A Fusilli Made for Chianti

Joining the many gluten-free pastas made from vegetables is fava bean fusilli, from Explore Cuisine, a company that specializes in such alternatives. The little corkscrews have a mild flavor, but they’re softer and somewhat more fragile than traditional fusilli, so they’re best cooked al dente. Toss them with pesto or fresh chopped tomatoes and herbs,…

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Cookbook Celebrates 19th Amendment

To celebrate 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, the American Bar Association Commission on the Nineteenth Amendment has assembled a digital cookbook, with recipes from judges, Supreme Court Justices, lawyers, scholars and others connected to the legal field. The introduction notes that suffragists published several…

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A Delicious Escape to France

For the 15th anniversary of Manresa, his restaurant in Los Gatos, Calif., David Kinch took his entire kitchen team to France where they shared the cooking, including their own California style, in three notable kitchens alongside the French masters: Alain Solivérès at Le Taillevent in Paris, Gérald Passedat at Le Petit Nice in Marseille, and…

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A New Lettuce With Crunch

Bowery Farming — a company that grows salad greens and herbs indoors in a pesticide-free vertical system — encourages you to rethink iceberg with its new crunchy Crispy Leaf, which adds nice texture to a salad and can be shredded for tacos. Despite what the company’s name and website suggest, the crops are not grown…

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