Smart Shortcuts for Big Flavor

I love a cooking shortcut, especially when it delivers tremendous flavor. Ingredients like Italian sausage, kimchi and feta cheese are immediate dish boosters, doing much of the heavy lifting for you. I’m also happy to lean on packaged sliced or chopped vegetables at the end of the busy day. (I can’t remember who told me…

The Prince With No Throne

“I have my friends,” he said, and these friends include the owner of a natural wine bar, a painter and a puppeteer for the opera. ‘I Get to Live a Different Life’ There is, of course, the complex reality that the most traumatic event to happen to his family — losing the empire — is…

3 Quick Waffle Recipes for Easy Breakfasts

I count myself among those devoted cooks who aren’t afraid to break out their waffle irons. A brave and foolhardy bunch, we make our batters from scratch or from boxes, and indulge in the ridiculous pageant of cooking waffles. Why? After all, any hot, flat surface would transform an almost identical batter into golden brown…