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There’s someone in your life, they like to cook, you feel like you should buy them a holiday gift, but you don’t know what to get them. It’s really simple,…
If you’re looking for a fun place to learn about and buy fresh spices check out The Spice House. They’ve got great tips about cooking trends and how to keep…
Consider the Fork is Bee Wilson’s insightful book about the history of how we cook and what we eat.
It’s hard for me to think of anything better than a warm bowl of chili on a cold winter day. Especially if it’s a hearty, smoky chili with rich, deep…
There are a lot of good reasons why so many Minnesotans are ticked off that the New York Times is trying to pin one of the worst salad recipes ever…
There are days when nothing in the world sounds better than warm peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies and a cold glass of milk.
When you’re learning to cook certain dishes are important because they teach you something fundamental. It might be a new technique, a unique ingredient, or something as simple timing.
For one of the world’s great culinary treats spit roast your next leg of lamb. Spit roasted leg of lamb is tender and delicious and oh so fun to watch…
When I think about homemade apple crisp, I can still see the pan on the counter, feel my fork breaking through the crunchy crisp, and taste the apples.
A challenge for me can be making sure I’m eating enough healthy vegetables, which is why I love keeping a batch of fresh gazpacho on hand.
Canning can be scary, but once I got over my irrational fear of poisoning my future self I was able to finally learn how to can.
Making shrimp cocktail at home is a lot easier and more affordable than you think. All it takes to make a tender and delicious shrimp cocktail that is full of…
If you’re looking for stories on how to make ash cakes, the right way to skin a possum, or how to celebrate rivers filled with Pacific salmon take a read…
I was coming back from kayaking around the Channel Islands recently, thinking about why I wanted to start Umami and what it should be about.
It was a long bitterly cold winter in Minnesota this past year, the kind of winter that makes you think about how you can’t wait for global warming to get…