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Eat Your Books: An Online Index for Your Cookbooks

Ever since the internet came on the scene, we have used our cookbooks less and less. It is so much more convenient and functional to use the web to search for recipes, ingredients, techniques, and eve...

Kitchen Tour: Veronique and Thierry's French Kitchen
New York

Veronique and Thierry are French expats living in SoHo, Manhattan. Rather than following the 'when in Rome' protocol, they choose to cook and cook often in their relatively spacious, DIY kitchen. ...

Weekend Fun: Castroville Artichoke Festival

Clockwise from top left: grilled artichoke, french fried artichokes, artichoke burrito, and artichoke pasta. Over the weekend I attended the Artichoke Festival in Castroville, CA, the artichoke capit...

Good Question: What Does "Divided" Mean in Recipes?

Here's a great question from Neha about a potentially confusing little note in many recipes. She writes: I'm hoping you can explain to me what the term "divided" means. I see it in recipes referring t...

DIY Girl Scout Cookies

With the prices of Girl Scout cookies rising and trans-fats still lurking in them, perhaps it makes more sense to make your own Girl Scout cookies. It is actually quite easy, and the recipes are heal...

Survey: Do You Always Follow A Recipe Exactly?

I've always believed that I should follow a recipe to a T the first time I made it, a rule I've pretty much stuck to. That way I have a good idea what the cook was going for and can base any improvis...

Making the Most of Squash

It's winter, which means there's a lot of squash in the markets right now. Big ones. People have been writing in and asking us what they can do with all these squashes. They can be a little intimid...

Seasonal Spotlight: Rose Hips

At the end of the year, when the petals have long since withered off the roses, bright red berries emerge where the flowers once were. They remain through the fall and in the winter, their color peek...

What Are Your Favorite Tailgating Recipes?

Football season is already underway and tailgating parties are happening all over the place! We've gone through our archives and made a list of recipes that would be good at a tailgate party. ...

Seasonal Spotlight: Abalone Mushrooms

Earlier this week, we talked about pink oyster mushrooms. Today we'll discuss another variety of oyster mushroom: the abalone mushroom....

String Beans Galore!

String beans of all colors are showing up at the farmer's market these days. What to do with all these beans??...

Web Resource: Supercook

What a neat idea. Supercook is a recipe search engine that allows you to enter ingredients that you have at home and finds recipes for you that contain the ingredients you have, so you don't have to ...

Nostalgia: The Recipes Our Fathers Have Taught Us

Dads who cook get short shrift. While talk around Mother's Day centers around the recipes that Mom taught us, and all the lessons we've learned from her, the best Dad gets are some *hot* new tools for...

Finding Inspiration and New Recipes in Men's Magazines

We used to think that men's magazines were nothing but rags, full of bikini-clad babes and advice on pumping iron. But things have changed. Men's magazines have gotten more serious, and in turn, serio...

Weeknight Meal Tip: What Do You Do With Bad Wine?

It's happened to all of us at some point; that bottle of wine that we brought back from France or found in a really great wine shop - you know, the one we were saving for a really special occasion? I...

What's For Dinner? Spring Vegetables

What's for dinner tonight? Any plans? Weekend leftovers, perhaps, or something new from the contents of an overflowing produce box? We're craving spring greens like mad at the moment - nothing too com...

San Francisco Chronicle: Food Section Roundup

This week in the San Francisco Chronicle Food section: prepared foods for Passover, two recipes for lamb, spoonbread, and more....

San Francisco Chronicle Food Section Roundup

This week in the San Francisco Chronicle: recipes for absinthe cocktails, ways to win over beet haters, fish tacos, and pecorino senese cheese....

Straight Up: Favorite Cocktail Books

Most cocktail recipes are only a Google search away, but nothing beats the slow-paced, tactile pleasures of a good book. This week we’re taking a sentimental journey through some personal (and somew...

Best Five: Basic Chocolate Recipes

Every cook has that small repertoire of recipes they turn to over and over again. We have a small, well-proven handful of chocolate recipes that never let us down. From no-fail chocolate cake to hom...

Winter Salad Recipes

Summertime salads are straight-forward. Cooks just pick up what looks good at the farmer's market, chop some vegetables, and toss them into a bowl with a simple dressing. "Whatever grows together,...