Spice Grinder, Batteries Not Included

A sleek new battery-operated spice grinder is light enough for one-handed operation and does nice work on whole spices, offering adjustable textures from coarse to fine. Its accompanying pods can be filled with the spice of your choosing, and they attach to the grinder with just a tap on a countertop. Press the button on…

Potatoes, Greens and So Much Comfort

Cooking, frankly, was the last thing on my mind this weekend. But we had to eat. So I made the most nourishing, comforting, filling thing I could think of for dinner on Sunday night: colcannon, an Irish dish of mashed potatoes and greens that I covered with fried leeks. The fried leeks aren’t traditional in…

Keep These Recipes

I don’t have a Pink Book, though I wish I did, both for the repository that it would be and the sheer sight of a pink binder on my kitchen shelf. But like all home cooks I do have keeper recipes, the ones I always come back to. They tend to fall into two categories:…

The Best Way to Eat Grilled Salmon

I generally prefer my salmon raw or cured rather than cooked. But grilled salmon, still dark pink at the center and a little charred at the edges, is a soft, silky exception. Grilling salmon to this degree of perfection isn’t easy, though. First of all, salmon has a tendency to stick. If you don’t have…