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Comfort food consumption on the rise

As families spend more time at home, Americans are finding comfort in a surprising source: bread. In fact, a 20-year trend of declining grain food consumption has been reversed.A national study by the Grain Food Foundation suggests that the turnaround is more than a one-time sales blip due to ...

Tarte tatin isn’t just for apples

Shelter in place has given way to an abundance of bread baking. If you follow social media, you can’t miss the number of proud bread photos and sourdough sagas to admire and read. It makes sense. With all of our stay-at-home time, why not take the opportunity to develop and perfect our baking ...

This is the correct way to pronounce ‘gyro’

The gyro. ItĢƵ a delicious sandwich typically made with thinly sliced lamb, tzatziki sauce, and onion rolled in a warm pita. Something that simple shouldn’t be so complicated to order. After all, itĢƵ only four letters. But whatĢƵ the proper way to pronounce “gyro?”The word for this ...

Layers are for salads, too

While simplicity often reigns when making salads, a little attention to how you put them together can make a difference — and not just in presentation, but also in flavor. ThereĢƵ certainly nothing wrong with combining all of your salad fixings in a bowl and giving them a good toss. Some ...

An ode to olives

When the weather is hot, and itĢƵ too stifling to cook or move, this salty, briny olive concoction will hit the spot. ItĢƵ called olivada. Similar to tapenade, minus the anchovies, the star ingredient is, you guessed it, olives — three kinds of olives, in fact. While using just one type ...

Irish whiskey chocolate chip cookies could be your new favorite

So, you say you like whiskey and you like chocolate chip cookies? This might just be your new favorite cookies of all time. Chocolate and whiskey (or is it spelled whisky?), perhaps unsurprisingly, go together extremely well. A subtly smokey, nutty whiskey complements the creamy chocolate ...