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Have You Tried the Quicker Whole Wheat No-Knead Bread?

No-Knead bread is back! Mark Bittman returned to the phenomenally popular recipe in last week's Times dining section, tweaking and fiddling with the recipe to make it easier, faster, and whole-grain. ...

Times Top 5: No-Knead Bread is Back!
From the NY Times Dining Section 10.08.08

Two years after he ignited the No-Knead Bread phenomenon, Mark Bittman is back with a faster version. (Hmm... Sounds familiar.) There's also an easy, healthy, one-pan steamed fish and a dessert with a...

Recipe Review: Mark Bittman's Baked Eggs with Tomato (for a Weekend Brunch Crowd)

Ever since we saw Mark Bittman's recipe for baked eggs with prosciutto and tomato, we knew we had to try it. We were also inspired by the delicious baked eggs with cream and thyme at Balthazar in New ...

Times Top 5: Striped Figs and Tomato Jam
From the NY Times Dining Section 08.20.08

What were your favorite parts of this week's Times dining section? We found it a little heavy on the eating out side of things (suppose it's all that vacation travel?) but there were some gems for tho...

Times Top 5: Mix-and-Match Rice Salads
From the NY Times Dining Section 07.30.08

Mark Bittman takes on one of our favorite topics: salads! Take a look at this and our other top 5 picks out of the Times dining section. ...

Times Top Five: Zuni Café Tomato Bread Salad
From the NY Times Dining Section 07.23.08

There were plenty of good things in today's New York Times dining section. Our top five favorites include a giant food party in San Francisco, a no-bake cheesecake, bread salad from a famous chef, and...

Times Top 5: Interactive Picnic Basket for Inspired Picnics
From the NY Times Dining Section 07.02.08

We're on the same wavelength with the Times today; we're talking about grilling, and they're talking about picnics. Mark Bittman returns to his famously popular lists of quick dishes and pulls out 101...

Yellow Cake with Chocolate Icing
From the NY Times Dining Section 05.28.08

Our favorite piece from The New York Times Dining section this week was Alex Witchel's Feed Me column. She rhapsodized over the pleasures of simple layer cake, frosted with chocolate icing, especially...

Ribs Under the Broiler
From the NY Times Dining Section 05.21.08

Our neighbors have pulled out the grill, but we're grill-less for now, and July seems a long time away. What do you do when you have no grill? Mark Bittman comes to the meat-lovers' rescue with tips ...

The Minimalist Live: Watch Last Weekend's Webcast

Last weekend New York public television station Thirteen/WNET had Mark Bittman on in a live webcast to demonstrate (he said) that he is not the total curmudgeon he sometimes appears on television. W...

Elegant Lettuce-Wrapped Fish
From the NY Times Dining Section 04.09.2008

Quiet day for cooks in the New York Times' Dining Section but there are a few good recipes lurking in its mainly restaurant-driven content this week. Quickly and Easily, a Touch of Elegance - Mar...

Fried Meat Kreplach and Other Forgotten Recipes
From the NY Times Dining Section 03.26.08

Today's Dining section in the New York Times was a doozy! There was enough good content to pack out a magazine - let alone a weekly section. There's so much that we want to talk about it for the rest...

Easter Cake and Fizzy Drinks
From the NY Times Dining Section 03.19.08

Easter Is for Baking, Too: OK, here's the deal - to those of us from a Slavic background, you really don't need to tell us that Easter is for baking. We're used to a full-out festival of carbohydrates...

Pickle Popsicles and a New Microplane Adjustable Slicer
From the NY Times Dining Section 03.12.08

The New York Times' Dining Section is heavy on the restaurants this week, but we enjoyed the Dining In sections - especially Florence Fabricant's tips on the hottest and latest kitchen gear. This Mi...

Mark Bittman Argues for Octopus
From the NY Times Dining Section 03.05.08

In this week's New York Times' Dining Section - it's all about octopus! In A Treat Whose Time May Be Here, Mark Bittman revisits the big, intimidating octopus. He explains that frozen is just as go...

Roasted Canned Tomatoes by The Minimalist
From the NY Times Dining Section 02.27.08

Today's Dining section was all about restaurants across the country, but there was still plenty for us stay-at-home cooks. Here are the highlights of this week's Dining In pieces in the New York Tim...

Raw Broccoli and Brown Rice
From the NY Times Dining Section 02.20.08

Our crunchy, healthy-eating title notwithstanding, the Times Dining section was actually rather exciting this week. That broccoli salad was one of the most appealing recipes we've seen a long time ...

Book Review: Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day

The host of no-knead recipes from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day have been making quiet ripples through the baking community, and we felt that it was time take a look for ourselves to see what th...

NY Times Dining Section Roundup: Rose Cream Meringues and Short Ribs

Coaxing Exotic Flavor From Familiar Elements - Where was Mark Bittman when we were looking for savory coffee recipes to polish off Coffee Week? These succulent braised short ribs would have been pe...

Bitten: Mark Bittman Has a Blog

We opened up the Times dining section this morning and lo and behold, Mark Bittman has a new blog! Bitten - not to be confused with Sarah Jessica Parker's super low-cost clothing line - is a daily ...

Testing for Mercury and Double-Dipping: NY Times Dining Section

From the New York Times' Dining Section... • Taking Worry Off the Plate: The Times follows up last week's article on mercury in tuna with not one but two pieces on choosing healthy seafood. S...

$20,000 Coffee and Bad Fish: NY Times Dining Section

From the New York Times' Dining Section... • At Last, a $20,000 Cup of Coffee: The title here is misleading - really, the $20,000 is all for the machine - a new siphon bar. We are coffee geek...

NY Times Dining Section Roundup: Clementine Clafoutis, Red Lentils, and Beer

From the New York Times' Dining Section... • A Lentil Soup to Make You Stop, Taste and Savor: The lead story this week (for us anyway) was this savory red lentil soup from Melissa Clark, spik...

Recipe Review: Mark Bittman's Pernil Pork Roast

We enjoyed last week's New York Times Dining section a lot. The recipes were tantalizing, the photos were appetizing, and they had Harold McGee guest writing again. The Minimalist's recipe for Perni...

Bittman's No-Knead Bread Phenomenon

Have you tried it yet? Mark Bittman shared this minimalist no-knead bread in The New York Times Dining Section a week ago today. The recipe, adapted from Jim Lahey of the Sullivan Street Bakery, is...