The Minimalist suggest new ways to use your microwave - chocolate pudding, parboiling vegetables, baked apples. The Curious Cook, Harold McGee, follows, explaining the science behind the microwave. You can put aluminum foil in the microwave! Hear that, mom?
Why higher food prices could be a good thing (less cheap junk food; better for small farmers, etc.).
Chatham cod have disappeared from off the coast of Massachusetts. But not from menus.
Wine critic Eric Asimov taste-tests California Pinot Noir.
What to do with tough old birds? Stew! Braise! Slow-cooked rooster with mushrooms and scallions, anyone?
The Minimalist is back, with a video on cooking clams.










