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A fresh pumpkin becomes comfort food in this Creamy Pumpkin Mac and Cheese

Oct. 28, 2024 14:09 PM EDT

While I cook with butternut squash and other winter squashes all the time, when I think about cooking with pumpkin, I picture a can of puree. But using fresh pumpkin is just another take on cooking with hard-shelled, cold-weather squash. There is more to those pumpkins than...

Mark Bittman's recipe for a gooey, melty, kid-friendly grilled cheese sandwich

Oct. 28, 2024 13:26 PM EDT

Smushing a cheese sandwich in the pan leaves you with a crisp outside and gooey inside, says Mark Bittman in his cookbook “How to Cook Everything Kids.” You will need a couple cans from the pantry or a small heavy pot for this one. GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH Makes: 1...

Mark Bittman turns his attention to the small chefs in your household with a cookbook for kids

Oct. 28, 2024 13:11 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Bittman has taught us how to cook everything — how to bake and grill, prepare fish and vegetarian meals and do it fast. This fall, he's targeting a different kind of home chef — the little ones. “How to Cook Everything Kids” is written for children aged...

Cheesy stromboli packs pizza-like flavors into a portable spiral

Oct. 28, 2024 12:42 PM EDT

Stromboli is an Italian-American invention said to have been created in Philadelphia in the 1950s, but the dish takes its name from an island off the coast of Sicily. Like the calzone, it’s a sort of portable pizza — fillings are enclosed in dough and baked — but more often than not,...

British chef Jamie Oliver urges followers to help solve the 'grate cheese robbery'

Oct. 27, 2024 15:15 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British chef Jamie Oliver is on the case of the stolen cheddar. Oliver, who rose to fame as “The Naked Chef" on TV by stripping food down to its essentials, got cheeky in an otherwise serious plea to his social media followers to help solve the mystery of the...

Pizza inadvertently infused with THC sickens dozens in Wisconsin

Oct. 25, 2024 17:28 PM EDT

STOUGHTON, Wis. (AP) — Pizza inadvertently laced with THC has apparently sickened dozens of people in Wisconsin. Health officials in Dane County say Famous Yeti’s Pizza in Stoughton, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Madison, served pizza contaminated with THC, the...

For a Diwali treat with an American twist, a new cookbook serves up cardamom-spiced carrot blondies

Oct. 24, 2024 10:44 AM EDT

Every year for Diwali, Hetal Vasavada’s parents used to pull her out of her New Jersey elementary school to visit friends and family living nearby. The colorful South Asian holiday is the Hindu Festival of Lights. For some, it also marks the start of a new year, and observers...

Mexico announces food and agriculture plan that could take the country back to the 1980s

Oct. 22, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s new president announced an agriculture plan Tuesday that could make the country’s food production and distribution look a lot more like it did in the 1980s, when meals in Mexico were dominated by tortillas, beans, instant coffee and cheap hot chocolate. ...

Husband-and-wife food bloggers show how two chefs can navigate the home kitchen and stay happy

Oct. 21, 2024 14:14 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Husband-and-wife food bloggers and podcasters Sonja and Alex Overhiser have a new cookbook that uses a simple step to keep the kitchen a less heated place for two chefs: clear, alternating roles. “A Couple Cooks: 100 Recipes to Cook Together” lays out...

With this salmon piccata, the fish sings in butter, lemon and capers

Oct. 21, 2024 14:06 PM EDT

Here’s how to make salmon sing: Pair it with butter, lemon and capers in a move that’s genius in its simplicity. Husband-and-wife food bloggers and podcasters Sonja and Alex Overhiser swap fish for chicken in this classic Italian American dish, making it (dare we say?) even more irresistible...