Add a dose of salty, tart umami to everything from soup to salad dressing with one of our favorite fermented ingredients. Lyudmila Mikhailovskaya / Shutterstock Trying to step up your cooking game ...

Lisa K. Barclay of Charleston passed along the recipe for preserved lemons from Jeff Smith's "The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors" cookbook. "I have made this several times. The lemons keep ...

Most of us are probably well-versed in how citrus can elevate a dish. From an orange chicken stir-fry to a simple squeeze of lime on a beef street taco, a little can go a long way in transforming a ...

Every once in a while I like to do a dinner that's really exotic. It is times like these that I often turn to North African food. I spent some time in Morocco and particularly loved Marrakech and its ...

Canned chickpeas take on an addictive texture that’s somewhere between chewy and crispy when roasted with curry-dusted cauliflower. Stacked with some cool cucumber, fresh mint, shredded purple cabbage ...

A recent conversation with Bobby Flay reminded me that you can always find new sources of inspiration if you seek them out. Despite my years in this field, there is still so much about food and ...

Shrimp cooked in a buttery, lemony sauce is nothing new, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to give it a twist. One way that I shake up shrimp scampi, a weeknight dinner favorite in my house, is ...

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Make the dressing: Slice ¼ inch off top of each heirloom tomato and remove tough core. Place a box grater in a large bowl and use large holes to shred cut side of each tomato until flesh has all been ...