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Food
Packaged perfection
Comments | RecommendCooking en papillote creates dishes that are delectable and dramatic. Easy to prepare, too. It's the classic French technique that bakes ingredients sealed in a parchment-paper pouch. Each parcel contains one serving, and as it bakes, the food inside...
Uncorked: In hard times, Bodega Norton excels
Comments | RecommendAfter years of drinking more wine, and more expensive wine every year, Americans are reacting to the economic downturn by drinking at least as much, but cheaper wine, shop owners say....
Dinner Tonight: Salsa soups up soup during spring's last cold snap
Comments | RecommendEvery spring it happens. You think you're ready to venture into salad entrees, but Mother Nature — at least the Midwestern Mama version — decides otherwise. In some places, baby, it's (still) cold outside. Because salsa and avocado evoke warm,...
There's history in Peru's olives
Comments | RecommendOn my first trip to Peru many years ago, I was captivated by the country's black olives. Juicy, meaty and flavorful, they were a far cry from the rubbery California black olives of U.S. salad bars and a welcome change from the sharp, briny green Manzanilla...
Rethinking breakfast
Comments | RecommendGail Frank's voice, soft and Southern, made its way through a sea of scientific data. I met her for breakfast at a cozy coffee shop, and while we consumed our eggs (hers an egg-white spinach omelet, mine two eggs over medium) we discussed what Frank considers...
Favorite Recipes
Heavenly souffle
Comments | RecommendIn the game of golf, there are several terms that have important meanings, as there are in any sport. One term I was quick to learn when I first began playing golf was "mulligan," which has a meaning most of us would really like to use in life —...
Golden Chefs of the Mid-Valley
No catch, release here
Comments | RecommendIf you love to eat fish — you're gonna love this recipe. This is one catch that you won't want to release....
