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Kitchen Detail: On the Perfection of Pillivuyt

This porcelain cookware is worth the (modest) investment.

October 4, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: I Know My Chickens, Part 2

Shooing possums, curing their ‘egg shooters’: what people will do for chicken love.

September 26, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: I Know My Chickens, Part 1

A no-yolking look at raising poultry.

September 19, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Olive Oil for the 21st Century Cook

Hints to find the best one in quality (non-negotiable) and taste (all yours!).

September 12, 2024

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The Real Swing Vote Is Women

How women will determine the future of our country.

September 10, 2024

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woman putting food scraps into composting bin

Kitchen Detail: Waste Not, Want Not

Composting programs are taking hold around the US.

September 5, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Zucchini Relief (Again)

3 recipes that use a lot of the abundant summer squash.

August 29, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: The Ultimate French Fries

Luther Burbank gave us thornless blackberries. He also gave us the world-class Burbank Russet potato.

August 22, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Tomatopalooza

Too much of a good thing is great.

August 16, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Meringues for Dessert

These fluffy egg-white treats scream “Summer!” to me.

August 8, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Many Eggplants, 2 Recipes

Steer summer’s bounty right onto your dinner plate.

August 1, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: It Ain’t Chicken Feed

Those confusing labels on poultry explained.

July 25, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: A Grilled Salad?

Not quite, but close . . . featuring peaches and nectarines.

July 18, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Summer Bites

Fresh herbs and cheese, a spicy lettuce wrap–a lot to like.

July 11, 2024

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The Week That Was, 6.29.2024

Making much of matched sets and mangos. Also, baby Botox and more.

June 29, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: When the Mango Goes Missing

Sometimes the tropical darling needs a little help to achieve greatness.

June 27, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Basil, Si!

Basil goes beyond Genoese. Waaaay beyond.

June 20, 2024

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Kitchen Detail: Margarine, We Hardly Knew Ye

Don’t count this fat out. Try these potato dumplings.

June 13, 2024

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