How to Make Enchiladas – A Complete Guide
Learn how to make enchiladas with this in-depth guide filled with tasty tips, step by step instructions, delicious fillings, cheeses, and sauces.
Prime, Choice, Select Understanding USDA Beef Grades
Learn how USDA beef grades work and what it really means when a steak or beef roast is labeled Prime, Choice, or Select.
What is Sous Vide Cooking & Why it Works
Learn what sous vide cooking is, why this innovative, low-temperature cooking method works, and how cooks are using it to make sublimely delicious food.
Everything You Need to Know About Umami
Learn about Umami, one of five universal basic tastes, its rich history, what it tastes like, and how to use it to make your food taste more delicious.
11 Things You Should Never Ever Try to Make in an Instant Pot
Instant Pots have completely taken over the world of cooking. Everywhere you turn someone has a new recipe that you absolutely gotta to try or is talking about how it saved their life. To help bring some sense to this craze we’ve put together a completely uncomprehensive guide of things you should never, ever make in your Instant Pot.
What Does the Word Natural Really Mean on Food Labels?
Lots of food companies use the word natural to describe their products, but what does natural really mean and can it help you eat healthier?
How to Do Some Good with Your Super Bowl Party
What kind of impact could we have if everyone used their Super Bowl parties to have fun and fight hunger?
All The Food Trends You Need To Know about
Here is everything you need to know about food trends to keep up with what people are going to be eating, drinking, and cooking in 2017.
Better Eating with Umami: The Bread Experiment
The great bread experiment is our search to find out what’s in our bread and what we can do to make great tasting, healthy bread a part of our everyday lives.
Discovering Umami – A History of the Fifth Flavor
The history of umami, what it is, where it comes from, what it tastes like, and how Umami was discovered is a fascinating journey wrapped up in culture and chemistry.
Better Eating with Bittman and Pollan
At the beginning of the year, I did what most Americans do; I made a resolution to clean up the food in my kitchen and to eat better. Over the next few months, I will be writing about the big ideas in Bittman and Pollan’s books and sharing how I’ve brought them into my kitchen.
Review: Cooked, Michael Pollan’s New Netflix Series
Cooked, a new documentary by Michael Pollan and Alex Gibney on Netflix is a beautifully filmed series about the role cooking plays in what makes us human.If you’re interested in seeing a show about food where you actually learn something new and are entertained Cooked is worth watching.
The Truth About Coffee and Tea and Which is Better for Your Health
If you’re someone who drinks both coffee and tea, you understand what a tough choice it can be early in the morning. We know that for a lot of people the drink they choose is based on whether they think coffee or tea is best for their health.
Searching for Persian Love Cake
A story of a prince, a girl, and love nudged along by the magic of a delicate rosewater cake laced with saffron accompanies some recipes for Persian Love Cake. It’s an origin story shrouded in mystery that inspires images of two lovers hunched over a tiny table in a faraway place.
An Inside Look at Chicago Food Planet and What it Takes to Run A Food Tour In Chicago
When you travel to Chicago these days, there’s a good chance that taking a food tour is somewhere on your list of possible adventures. What most people don’t know is everything that goes into starting a food tour.
Why Midwesterners Should Put Down Their Casserole Dishes and Create a Regional Cuisine
I’ve been thinking about what it means to have a regional cuisine and where they come from. It can be a touchy subject coming from Minnesota and the Midwest, especially when everyone thinks our regional cuisine is hotdish and lutefisk.
From Tree to Pancake – Let’s go Maple Sugaring
Some good friends invited me to help them make maple syrup. Seeing how real maple syrup is boiled down from sap is an eye-opening experience.