Carrots and Peas

Scott Hines' spring menu at B & O American Brasserie introduced me to the concept of smoked carrots. His smoked carrot a…

Daniela

We visited Daniela's original location, a tiny storefront on 36th Street, when we were writing our first book, Food Lovers…

Best of 2016, Part 2

Every year we compile a list of what we felt were the best dishes of the year, both at home and in restaurants. These are complet…

Explore Cuisine's Chickpea Spaghetti

Explore Asian, a company specializing in Asian-style pasta products, has expanded and changed their name. Explore Cuisine, as the…

Popkoff's Palmeni

Popkoff's is a California-based company that has been making Russian-inspired pelmeni and vareniki for over 50 years. Varenik…

Golden Grains Pot Sized Pasta: Use your noodle

The folks over at Golden Grain Pasta sent me a sample of their new pot-sized pasta and asked me to play around with it to see wh…

Kimchi Mac and Cheese: Spicy, cheesy, yumminess

"No one puts kimchi in a corner." - EK My blogging life has been put on hold because my normal life has intensified and…

Macaroni Salad: When I'm not prepared

Yesterday the entire family was invited to a Memorial Day barbecue pool party, only it was overcast and kind of sprinkling.  Our …