In my library of a decade’s worth of old Bon Appétit magazines, I know exactly which issue to reach for: September 1995, the American Restaurants Issue. Page 93. Page 93 is dog-eared, wrinkled from the steam …
We have a Williams-Sonoma Collection cookbook (you know, one of those slim, almost square volumes they’ve published for years) devoted to risotto. We’ve had this since about 1996, and it is thoroughly abused: spine cracked, pages …
Several years ago at a family gathering, we enjoyed a fantastic dinner that featured healthy grilled fish supported by an explosion of flavors. I didn’t get the recipe, but nonetheless managed to deconstruct the dish and …
When I spotted a box of gorgeous fresh figs in the produce section at The Fresh Market last week, one thing immediately came to mind: grilled figs wrapped in prosciutto. This appetizer recipe could not be …
When I was newly married 20 (gulp!) years ago, one of my first acquisitions for our tiny apartment kitchen was a subscription to Bon Appétit magazine. Bon Appétit taught me as much about cooking—and especially about …
As an eager gardener who’s always learning what works and what doesn’t, I’m excited when I discover what works. And this works: a planting stick. Of all the tools in my garden bench and in the …
There are two food-related (obsessed?) blogs that I wish I wrote: 100cookbooks.com and smittenkitchen.com. Neither fails me whenever I bookmark a recipe. So when I spotted this recipe for Tomato and Corn Pie on smittenkitchen.com earlier …
