A Menu For Hope - Call For Prizes What is A Menu for Hope? Unless you're very new to the world of food blogs, you've likely heard of A Menu for Hope , the brilliant i... Read More
Easy to Cook, Favorites, Gluten-Free, Low Carb, Meatless, Vegan Asian Cabbage Salad Recipe with Sesame Seeds and Peanuts I'm a huge fan of salads with cabbage. While I do like cooked cabbage well enough, there's something about the crunch and slightly... Read More
chicken Getting Under the Skin for Great Big, Beautiful, Buttery Breasts! Yes, this is the actually photo of my Thanksgiving turkey. It was probably the most perfect looking bird I've ever roasted, and I owe it... Read More
Kalyn's Kitchen Picks: Fini Balsamic Vinegar I was surprised recently when I realized I'd never featured Fini Balsamic Vinegar for Kalyn's Kitchen Picks , because I've been ... Read More
Blog News, Weekend Filler Dear Santa, I've Been a Very Good Chef This Year. Can I Please Have a Large Block of Wood? That's right, if you don’t have one yet, a large, thick (at least 4-inches) wooden butcher block cutting board should be on every cooks ... Read More
Breakfast, Weekend Filler Introducing Ron Jeremy's Omelet Diet - Warning: This May Be the Most Disturbing 10 Minutes in Culinary Video History! Adult film star Ron Jeremy, inspired by Christopher Walken's chicken video recipe, decided he would film his "famous" vegetab... Read More
Get a Grip and Have a Great Thanksgiving: How to Properly Hold a Knife With all the chopping, slicing and dicing that's done around the Thanksgiving holiday, it's no wonder that there are more culinary-r... Read More
Dessert, French Cuisine, vegetables Squash the Thanksgiving Dessert Competition with this Delicious Brulee! Yes, yet another gourd-related crème brulee. I did a version of this using canned pumpkin a while back, and while I love the pumpkin version... Read More
Blog News About.com: American Food is Live! Just a quick post to let you all know that the website project I've been working on with About went live on Friday. Thanks for all your ... Read More
Cheese, Salads Your Salad Forecast: Cool and Crisp with a 100% Chance of Blue Cheese "Snow" This is one of my favorite restaurant tricks ever. I invented this technique in 1985, after seeing another chef do it at a small café in San... Read More
Blog News, Dressings, Potato, vegetables It's Almost That Time! So, Make Your Own Crust and Don't Screw-up the Mashed Potatoes Those daunting holiday dinners are just around the corner, and while I'm unfortunately still in "can't film any new clips"... Read More
Blog News WANTED: American Regional Recipes - Don't do it for me, do it for your country! I'm just about finished with my American Foods site for About.com and I need some help. I'm now trying to gather as many regional Am... Read More
Appetizer, French Cuisine Escargot Bourguignon – My Slowest Video Recipe Ever This video, produced for About.com, features snails cooked in the traditional style of the Burgundy region of France . Do I like snails? No... Read More
Blog News I Am American Food! …and Other Blog Updates I did it! I'm just not sure what "it" is yet. I graduated from About's guide program and will now be the guide for the new... Read More