The classic Boston shaker for cocktails consists of two metal cans, one larger than the other, that fit together so you can vigorously shake and mix the ingredients inside with ice. A new company, C&D Tools, which was started by two American diplomats, Kris Forrest and Rebecca Beardsley, has introduced a shaker made from American…
The growing season has barely gotten underway, but it’s not too soon to extend the life of the harvest. Canning, pickling, drying and other methods of food preservation will be covered in a series of webinars by Penn State Extension. They start June 9 with an introduction to drying, followed by pressure canning (June 22),…
Say you’re invited to a wedding where the groom is from Indonesia or the bride is Romanian, and you’d like to toast them in their native languages. A new book, “Cheers! Around the World in 80 Toasts,” will tell you that “Bersulang!” or “Noroc!” are what you need to say as you raise your glass.…
Tiny delicacies are often most worth treasuring. Cowgirl Creamery — an organic cheese company in Petaluma, Calif., in Sonoma County — has been making a lovely cheese called Inverness. Not only is the cheese itself a mini, a cylinder about the size of a cannele pastry and about two ounces, it’s made in limited quantities,…
Good morning. Here’s Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on Memorial Day, from an 1884 address he gave in Keene, N.H., “in the full tide of spring, at the height of the symphony of flowers and love and life.” It’s worth recalling before anyone heads out into a yard or park today to grill with friends, a…
With headlines like “fat is back” appearing so regularly in the news, it is perhaps wise to remember that healthy fats, such as the monounsaturated fats in extra virgin olive oil have never really “been away.” Olive oil has been at the heart of the traditional Mediterranean diet for thousands of years and evidence is…
The music should be pumping and the burgers and jerk chicken wings flying out of the kitchen this holiday weekend at the Rambler Kitchen and Tap in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago. To wash it down, patrons might go with a mixed drink or one of the 20 craft beers the bar sells. But…
LUMMI ISLAND, Wash. — Carrying hand-painted signs with slogans like “Take Sexism Off the Menu!” and “Racism is NOT a Local Ingredient,” about 50 protesters gathered Friday night outside the Willows Inn, a world-renowned restaurant on this tiny island near the Canadian border. The protesters, mostly island residents, were calling for the resignation of Blaine…
Long before my ancestors ever met macaroni and cheese or a plate of spaghetti, noodles with cottage cheese was the pasta comfort food in my Brooklyn Ashkenazi Jewish family. Called “lokshen mit kaese” in Yiddish, it’s an Eastern European dish of homemade egg noodles tossed with butter or sour cream and some kind of curdy…
When I was picking out this week’s recipes for you, I was dreaming of Memorial Day weekend gatherings and the days that follow, that first big summer-vibe weekend of the year. (By the way, our Food staff’s favorite recipes for the season are right here in this amazing feature.) But then I noticed that the…