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Summer lobster salad

How to Eat Lobster 10 Ways In 24 Hours

These innovative recipes entice the taste buds for every meal of the day

Why Do Men Grill?

Globally, it seems that this gendered division of cookery is an American thing

New Orleans in a bowl: Proper gumbo is an appetizer as filling, rich and complicated as any dish that follows it.

Best. Gumbo. Ever.

He ate far and wide, but the author found only one true version of the New Orleans dish—Mom's

Until she met her future husband, Julia Child had never given much thought to food. On her own she made do with frozen food.

Julia Child's Recipe for a Thoroughly Modern Marriage

Food writer Ruth Reichl looks at the impact of the famous chef's partnership with her husband Paul

Crawfish étouffée

Five Quintessential Cajun Foods

If you've only had the pleasure of eating a bowl of gumbo, queue up some Beausoleil and prepare some of these specialties

Salt

Mark Kurlansky on the Cultural Importance of Salt

Salt, it may be useful to know, cures a zombie

Pop Tarts

Unorthodox Foods for Mother’s Day

I dug some more into how food companies are positioning their products for this time of year, and some of my findings were, well, unconventional

Louis Basque Corner is one of the rare restaurants in Nevada that serves Basque cuisine

Your Guide to Basquing in the Old West

What are the best restaurants for authentic Basque cuisine?

Organic red lentils

Five Ways to Eat Lentils

Tired of soup? Use them in cookies, pies or puddings—no, really

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Peeling Open the 1947 Chiquita Banana Cookbook

What do ham banana rolls with cheese sauce and salmon salad tropical have to say about politics?

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Nothing Out of the Ordinary: Squirrel Stewed, 1878

A collection of old community cookbooks reflects a changing ecology and a cultural shift: the decline of hunting, chitlins and pig's feet

“Commune Gothic” Summer 1970

Brotherhood Spirit in Flesh Soup, or a Recipe Calling For Love

The counterculture has long been characterized by a single word: “love.” For some hippie communards, love was also a recipe ingredient

Eintopf

The Battle for Food in World War II

A new book examines how food figured into the major powers' war plans

Adam Bernbach making drinks with organic local gin.

Jose Andres and Other Toques of the Town Honor Alice Waters

What do you cook for famed chef Alice Waters? Washington's culinary celebrities faced this challenge at the unveiling of her portrait at the Smithsonian

Meringue cookies

Meringue Chemistry: The Secrets of Fluff

If these things were made by Renaissance chefs in the days before electric mixers, surely I could manage to whip some up myself

Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

How to Plan a Party Based on Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party

I'm putting on my event planner hat to offer up the following ideas for a party inspired by an Impressionist painting

Churros can be both delicious and dangerous.

Law and Order: Four Food Crimes

After stealing $1,500 worth of cooking oil from a Burger King, two men were apprehended siphoning off oil from a Golden Corral

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Four Food-Themed Resolutions For 2012

Never mind losing weight. Isn't it possible to make a few resolutions that embrace food?

Juniper berries

What the Heck Do I Do With Juniper Berries?

Botanically speaking, they are female seed cones. But culinarily, the dark violet orbs look and taste enough like berries to deserve the name

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Q and A with Cake Wrecks Blogger Jen Yates

"I'm not out to vilify bakers; I'm just trying to find a little funny in unexpected places"

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