, but it does happen occasionally. Tracy, a former editor of mine, sent me this question from Alaska: Last night I made a lovely shepherd's pie out...
Quince. For the longest time, I really had no idea what to do with this enigmatic fruit. It’s enjoyed in many other parts of the world and, while it grows quite nicely here in a number of regions...
Forget the pathogens: improper labeling is really what’s going to do everyone in this week. Isn't this your responsiblity? No, it's yours. A recall on cream of mushroom soup also, unintentionally, highlights the seemingly arbitrary differences...
As I was unpacking some boxes a few weeks ago, I ran across something I had packed at least three years before and – surprisingly – forgotten: my cleaver. I say surprisingly because once I had unpacked it and began...