FoodBlogroll

Plenty of pepper spices up rich salmon fillets. Horseradish sauce ups the ante. Salmon has such a rich flavor, it often is best to keep it simple when cooking it.

Garlic’s new hue signals entirely different taste Black garlic? Yes, indeed.

Risotto is endlessly accommodating.

Can America build a better hot dog?

Mac Snack Wrap, other items dreamed up in McDonald’s test kitchen Ever wonder where new McDonald’s products like the Mac Snack Wrap come from?

The needy need sustenance.

Chefs show how small touches like a vinaigrette can push a dish from simple to gourmet You vow to become a better cook, to expand your range beyond the dozen dishes you prepare from memory, to give your dishes a gourmet spin.

Italy’s Alois Lageder talks about his latest project: Beta Delta wine Alois Lageder (pronounced “ah-loh-IS  lah-GAY-der”) is the fourth generation of his family to manage this eponymous winery in the northeastern Italian province of Alto Adige. The region belonged to Austria until after World War I, which explains why many of the wines don’t taste stereotypically Italian and why wine labels are written in German as well as Italian.

Is it blasphemy to give hallowed gumbo an Italian makeover?

Everyone knows that the hardest part about cooking dinner is figuring out what to make. (And reservations do not count!)