By Paul Stern If you use onions as often as I do – in everything from soup and pasta sauce to tuna salad and guacamole – it helps to be able to dice one quickly, efficiently, and without crying your eyes out. Here’s how the pros do it. For a PDF of this technique, visit […]
Continue ReadingThe signs of spring are showing in the produce section of the grocery store and I couldn’t be happier. I am ready to say farewell to root vegetables and hearty meals in favor of lighter, fresher-tasting fruits and vegetables now that winter is coming to a close.
Continue ReadingWith summer approaching, it is great to know how to poach chicken so you don’t have to turn the oven on every time you’d like to cook a few pieces of chicken breast.
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By Katie Goodman I think often we take for granted how easy it is to go to the grocery store and buy a can of already-cooked and pureed pumpkin. That is, until things like pumpkin shortages happen, like the one that happened thanks to last year’s poor weather conditions and smaller-than-expected pumpkin yields. We weren’t […]
Continue ReadingBy Katie Goodman Last week Natalie, CRAFT’s Editor-in-Chief, was telling me that she feels like she always just ends up steaming broccoli or green beans to go as a vegetable side with her meal. “Is there an interesting way to spruce up veggies or whatnot as a side dish?” I thought this would be a […]
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