This is a very sweet yet non-messy dessert treat, great for picnics and other outings. The recipe calls for two egg yolks, so if you're feeling adventurous, you can use the leftover egg whites to whip up a quick meringue topping instead of adding the criss-cross pie crust layers to the ...
The Wall Street Journal Test Kitchen recently spent their testing efforts on all sorts of food processors that are on the market today. Models from all spectrums -- budget, high-end, multi-purpose, etc. -- were included in this test.
Below, WSJ reveals the the pros and cons of the Top Five food processors that stood ...
Active/Total Time: 15 mins/15 minsServes: 4 to 6Here's a refreshing twist on the tried-and-true side dish of cooked peas. In this recipe, flavorful garlic and onions are added to the dish, then tossed with romaine hearts and fresh mint for a crisp and cool consistency. The dish is high in fiber, antioxidants, and green phytonutrients, and it only takes ...
During the Sicilain Food Festival in San Diego's Little Italy this summer, celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis was on hand to sign cookbooks, host cooking demos, and share her origins as well as influences that played a part during her extensive culinary journey.
The chef enthusiastically divulged her favorite foods; they include ...
Here's a light, refreshing chilled fruit salad for summertime. The rum and lime syrup works well with other fruits, too. Experiment with different fruit combinations like pineapple and coconut, mango and banana, or a citrus kick with orange, kiwi & passion fruit.
Ingredients:
1/3 C water
1/3 C sugar
1/2 C light rum
1/3 C fresh ...
A man in New Castle, Delaware was arrested on Wednesday for posing as a new Food Network celebrity chef. The tip-off? Not having enough culinary skills to fool his students.
20-year-old Leonard Ruebeck began promoting this scam in May while teaching a cooking class. He called himself "Chef Lenny" and wore ...
Active/Total Time: 45 mins/1 hr 45 minsServes: 4 to 8This recipe for Sausage Rigatoni is very hearty, savory, and packed with flavor. You'll want to plan ahead and make sure you have the full 1 hour and 45 minutes of time required to make it, too. Most of that time commitment is due to the sun-dried tomato sauce, which ...
Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse lent his talents to Mississippi's The Viking Classic, recognized as the PGA Tour's Best Special Event due to its impressive fundraising for charitable organizations.
The chef performed two cooking demos during the Viking Classic; first, an "economical and weather-friendly" chicken entree, followed by a fresh and ...
This recipe is one you'll want to make instead of shelling out big bucks for those typical party-platter sub sandwiches. It's healthier and has that fresh, homemade taste.
Once this easy-to-make sandwich has been assembled, you can wrap it up as-is to take to your social gathering, or cut it ahead ...
The official list of nominees for the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards has just been released. Major categories were announced yesterday by Mike & Molly's Melissa McCarthy and Joshua Jackson of Fringe via live webcast on Emmys.com. The complete list, also including the Creative Arts Emmy nominations, ...
Active/Total Time: 30 mins/10 hrsServes: 4 to 6This recipe is made with Salsa de Molcajete, a smoked salsa prepared in a Mexican mortar and pestle dish. You can substitute any salsa that you like, or you can try your hand at homemade smoked salsa below:
To make the salsa, gather 6 medium tomatoes, 1 jalapeno, 1 fresh garlic clove, and ...
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay of Food Network fame has been investing time in a separate hobby this past year. Let's just say, it's a classy way to enjoy horse meat (for a chef, especially). And from the looks of things, the investment is certainly paying off.
Flay is the ...
Once these crispy herbed chicken fingers have cooled, you can pack them for transport to a summer picnic, or just enjoy them immediately. Preferably, don't refrigerate them before eating. If you must refrigerate, re-warm in a low-temperature oven to bring back the crispiness.
Ingredients:
2 lbs. chicken tenders
1/2 C flour
1 tsp. oregano
2 ...
On July 9, the world's most famous newlyweds paid a visit to Santa Barbara, CA. As a part of their action-packed Californian weekend, Prince William and Kate Middleton attended a charity polo match at the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club -- and celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis was asked to ...
Active/Total Time: 30 mins/48 hrsServes: 6 to 10Gravlax is a traditional Scandinavian dish that's typically served as an appetizer. A fresh fillet of salmon (any fillet will do... it doesn't need to be sashimi grade) is salt-cured for 48 hours, sliced thin using a fillet knife, then topped with dill and mustard sauce. For this recipe, the salmon ...
Pimento cheese is a very popular item in Southern cuisine. It's made from a base of three ingredients: cheese, mayonnaise, and pimento chili peppers. These are combined to make a paste used as a sandwich spread or dipping sauce. A pimento cheese sandwich is even one of the traditional menu ...
You can purchase pine nuts pre-toasted, or you can do it yourself. To roast, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F, then coat a shallow pan or tray with pine nuts and toast for about 10 minutes. Shake the pan halfway through the roasting time. Or to toast, add nuts ...
Top Chef fan favorite Fabio Viviani has now put his unique spin on a cooking app for the iPad. He's partnered with Bertolli Olive Oil to create an app called Let's Cook!, which showcases his Italian and Mediterranean-style recipes.
Sixteen feature recipes can be found in Let's Cook!, all with ...
Active/Total Time: 20 mins/20 minsServes: 8 to 12This rich, creamy caramel sauce uses just three ingredients: pure granulated sugar, whipping cream, and butter. Once you master the technique, you won't want to go back to store-bought sauce.
The trick is to prevent the sugar from crystallization. When the sugar starts to caramelize over the heat, the mixture can quickly start ...
NBC's America's Next Great Restaurant aired for the first time last spring as a series endeavoring to give budding restaurant entrepreneurs the chance to make their dreams a success. The show was hosted by celebrity chefs Bobby Flay, Curtis Stone, Lorena Garcia, and Chipotle founder Steve Ells. Over the course of nine ...
These wraps are perfect for a Fourth of July barbecue party -- and you'll have plenty of leftovers to make frozen margaritas to go with them, too. If preparing these fish wraps to go, transport them in a shallow container with a tight cover.
Ingredients:
1-1/2 lb sturdy white fish fillets of your ...
Anthony Bourdain, Emmy-winning host of the Travel Channel's No Reservations, will be debuting a new TV series on the same network this fall. It's called 24-Hour Layovers, a show which Bourdain says will be "faster, more democratic, and more caffeinated than No Rez."
The premise of the series showcases Bourdain as he's ...
Active/Total Time: 40 mins/40 minsServes: 4 to 6Here's a version of "grown up" gourmet mac & cheese that works well both as dinner party fare and as a satisfying comfort food dish. It uses torchiette pasta, which is a bell-shaped pasta variety from Italy that means "little torches."
The sauce includes bacon, beer, and smoked paprika along with garlic, red ...
This fall, ABC will debut a daytime series for the first time in 14 years. And it's all about food.
The Chew is a new culinary talk show that features a panel of respected celebrity chefs and entertainers, similar to The View or The Talk but with a focus on food ...
These pita pockets are a healthy and delicious treat any time of the year, but especially during summer grilling season. If you are not fond of eggplant, then squash, zucchini or bell peppers can be used instead. To make this a vegan recipe, use soy cheese and a dairy-free pita bread.
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Many home cooks dream of attending a cooking seminar taught by their favorite celebrity chef in person, but often don't have the funds or the time to do so. Tonight, for those in the San Francisco area, Tyler Florence hopes to change all that.
Florence will be hosting a free one-hour ...
Active/Total Time: 15 mins/1 hr 15 minsServes: 4This is a quick and easy grilled chicken recipe that involves very little cooking time. Just fire up the barbecue, grill the marinated chicken for a couple minutes on each side, let it rest for a few minutes while you set the table, and enjoy!
The chicken and marinade ingredients will need to ...
Friday's season 2 finale of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution showed that the UK celebrity chef is no stranger to tenacity. Against the odds, positive changes were made in the harsh concrete jungle of the city of Los Angeles.
Even before the season began, Oliver received little to no cooperation from the L.A. public school district. Superintendent ...
There's a trick to cooking quinoa that makes it taste a lot better from the get-go. The outer coating of quinoa contains saponins -- natural repellents that taste nasty to birds and other foragers. To get rid of this flavor, rinse the quinoa before cooking, then rinse it again after letting it soak ...
Celebrity chef Traci Des Jardins is no stranger to stardom. But since her appearance on Season 3 of Top Chef Masters (where she emerged as a Top 3 finalist alongside Mary Sue Milliken and winner Floyd Cardoz), her celebrity status and popularity have risen sky-high.
Jardins admits, however, "I still feel like a humble ...
Active/Total Time: 30 mins/30 minsServes: 4This low-fat stir fry recipe is a great starting point for learning to make your own custom stir fry dishes. Here, you'll be including broccoli, green onions, garlic, ginger and almonds to the dish, but there are many other ingredients that you can add or substitute as you continue to make it over time. ...
The 2011 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, CO was held this past weekend, June 17-19. It was a special occasion for all who attended, especially since it marked Food & Wine's 30th anniversary celebration. Celebrity chefs Thomas Keller, Mario Batali, Michael Chiarello, and Lidia Bastianich were among the hundreds of celebrity and ...
"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" isn't a phrase that frequently enters my mind during the summertime. Roasted chestnuts come with memories of winter holidays, hot cider by the fireplace, and Nat King Cole.
But in many other cultures, roasted chestnuts are a street food staple. In Portugal, for example, ...
This quick recipe for salmon patties involves very little cooking time, so it's a great one to have on hand when you're craving "fast food" with a healthy, Mediterranean spin to it. As a light lunch, this salmon patty can be paired with your favorite Greek salad.
Salmon Ingredients:
1 can (14 oz.) ...
Sunday night, CBS aired the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, a celebration of daytime television hosted by Wayne Brady of Let's Make A Deal. The Las Vegas awards show featured performances by Cirque Du Soleil, Celine Dion, Marie Osmond, and Penn & Teller. Lifetime achievement awards were presented to ...
Active/Total Time: 15 mins/1 hrServes: 4 to 6
Ceviche is a term for raw seafood appetizers in a citrus marinade. Here, scallops are marinated with fresh squeezed lime juice, minced garlic, thinly sliced red onions, and jalapeno pepper. A mandoline will help with thin onion slices, and the amount of jalapeno you use can be lessened if ...
Need some grilling advice or last-minute ideas from the pros? Below, five celebrity chefs offer some flavorful recipes that they use both at home and in their own restaurants.
Mario Batali recommends his Pizza Margherita recipe, shown on Good Morning America, from the Mario Batali Italian Grill. The pizza dough is first fired over ...
Blueberries truly are a superfood. A recent study published by Cornell University scientists named blueberries as the food with the highest level of antioxidant activity. They're also packed with vitamin C, anti-inflammatory properties, and phytoflavinoids -- a term where phyto means "referring to plants," and flavonoid describes the rich, deep pigment of ...
Looks like the Zojirushi front-runner for Best Bread Machine has some competition now. The results are in, and this West Bend breadmaker has been shown to perform just as well as its more expensive competition, if not better.
What I like most about this West Bend model is the quality of ...
Top Chef runner-up Bryan Voltaggio has announced plans to open a restaurant experience in his hometown of Frederick that's very similar to Mario Batali's newly successful Eataly concept. It's tentatively called North Market Kitchen and will be located in the historic Market Street district in early 2012.
To be fair, ...
Active/Total Time: 10 mins/40 minsServes: 4 to 6
This recipe for coconut infused rice makes a very fluffy, creamy dish. Make sure to rinse the rice beforehand; this helps the starch wash off so that the rice is fluffier when cooked.
It's possible to make this without a rice cooker, too. Just follow the recipe as directed, but bring ...
A lot of thought went into this Breville slow cooker, rated "Best" by Cooking Light Magazine. I can tell that the manufacturers wanted to incorporate extra elements in this product that would actually be improvements, not just extra bells and whistles.
One feature that stands out is the EasySear Insert with ...
The 27th annual TCA (Television Critics Association) Awards have been announced, and this year, a new category has been added that will please fans of culinary TV programming.
In this year's new Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming category, both Top Chef: All Stars and Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations have been ...
Brussels sprouts are a vegetable that most adults have few fond memories of. However, they're extremely high in protein, fiber, potassium, calcium, and vitamin A. When combined with whole grains, these sprouts can provide the same full-range spectrum of amino acids that are found in meats (which are higher in fat).
This recipe ...
Active/Total Time: 40 mins/1 hrServes: 48 skewers
Satay is a very popular dish in Southeast Asia, especially in Malaysia. The country even has its own satay capital: the city of Kalang. This cultural meal is simply skewered meats that have been first marinated and then grilled over open flames until cooked to perfection.
These chicken satay skewers will work ...
Active/Total Time: 20 mins/20 minsServes: 2 to 3This recipe for seared ahi tuna makes a great appetizer. It's served over fresh pea shoots (a mild-tasting green) and drizzled with a homemade wasabi lime vinaigrette.
Wasabi is extremely spicy, so the 1-1/2 tsp. called for can be lessened to taste if preferred. But don't skimp on the other ingredients -- ...
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, currently estimated as America's wealthiest chef with a vast empire of restaurants, cookware, prepared foods and television shows, is moving yet another step forward with the introduction of Wolfgang Puck Wines.
The wines from Puck's debut collection have been aged since 2009 and are produced ...
This Sesame Seed Cole Slaw mix is a great one to make ahead of time. The longer you allow the mayonnaise mixture to sit in the refrigerator, the more the flavors blend together for a richer and creamier taste.
Ingredients:
1 C mayonnaise
1 tsp. mustard
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 packets ...
The Parvin Flameguard Oven Mitt is an item I'd like to have in my kitchen. However, it's not the only oven mitt that I'd ever need. It's not the ideal mitt for every single kitchen task that comes my way, but for most, it performs extremely well.
This is a ...
The month of June brings about the summer solstice, the first day of summer vacation, and (to the delight of kitchen retailers everywhere) wedding season -- which, in turn, means kitchenware sales and wedding registry promotions galore.
Both Consumer Reports and The Wall Street Journal shared their thoughts on the best-selling ...
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