And the recipe for White Bean & Basil Cakes is a keeper.
Recipes
Try these wok-roasted mussels with lemongrass, cilantro and garlic toast
The recipe comes from a recent cookbook from Boston’s Myers+Chang restaurant.
Winging it: On game day, enjoy this classic with a modern twist
Chicken wings have long been associated with football season, but the popular snack has stepped up its game with a variety of sauces from the wonderful to the weird.
A salad with figs, prosciutto and sweet-sour dressing hits all the right notes
The pleasant pepperiness of the greens offsets the bold tang of the figs.
Green Plate Special: An empty nester brushes up on cooking for 2
How to avoid overeating, over-shopping, wasting food, wasting money and eating a joyless diet of leftovers.
Cookbook review: Please give us more of the excellent writing in ‘Extra Helping’
Along with the prose, Janet Reich Elsbach’s new cookbook contains recipes intended to sustain new parents, new neighbors, ill and recovering patients and the grief-stricken.
Before you recycle that jar, reuse it
Rather than waste water to wash used food jars and tubs, first make vinaigrette, dessert sauce, sweetener for tea and more right in the containers.
Yes, it’s Labor Day, but don’t put that grill away yet
Plenty of warm days could remain (fingers crossed). Forget hot dogs and hamburgers, though. Try grilling seafood.
With tuna, eggs and potatoes, this Tunisian fricassee sandwich hits all the right notes
Find it in Paris or Tunisia – or make it in your own kitchen.
The good old cabbage roll turns over a new leaf
Filled with gingery chicken, fluffy rice and bright vegetables, these cabbage rolls may change your opinion of the dish.