Our Favorite Smoked Chicken Recipes
Our favorite smoked chicken recipes have deep smoky flavors, tender chicken, and crispy chicken skin.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Carrot vs. Carrot: Simplifying the Conversation about Organics and GMOs
Recently I was teaching a group of people I work with what organics, GMOs (genetically modified organisms), rBST, artificial flavors, and colors are and why we are starting to talk about them as a company. My purpose was not to scare anyone or to take a political stance; I just wanted to share facts.
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.
The great egg debate, helpful or harmful to our health?
Even though eggs are one of the most versatile ingredients, it seems like people often wonder if eggs are good or bad for them because of their high cholesterol content.