Category: Recipes and Cooking Tips

  • Carla Hall is Here to Make Holiday Hosting Easier Than Ever With These Genius Tips

    Carla Hall is Here to Make Holiday Hosting Easier Than Ever With These Genius Tips

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  • Where Ayesha Curry Goes In Oakland

    Where Ayesha Curry Goes In Oakland

    There are few people as accomplished (and nice) as Ayesha Curry. The Canadian-American has made her mark in the worlds of gastronomy with her successful Food Network show, Ayesha’s Home Kitchen, and the release of two cookbooks, 2016’s The Seasoned Life and 2020’s The Full Plate. This is in addition to her numerous restaurants with MICHELIN-Alum…

  • Chili Cook-Off Winners Share Their Secrets To The Best Chili

    Chili Cook-Off Winners Share Their Secrets To The Best Chili

    <img class="img-sized__img landscape" alt="Ed Goldfinger says bacon is the key to leveling up your chili.” width=”672″ height=”543″ src=”https://news.myworldfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/633f3c972300001900c2e01c.jpg”> Courtesy of Ed Goldinger Ed Goldfinger says bacon is the key to leveling up your chili. “Chili is a largely a state of mind,” wrote Bill Bridges in “The Great American Chili Book,” and nowhere is that…

  • From digital cookbooks to greeting cards, try these tech tips to ease holiday stress

    From digital cookbooks to greeting cards, try these tech tips to ease holiday stress

    Gift shopping, scammers, cooking the prime rib just right … There’s too much to worry about this time of year. Before you dive headfirst into the festive frenzy, I’ve got tech tips that’ll sprinkle a little magic on your celebrations. As my holiday thanks to my loyal readers, I’m giving away an iPhone. Yep, you…

  • Kardea Brown Tells Tasting Table Her Favorite Dishes For Holiday Entertaining

    Kardea Brown Tells Tasting Table Her Favorite Dishes For Holiday Entertaining

    For many families, tradition is the backbone of holiday menu planning, and Kardea Brown is no exception. When asked to list her most memorable holiday dishes from her formative years, Brown was quick to mention her grandmother. “My grandmother’s stuffing, and her macaroni and cheese,” Brown said without skipping a beat. “And something that we…

  • Local chefs share cooking tips, tales of kitchen disasters in time for the holidays

    Local chefs share cooking tips, tales of kitchen disasters in time for the holidays

    Barbara M. Houle ‘Tis the season of food.  Leading up to holiday parties and special celebrations, we tend to talk a lot about recipes and special meals that remind us either of home or family traditions. I’ve written about food a lot, especially during my career as food editor for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. …

  • Holiday home cooking: 4 Tulsa chefs share their favorite festive recipes

    Family recipes and traditions are what make the holidays special for so many of us.  It’s the cherished old recipes, passed through the generations, that are part of our own history. The pineapple-glazed ham that’s only made on Christmas, the cherry cream pie mom learned to make from her mom and she from her own…

  • What Is Vegan Sour Cream? Plus, Brands and Recipes

    What Is Vegan Sour Cream? Plus, Brands and Recipes

    Hand grenades were one of the key inventions spread across the world by the Mongol Empire. That, and the composite bow. But sophisticated, deadly weapons weren’t the only inventions to come out of the largest contiguous land empire. The Mongol people also gave us sour cream. Yep, we’re talking about that relatively harmless dip you…

  • Meal Planning 101: Why You Should and How to Start

    Meal Planning 101: Why You Should and How to Start

    Photo: istockphoto.com Properly executed, meal planning can help a home cook navigate the uneven and often-shifting terrain of family food preferences and dietary requirements. It streamlines grocery shopping, eliminates the daily scramble to even decide on dinner, let alone prepare it, and minimizes the money you spend on last-minute takeout, delivery, or drive-thru meals. Meal…

  • Tired of turkey? Sample these seafood dishes!

    Tired of turkey? Sample these seafood dishes!

    Jerk Tilapia Fish Tacos with Zoodle Slaw A zucchini slaw is a refreshing and unique twist for this Mexican, seafood entrée fish taco recipe, which packs a wallop of flavor while also hitting all the healthy criteria. For a quicker recipe preparation, use pre-shredded “zoodles” and carrots. Zoodles are skinny strips of zucchini that can be…