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Grain salads are often tilted in one direction or the other - you either have a ton of grains with a few vegetables thrown in or something that just has primarily lettuce and a grain as a small item to add texture. I've never understood why they can't have equal billing. This farro salad tries to remedy that quandary.
Read MoreYesterday I celebrated my birthday and I felt like I needed to share some advice here: After spending the previous few weeks saying I didn't want to really celebrate (after all, is your mid-thirties really all that exciting?), I decided it was not the year to forsake my birthday.
Read MoreThere aren't a lot of topics that inspire quite as much debate as barbecue. According to Matt Moore, the author of the awesomely titled 'The South's Best Butts', whatever BBQ you grew up with is what you remain loyal to. But even for those of us who love a good low-and-slow cooked piece of meat, it can often seem overwhelming to distinguish all the different types. So we got Moore to break it down for us.
Read MoreI basically swoon over any menu that has fried green tomatoes on it. But I never quite have the courage to make them at home. It always seems like the kind of thing I would mess up and never quite understand what the heck was going wrong. But then I met Anne Thornton of 33 Greenwich. And she swore up and down that they were the easiest things to make. So I decided to give it a whirl.
Read MoreCan we just shout from the rooftops about stone fruit season? It's my favorite time of year and I'll find any excuse to throw a peach in something. And luckily it makes a pretty incredible addition to your average gazpacho
Read MoreYou might know Tom Colicchio from his long running stint on Top Chef or from his many restaurants in New York and beyond. But we sat down with him on the occasion of a rebranding of his sandwich shop, "Wichcraft, And he delightfully answered questions on everything from his favorite city he's filmed in to the brain drain of chefs in big cities.
Read MoreI'd choose bread over pretty much anything. Any dessert; any steak; maybe even my family (sorry, but I just really love bread). But that doesn't mean I ever attempt to make it. Who has time for that!? Well Alexandra Stafford might be able to change my mind.
Read MoreGrowing up in Charleston, pickled shrimp seems like one of those obvious foods. It's probably because both shrimp and pickling are such a way of life. But in NYC I haven't seen it as much, and its a real shame because it's such an easy option.
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