Today: For a stress-free Thanksgiving, we’re turning to Ina.
ulling off a Thanksgiving dinner without your guests seeing catching you still in your robe, maniacally stirring cranberry sauce with one hand while you stuff your bird with the other, is a level of kitchen preparedness that we all...
Inspired by conversations on the Food52 Hotline, we’re sharing tips and tricks that make navigating all of our kitchens easier and more fun.
Today: We’re talking holiday centerpieces.
Decorating your holiday table doesn’t have to mean spending your entire shopping budget on elaborate centerpieces...
Whole-smoked turkey: dark skin, juicy meat. Photo: StockFood / Marquand, Michael
This Thanksgiving, I’ll give thanks that the smoked turkey I tested last weekend was just that: last weekend. Not the big day. Because last weekend I lost focus and broke the No. 1 Rule of Smoking a Turkey: Start as...
Every week, we’re spotlighting a different food blogger who’s shaking up the blogosphere with tempting recipes and knockout photography. Today, Claire Thomas of The Kitchy Kitchen updates the classic Caesar salad with a heaping of Brussels sprouts—just the thing for Thanksgiving.
Photo: The Kitchy...
Once you go radicchio, you’ll never go back.
We need to talk about something that is not called turkey, dressing, or sweet potatoes.
This Thanksgiving, whether you know it or not, you will want a salad. Your body will be happy that you have a salad on the table, and I have one that is seasonal and...
By Beth Lipton, Health.com
Everyone knows olive oil is great for your health and a staple of the Mediterranean diet. But even though it’s now found in most kitchens, it’s still steeped in mystery and confusion. Read on for some of the biggest mistakes people make with olive oil, and how to...
The classic green-bean casserole (Photo: Thinkstock)
This is an ode to my mother. Actually, it’s an ode to the green-bean casserole, that quirky vintage dish that I grew up with — along with many people in this fine country. The basic ingredients include Del Monte green beans, a can of Campbell’s...
By Gabriella Vigoreaux
Photo credit: Paul Michael, StockFood.
Mashed potatoes used to be the superstars of our Thanksgiving table, but lately it seems they have lost their luster. What happened to our favorite comfort food? Our guess is that there are about a million ways that mashed...
Ingredients
450g skinless, free-range chicken breasts, cut into 3cm pieces
1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
peanut oil, for deep frying (about 3 cups)
1 cup fresh basil leaves
4 long green shallots, finely sliced
1 tbsp shaoxing (Chinese wine)
For the marinade
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tbsp...
What better way to celebrate spring than with a recipe for the year's first cherries? Frank Camorra's cherry pies have a tart twist.
During the week we look to our Asian neighbours for inspiration with some quick and tasty dinner ideas: a vegetable and Thai fish curry. Then we skip to the...
Ingredients
400g sashimi-grade fish (tuna, salmon, snapper etc)
100g good-quality raw prawn meat
1 cup loosely packed coriander leaves
1 cup fresh lime juice
2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
1 fresh green jalapeño chilli, de-seeded and chopped
sea salt
1 ripe avocado, chopped into...
Total Time:
4 hr 30 min
Prep:
15 min
Cook:
4 hr 15 min
Yield:
6 servings
Level:
Easy
Ingredients
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
One 3 to 5-pound chuck roast
2 or 3 tablespoons olive oil
2 whole onions, peeled and halved
6 to 8 whole carrots, unpeeled, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 cup red wine,...