Cooking

I Don't Cook

Erica Jong | Posted 11.27.2008 | Style


Erica Jong

Some years it was steak, some years it was my grandmother's home cooked meals. I never learned her amazing recipes because I had to not cook to be free. I can cook in my next life.

Ani Phyo's Raw Food Thai Kelp Noodles

Ani Phyo | Posted 11.25.2008 | Style


Ani Phyo

Watch Ani Phyo make Pad Thai inspired noodles on YouTube. You can also watch it on the new VegNews Magazine website. For the recipe, please visi...

The Tables Have Turned

Giulia Melucci | Posted 11.23.2008 | Style


Giulia Melucci

I like to be the cook in my relationships. When I'm not slaving over the stove for some boyfriend or other I'm not sure what I have to offer.

Top Chef's Stephanie Izard on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 11.17.2008 | Entertainment


Mark Bazer

Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard recently appeared on a talk show I host in Chicago at the Hideout called The Interview Show. Here is video of the interview.

Feeding the Candidates

Liz Neumark | Posted 11.11.2008 | Style


Liz Neumark

This fall, within the period of a few weeks, I fed Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. First thing a good New York foodie will ask is what did they eat.

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves? More like Shoots, Kills, and Seasons.

Sophie Brickman | Posted 11.10.2008 | Style


Sophie Brickman

I researched and discovered that "SeasonShot" is, indeed, a product. It's tagline? Ammo with flavor. Zing. Palin country.

Martha Stewart's Cooking School

Kelly O'Reilly | Posted 11.07.2008 | Style


Kelly O'Reilly

This is a hardcover version of the perfect mother, a comprehensive encyclopedia poised to become your apartment's version of those dirty old red and white tomes touting butter and beef Wellington that punctuated the holidays of youth.

Simon Hopkinson Scores with Second Helpings of Roast Chicken

Karen Leland | Posted 11.03.2008 | Style


Karen Leland

It's hard not to like a man (or a cookbook) that so obliviously celebrates the joy of food, and the effort required to make a great meal.

Alert! Evidence of Flying Insects at Les Halles!

Sophie Brickman | Posted 10.21.2008 | Style


Sophie Brickman

Don't want to eat an establishment where mice and rats rule the kitchen? Go browse those establishments that have received Golden Apple Excellence in Food Safety Awards.

Seasonal Cooking: Tips from a Green Chef

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green


Josie Garthwaite

Chef Karen Jurgensen learned the tools of her trade in forward-thinking restaurants and catering kitchens in the 1980s. She now advocates for local food in restaurants and teaches folks how to craft seasonal menus.

What is a Foodie? Am I One? Are You?

Sophie Brickman | Posted 10.15.2008 | Style


Sophie Brickman

A thought then clanged in my head: as a culinary student whose mind focused on the culinary arts more than 50% of each day, was I now a foodie?

Oh, yeah? Shove a Beer Can Up Your Butt.

Sophie Brickman | Posted 10.06.2008 | Style


Sophie Brickman

Now almost done with the first level of culinary school, I found myself on the plane to Austin equally excited about the music festival I was going to as about the food.

What to Serve on a Mooseburger

Chris Hall | Posted 09.26.2008 | Style


Chris Hall

I want to know how to make those mooseburgers, and, more to the point, what to put on them once they're ready to serve to your hungry brood.

Raw Food Nutrition and Kelp Noodles

Ani Phyo | Posted 09.25.2008 | Living


Ani Phyo

They taste great in salads, tossed in a fresh marinara or Thai dressing, and help us loose weight!

How to Get the Smell of Garlic Off Your Hands

Sophie Brickman | Posted 09.22.2008 | Style


Sophie Brickman

As I near the end of my first month of culinary school, I find myself facing a new hygiene problem: my hands constantly smell of garlic.

The First Five Things You Learn at Culinary School

Sophie Brickman | Posted 09.15.2008 | Style


Sophie Brickman

I've been told that you can tell a lot from the way a person chops. Headstrong individuals wail away at an onion, while calmer people are more precise. I was the first person to cut myself in class.

One Millenial Speaks Out: Why I'm Enrolling in Culinary School

Sophie Brickman | Posted 08.27.2008 | Style


Sophie Brickman

I find myself wanting to run away from this tech-savvy world where people sit at computers in their offices and communicate with others, three feet away, through G-chat.

Strange Foods -- China Takes Gold

Suzette Standring | Posted 08.25.2008 | Style


Suzette Standring

I like to think of myself as an adventurous eater, but I've got to hand it to China. They grab the gold on the food front.

Remembering Food Revolutionary Abby Mandel

Flora Lazar | Posted 08.14.2008 | Chicago


Flora Lazar

A chef and columnist who many culinary enthusiasts remember as a technological pioneer for her early embrace of the Cuisinart food processor took a technological step back when she founded the Green City Market ten years ago.

Organic Panic: What To Do When You Can't Eat Green

Gay Browne | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green


Gay Browne

We try to buy organic, we do. But here's a confession: Some of our weekly groceries are still grown and produced the old-fashioned way -- loaded up wi...

Five Reasons Why Preserving Summer Fruits Like Grandma Is Green

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green


Karin Kloosterman

I say we need a revolution -- one where people spend less time at shopping malls, and more in the kitchen.

My Conversation with David Chang

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment


Charlie Rose

2008-07-24-chang.jpgDavid Chang is chef/owner of Momofuku Noodle Bar, Momofuku Ko and Momofuku Ssam Bar in New York City.

Food for Thought

Jessica Catto | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green


Jessica Catto

Meals should have some pleasant communal and familial function, and food production should support local commerce for its own sake, as well as reducing carbon emissions from long-range air travel.

Ending the Dinner Dash

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 06.26.2008 | Living


Laura Vanderkam

The personal is political, the second wave feminists liked to say and nothing showcases the hard choices modern mothers face like the issue of what we feed our families.

How to Get Your Kids to Love and Appreciate Your Efforts to Feed Them

Donna Fish | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home


Donna Fish

I laughed tonight, when I heard the thank you's from my three girls as we gathered around the dinner table, and they went: "Thanks so much Mom, for th...