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Tip: Add Rutabaga To Mashed Potatoes

The first time I had mashed potatoes with rutabagas was at a friend's house. She had cooked dinner for us, and asked her why the mashed potatoes were a particular golden color with such a rich flavor...

Look! Hot Toddy Pudding Cake at Gourmet

Hey, look at this! We can't imagine how good this must be — especially since it combines two of our very favorite things. ...

Spring Supper: Pasta in Almond Sauce

Oh my. Now here's a dish we all can love. No meat, very little butter, a little cheese — but a heap of garlic, a touch of spring vegetables, and a handful of almonds. ...

Daniel Boulud's Baked Chicken Liver

Do you eat chicken liver? And if you eat it, do you ever cook it? We confess that we have never picked up one of those cheap little packets of chicken livers; they seemed more appropriate to cat food ...

Soup of the Day: Rustic Winter Stew

We just reviewed Anne Bramley's lovely ode to winter cooking, Eat Feed Autumn Winter, and we promised you a full recipe from this splendid book. Well, since it's Soup Month, we couldn't pass up a chan...

Soup of the Day: Tomato With Toasted Cheese Croutons

Here's one last mouthwatering soup to round out the first week of Soup Month. Because, after all, where would we be without tomato soup? ...

Soup of the Day: Mexican Zucchini Soup

We gave you a recipe for zucchini soup earlier this week, and now here's another that illustrates just how different two soups made from similar ingredients can be. Ours was creamy; this one is chunky...

Soup of the Day: East African Groundnut

Peanut butter in soup? Really? Why yes, and it's delicious! ...

Soup of the Day: Black Bean with Bacon and Mushrooms

Black bean soup is one of those things that we might just focus on all month long, if we didn't have other people to please. Black bean soup, after all, is one of the most highly adaptable soups there...

Soup of the Day: Southeast Asian Beef and Rice Noodle

It's Soup Month! We'll be bringing you all sorts of soups this month: vegan, vegetarian, carnivorous, grain-heavy, vegetable-thick, and broths that are clear and light. But the first one we wanted to ...

Light Eating: Giant Chipotle White Beans

Beans are the star this month, as we focus on Eating Light in January -- but without losing the comfort of hot, creamy winter foods. And these beans have been whispering to us since we first saw them ...

Light Eating: Light Chicken Parmesan

Chicken parmesan isn't the sort of dish we usually associate with eating light. It's breaded and heavy in butter, and usually served with a heavy sauce and lots of pasta. Well, this recipe from Martha...

Light Eating: Ziti with Skillet-Roasted Root Vegetables

Here's a recipe that's both fast and cheap from Bon Appétit. The magazine's team put together a whole week of recipes for under $100! This meat-free pasta dish of beet greens, parsnips, red onion, ro...

Good Question: Looking for a Beer Cheese Soup Recipe

Here's one for all of you from Wisconsin and the upper Midwest: Caitlin is looking for a good beer cheese soup recipe. She says: I am having a really hard time finding a good recipe for Beer Cheese ...

Cook + Eat Kitchen Matchup: Rustic Kitchen + Flapjacks

Sometimes kitchens just cry out to have one particular thing cooked in them. We spotted this enormous kitchen in the Times recently, and it said just one word: flapjacks. ...

Daily Scoop: Olive Oil Ice Cream

Yesterday we showed you an avocado ice cream from Mercedes of Desert Candy and her twenty days of ice cream. Today is one other that we just found so intriguing......

Daily Scoop: Homemade Jello Popsicles

Jello! Yes, we admit a soft spot still for that quivering treat from childhood. Even better when it's frozen in bright green popsicles like these... ...

Daily Scoop: Fresh Fig and Port Sorbet

Wowzers. We're at a loss for words on this one. ...

Daily Scoop: Coconut Curry Chocolate Ice Cream (with Cherry Rhubarb Cobbler)

One of the deepest pleasures in eating ice cream actually comes when you've paired it with exactly the right thing. ...

Daily Scoop: Ice Cream Truffles

These tiny balls of ice cream are an exceptionally cute twist on the traditional chocolate truffle. They might be a fun party project. Scoop the little balls of ice cream with a melon baller and leave...

Daily Scoop: Earl Grey Tea Ice Cream

We are huge fans of tea in desserts; some of our favorite cookies have tea in them. So we were pretty excited to see this ice cream recipe from Taylor at Mac & Cheese....

Daily Scoop: Blue Cheese Ice Cream

In light of the news earlier today about a new show sending up old episodes of Martha Stewart's TV shows, we thought we should feature just one more recipe from Martha in today's Daily Scoop. Blue c...

Daily Scoop: Minty Chip Sea Turtle Ice Cream Cake

Ah - Martha. Who else would give us instructions on how to make a sea turtle cake out of ice cream balls? It's definitely a step up in difficulty from the ice cream cake we posted last week, but it ac...

Daily Scoop: Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream

Do you drink much green tea? How about matcha - powdered green tea? We've seen a lot of matcha-flavored baked goods lately, but this ice cream looks even more appealing. ...

Daily Scoop: Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Uh-oh - this ice cream looks like trouble......