Sheet spread

Which baking sheets to buy and why

By Caroline Cummins

Too many cookie sheets is not enough.

Local Flavors

Uplifting vegetables

A springlike dish for the final days of winter

Fool yourself into thinking it’s spring with this surprising combination.

Excerpts

Squeezed

What You Don’t Know About Orange Juice

What ‘flavor manufacturers’ have to do with o.j.

Features

Urban wild

Foraging for free eats in San Francisco

As money has gotten tight and the local-foods movement more popular, urban foraging has become a hit.

Fritter: Get ideas, give ideas.
Fritter: Get ideas, give ideas.
twitter.com/artandlemons 55 minutes ago

RT @fritters: brussels sprouts w/ lemon & parmesan. http://bit.ly/9VGXuf <wish it were time for dinner>

BrooklynSupper 1 hour ago

brussels sprouts with lemon and parmesan

Ribbons of brussels sprouts surrender to lemon and parmesan, the results are another great spring salad.

art and lemons 21 Mar 2010, 04:57 AM

creamy celery soup

a picnic in spring with creamy celery soup and butter sandwiches

twitter.com/searedfoodblog 20 Mar 2010, 08:51 AM

RT @fritters - Turkey Meatballs. Who said turkey meatballs are boring and dry? Try my recipe http://qln8.com/r/2hwci4 and see for... #food

Olga 20 Mar 2010, 08:48 AM

Turkey Meatballs

Who said turkey meatballs are boring and dry? Try my recipe and see for yourself!

Cynthia Lair 18 Mar 2010, 08:05 PM

Smoked Salmon Rueben

Best ever grilled sandwich. Watch video and get recipe. Use homemade sauerkraut. Wow.

Dessertaholic 18 Mar 2010, 07:57 PM

National Chocolate Caramel Day is March 19!

Chewy and gooey, chocolate caramels are either delighted in or left to find its own place in chocolate heaven. Check out National Chocolate Caramel Day!

Kim 18 Mar 2010, 09:42 AM

Need gardening advice?

Kim O’s chatting with gardener Amy Pennington today on Table Talk — coming up at the top of the hour.

JudithK 18 Mar 2010, 09:42 AM

Can cooking save us?

Teach someone to cook.

Olga 18 Mar 2010, 07:33 AM

Brunch out

Forget cooking. If you live in DC area, check out Brunch at Birch & Barley.

Jennifer Perillo 17 Mar 2010, 05:10 PM

my best chocolate chip cookies

One taste, and you’ll see why this is my very best chocolate chip cookie recipe.

sanurajamila 16 Mar 2010, 02:17 PM

St. Patrick’s Day Inspired Dinner

Steamed Salmon, Sweet Potato Colcannon and Asparagus w/ Roasted Pistachios.

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Recipes

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Beef and Ale Stew

An uncomplicated beefy recipe from Jamie Oliver.

Mary’s Texas Sheet Cake

Cinnamon-chocolate-buttermilk cake topped with chocolate icing and pecans.

Split Pea Soup with Ham

An easy soup to make for a satisfying (and cheap) meal-in-a-bowl.

Graze: Bites from the Site
Front Burner

Pasta and beans

Have you tried this Italian staple?

The Culinate 8

Cheers, Oscar

Wine suggestions for this year’s best-picture nominees

The Produce Diaries

Rutabagas

Or Swedish turnips

The Culinate 8

Why buy the cow?

How to buy beef, straight from the source

The Culinate Interview

Kate Arding

The cheese lover

Table Talk

Table Talk: March 11

Vegetarian and vegan meals

Dinner Guest Blog

Mouse meals

A children’s-literature scholar salivates

Opinion

Not eating animals

The factory system of raising animals to eat is, plainly, disastrous

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  • Jamie Oliver’s message to America

    Jamie Oliver’s message to America

    It’s all about the food, folks

    March 19, 2010

    The British chef brings his anti-obesity program to the United States. »

  • Punishing pepper

    Punishing pepper

    Asian peppercorns can harbor salmonella

    March 18, 2010

    The latest industrial food to harbor salmonella? Peppercorns from Asia, which have sickened several dozen people along the West Coast. The source? White pepper, mostly, imported by California’s Union International Food Co. and distributed mostly through Asian restaurants. Check your pepper supplies just in case, though.

  • Going Gaelic

    Going Gaelic

    Skip the green and eat real food

    March 17, 2010

    OK, so today’s the day when many Americans down green beer, green milkshakes, green cupcakes, and the like, all in honor of the odd idea that, for today at least, we’re all Irish. If you’re not down with the green food coloring, however, try your hand at a Gaelic-inspired dish that’s truly sustaining, such as Irish Stew or the involved-but-satisfying Multigrain Struan. Elise Bauer, on Simply Recipes, has a version of the classic Irish soda bread, while plenty of other websites offer a medley of Irish recipes. Bonus points if you actually know what boxty, champ, and barmbrack are.

  • Legally buzzing

    Legally buzzing

    Bees might go legal in NYC

    March 16, 2010

    Honey bee hives are banned in New York City, but that hasn’t stopped urban beekeepers from setting up hives around town. Now the health department is taking another look at the citywide ban on keeping honey bees in NYC:

    Health department officials said the change was being considered after research showed that the reports of bee stings in the city were minimal and that honeybees did not pose a public health threat.

    Plus, they make tasty honey, too.

  • The salad pyramid

    The salad pyramid

    A graphic representation of agriculture versus nutrition

    March 15, 2010

    The blog The Consumerist recently posted a graphic comparing federal nutrition recommendations to federal agriculture subsidies. Titled “Why A Salad Costs More Than A Big Mac,” the graphic shows two pyramids: one with the relatively balanced nutritional guidelines, and one with nearly 75 percent of the pyramid eaten up by federal subsidies for meat and dairy. Even if you have quibbles with the nutritional pyramid, the ag pyramid is astonishing.

  • Why cook?

    Why cook?

    Michael Ruhlman offers some suggestions

    March 12, 2010

    On his blog, Michael Ruhlman ruminated recently on the pros and cons of cooking. Pro? Making his family happy and healthy, among others. Con? Exhaustion and lack of time, among others. Check out the comments, too, in which readers offer their reasons for choosing to cook.

  • Ideas for change

    Ideas for change

    Vote for your faves by March 12

    March 11, 2010

    The nonprofit Change.org ushered in 2010 with a contest titled "Ideas for Change." You can vote on which of the ideas — submitted by the public in categories such as education, environment, and civic engagement — you like the best. In the category titled Food and Agriculture, for example, the three ideas deemed the best so far support school gardens, more CSAs, and saving America's farmland. Vote for your faves — you get 10 votes to distribute among the categories, and the top 10 ideas will be submitted to the Obama Administration. But do it now, since the contest ends on March 12.

  • Making cheese

    Making cheese

    A year in the life of a dairy farm

    March 10, 2010

    You can help the movie get made. »

  • New pasture regulations

    New pasture regulations

    The USDA closes a regulatory loophole

    March 9, 2010

    A year and a half ago, we noted the USDA’s efforts to close a loophole in its pasture regulations for certified-organic animals. In February, the USDA finally released its new, stricter guidelines for pasture access. As Robert Sietsema noted on Slashfood:

    Previously, these animals only had to have “access to pasturage” — a regulation so loose as to be virtually meaningless. Now, that ambiguous phrase has been strictly defined: Animals must be permitted to graze at least four months out of the year, and receive 30 percent of their sustenance from that source during those periods.

    Sietsema adds that the real question, of course, is how (and whether) genuine access to pasture will be enforced. Read more in the Washington Post’s report on the new standards.
     

  • Knit wit

    Knit wit

    Cozying up to rescued chickens, British-style

    March 5, 2010

    There’ll always be an England. »

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Table Talk: March 18

Growing your own, with Amy Pennington

Garden expert Amy Pennington joins Kim’s chat to talk about growing food.

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Culinary choreography

The importance of not being afraid to fail with cooking

When life conspires to keep her out of the kitchen, Ellen gets a little wiggy. Can you relate?