Cream puff decorating classes for the holidays, a Phony Mezcal Negroni from St. Agrestis and more food news. Eric Ripert’s previous cookbook, “Vegetable Simple,” lived up to its title with some recipes needing but two or three ingredients. His new book, “Seafood Simple”? Not so simple. Effortless wonders include salmon and tomato à la Gilbert…

Your nose should be your guide as you walk through the seafood aisle of the supermarket. If you catch the scent of a fishy smell that’s so overwhelming it makes you hold your breath, you should probably walk away. Generally, freshly caught fish doesn’t have a strong fishy odor, so if you’re getting one, it’s a…

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. Selecting a cut from the meat counter of your local grocery store can be a daunting experience. There are a lot of names for the same cuts and choosing…

Making sushi at home can be intimidating, what with making sushi rice, rolling it up just right, and dealing with raw fish. With these baked salmon sushi cups, you can skip all that but still get all the flavors of your favorite roll. Baked in mini muffin tins, these also come together fast, making them…

As the holidays approach, it’s easy to find yourself overwhelmed by the stress of planning meals for large gatherings and the pressure to perfect special dishes for the season. Chef Carla Hall wants you to remember that cooking is about fostering joy and relieving some of that stress. Doing so will not only make you…

Adults who get crabby or a little shaky from spikes or dips in blood sugar levels are challenging enough, but it can be worse when kids get “hangry” or cranky. That is why Clark-based food educator Alex Mathisen was busy roasting, blending, cooking and multi-tasking to prepare four different recipes to show parents how to…

Sometimes after a long day, even I don’t have the energy to deal with the hassle of chopping vegetables, pulling out woks and smoking out my kitchen, let alone remembering to cook rice the day before! So I published a “dump and bake” fried rice recipe on my website – albeit with some trepidation –…