Category: Recipes and Cooking Tips

  • An Easy Thanksgiving Side of Brussels Sprouts and Apples from ‘Milk Street’

    An Easy Thanksgiving Side of Brussels Sprouts and Apples from ‘Milk Street’

    Get more recipes, food news, and stories by signing up for our Deep Dish newsletter. The new cookbook Milk Street Simple takes the Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street tenet that “Good cooking shouldn’t take hours” seriously. It focuses on various easy techniques that can maximalize flavor while minimizing time, like adding a basic vinaigrette to a dish, as…

  • Milk Street’s Culinary Director Talks New Cookbook and Thanksgiving Tips for Overwhelmed Holiday Cooks

    Milk Street’s Culinary Director Talks New Cookbook and Thanksgiving Tips for Overwhelmed Holiday Cooks

    Get more recipes, food news, and stories by signing up for our Deep Dish newsletter. Wes Martin, the culinary director of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, doesn’t cook on Thanksgiving. When it comes to the biggest culinary holiday of the American year, he lets friends prepare the meal while he provides charcuterie.  “It’s actually kind of nice to…

  • 12 Tips You Need For Making Applesauce

    12 Tips You Need For Making Applesauce

    New-crop apples, those that are fresh from the orchid and not stored for off-season sale, are hard to come by. The decision to choose, say, a Granny Smith apple over a Gala, or a Braeburn over a Golden Delicious, is entirely up to you and your seasonal availability. The best advice for optimal flavor? Grab…

  • Advice | 7 things to stop worrying about this Thanksgiving

    Advice | 7 things to stop worrying about this Thanksgiving

    Especially if you are the host, Thanksgiving can feel like one giant checklist. From the shopping and prepping all the way through cooking and cleanup, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. I’m willing to place some of the blame on folks like me! We offer so many recipes and tips that instead of picking and choosing…

  • Warm up your soul with these 7 delicious holiday recipes

    Warm up your soul with these 7 delicious holiday recipes

    Holiday season is almost here, Minnesota. Is there a better way to celebrate than with a delicious meal? Whether you celebrate holidays with family, friends or just join a potluck, sharing a good meal is about companionship, community and, of course, good flavors. That’s why MPR News and The Splendid Table have joined forces and…

  • WhatsApp Channels surpasses 500 million monthly active users

    WhatsApp Channels surpasses 500 million monthly active users

    Mark Zuckerberg announced today that WhatsApp Channels has surpassed 500 million monthly active users. Channels is a new way to get updates from people, organizations, and teams you follow on WhatsApp. Channels are separate from your private chats, and who you choose to follow is not visible to other followers. Mark Zuckerberg, announced the news…

  • Advice | Need Thanksgiving cooking help? Ask us your questions.

    Advice | Need Thanksgiving cooking help? Ask us your questions.

    Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal provide practical cooking advice that you can’t find on Google. They answer questions like “How do I get my pizza dough to roll out easier?” and “What’s the difference between cured and uncured bacon?” Aaron and Becky both write and test recipes for Post Food,…

  • Tickets on sale now for the annual Louisville Boat & RV Show

    Tickets on sale now for the annual Louisville Boat & RV Show

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Tired of the cold weather already? Tickets for the Discover Boating Louisville Boat, RV, & Sportshow are on sale now. The show is returning Jan. 24-28 to the Kentucky Exposition Center. A couple new show features are being highlighted this year. Rescued and adopted dogs from The Puppy Pals — as…

  • These 7 Essential Vegan Baking Tips Will Make Your Holidays So Delicious

    These 7 Essential Vegan Baking Tips Will Make Your Holidays So Delicious

    Baking is the ultimate holiday activity. It’s festive, it’s fun, and, most importantly, it keeps our taste buds happy. Research suggests that more than half of American millennials—which is the country’s largest generation of adults—enjoy baking over the holidays, as it helps them to connect and spend time with their loved ones. Studies also claim…

  • Best Recipes for Game Bird Legs

    Best Recipes for Game Bird Legs

    <!—-> Whether you’re looking for a recipe for winter stew or for summer tacos, this Wild Turkey Birria Recipe will do just the trick! (Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley photo) Let’s take this opportunity to banish these misconceptions and learn to become a better cook. It’s not a pheasant or turkey’s job to conform to what you think…