Grilling Vegetables: The Five Essentials: Grill what’s growing at the time; Expose as much surface area as possible; Use the good oil; Baste now and then; Stay in the zone.

In cooking, beurre blanc —literally translated from French as "white butter"— is a rich, hot butter sauce made with a reduction of vinegar and/or white wine (normally Muscadet) and grey shallots into which cold, whole butter is blended off the heat to prevent separation. (Lemon juice ..

Spelt is traditionally used in food for feasts and festivals because they say it makes you happy when you eat it. Perhaps because it apparently has a lot of healthy properties: more protein even than lentils, a lot of fiber and complex carbohydrates — it is even supposed to be good for the skin ..

Breaded chicken and veal have a bad name because most of us have tasted indifferent weinerschnitzel or same version of veal scalappine overcooked in burned vegetable oil. In fact, a properly breaded chicken breast cooked in clarified butter is one of the most satisfying ways to cook chicken. Makes ..

Once you've made puff pastry dough, you can throw together these straws in just a few minutes. If you have puff pastry trimmings, this is a perfect use for them. If you're working in a hot kitchen, make the cheese straws before you preheat the oven and keep them in the freezer until you ..

These are a variation on the apricot tartlets with frangipane; another - for berry tartlets - follows this recipe.

What to look for in Chicken? Most supermarkets carry big national brands, or sometimes supermarkets put their own brands on these mass-produced birds raised in cages. They are low in fat, they cook quickly, and they are pretty tender, however their flavor is pretty darn bland. Fortunately the grill ..

The perfect cake for brownie lovers, try a big slice warm with some ice cream

The idea for this rich soup comes from a method popular in northern France and in Belgium for cooking eels in a broth that is finished with cream and thickened with egg yolks. The cream can be kept to a minimum and the egg yolks can be left out entirely. It is the abundance of fresh herbs, chopped ..

Many of us have encountered this salad, made with yogurt and mint, in Indian restaurants, where it is called raita. If you make it with creme fraiche instead of yogurt, it can stand alone as a first course. If you make it with yogurt, it is best with other crudités.

It’s true. You can have a tomato sauce based on canned tomatoes—the tomato of choice for a good part of the year—in a very few minutes. Start with diced canned tomatoes, or if you prefer a smoother sauce, crushed tomatoes. Simmer them in a garIic-scented olive oil for 5 minutes, and you’re ..

It took a griller in Baja to teach me about cutting slashes in a whole fish to help the marinade penetrate the flesh.

Most supermarkets carry big national brands, or sometimes supermarkets put their own brands on these mass-produced birds raised in cages. They are low in fat, they cook quickly, and they are pretty tender, however their flavor is pretty darn bland. Fortunately the grill provides just what they need. ..

Most of us had our first encounter with fandant icing an the top of an éclair. Home bakers don’t use fondant very often because it can be messy to work with and, until recently at least, no one knew they could make it at home. To make fondant by hand, you have to pour soft ball sugar syrup onto ..

Back home, you fire up the coals, taking great delight in the blazing heat. You scatter the raw chicken pieces on the grate and begin a male ritual that has survived countless generations. You flip his food. You figure you are not really grilling unless you are poking the food and turning it over ..

Crabs are prepared and eaten as a dish in several different ways all over the world. Some species are eaten whole, including the shell, such as soft-shell crab; with other species just the claws and/or legs are eaten.

The flatfish are an order (Pleuronectiformes) of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. A great way to prepare any whole flatfish that will fit in your skillet. The best way to eat it is to simply pick at the fish with a pair of chopsticks ..

One of the many uses of puff pastry is serving as a holder for both sweet and savory foods. A vol-au-vent is a round case with a lid. You can make vol-au-vents any size you want, from miniature bite-size cases for hors d'oeuvres to larger versions for main-course servings of stews and other ..

A couple of nights ago I was hungry and sober, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone.