Need a reminder as to the best way to cut a butternut squash? Check out this helpful video. - Now that you've got all that squash cut up, cook it with baby spinach!
- Carving turkey with an electric knife.
- This week's Recipe Finder turns up a Savory Squash Pie.
- Rob Kasper talks to Dale DeGroff, the author of the new book The Essential Cocktail.
- The best way to cook up a chipotle bratwurst.
- Elizabeth Large offers up the ten best places to celebrate a win or mourn a lost.
Posts with tag Baltimore Sun
Thanksgiving tips and tricks - The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Halloween eats and local pears
- Before you kids head out on Friday night for trick or treating, making sure they get a healthy, filling dinner.
- Looking for a savory pumpkin recipe? How about Rigatoni with Roasted Pumpkin.
- Restaurants are coping with the economic slowdown by offering smaller plates and less expensive bar menus.
- Rob Kasper issues a missing beer call for a reader who is looking for the Kronenburg 1664.
- Michael's Steak and Lobster House evokes the feeling of Baltimore restaurants of yore.
- Lots of local homes have pear trees planted in their yards and now is the time to harvest them.
- This week's recipe finder offers up an applesauce cake recipe, perfect for the cool fall weather.
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Quince and vegan bakeries
- For quince lovers out there, the coming of fall means their favorite fruit is finally available in the farmers markets. Make sure to scroll down to the end of the article to check out both sweet and savory ways to prepare quince.
- Baltimore finally has an all-vegan bakery, whipping up such things as oatmeal cookies and chocolate cakes. The Chocolate Layer Cake cost $40 and can serve up to 30 people.
- Marcella Hazan takes a few minutes to chat with Rob Kasper about her life, her cooking and the circuitous route she took to become the nation's foremost expert in Italian cooking.
- This week, Elizabeth Large names the Top Ten Best Crabcakes with a Fancy Twist.
- For the Baltimore-area football fan who is also a wine lover, try the 2004 Ravens Run Red.
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Creme fraiche and apple beer
- Creme fraiche is a great way to perk up soups, desserts and anything else that could do with a bit of extra creamy zing.
- Nine Baltimore-area cooks stretch and flex their cassoulet muscles at the eighth annual cassoulet cook-off.
- Just in time for harvest, Rob Kasper checks out beers made with apples and narrows the field down to some of his favorites.
- This week's Wine Find is the Dow's Trademark Finest Reserve Porto - a creamy, sweet and balanced dessert wine.
- Elizabeth Large's Top Ten is a round up of restaurants that aren't quite institutions but still reserve that sense of permanence.
- It's time, once again, to send in your favorite cookie recipes for this year's cookie contest. Recipes must be in by Nov. 5th to be considered.
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Bake sales and budget dinners
- School has started all across the country and that means just one thing. Bake sale time!
- Want to make dinner for $12 or less? Try this recipe for Red Wine Meatloaf with Brown Sugar Glaze.
- In the Recipe Finder a reader is reunited with a recipe for Molasses Bars that her 91-year-old mother has been craving.
- Want to take a trip through time? Try this shrimp salad sandwich which will remind you of all those lovely lunch counters of yore.
- Just in time for Halloween - Evil Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Elizabeth Large comes up with the definitive list of foods you should not order on a first date.
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Fall recipes, tomato jelly and homemade pretzels
Fall is here and with it have come a wave of new cookbooks. The Baltimore Sun food section staff take a look at the new crop and narrow it down to the pick of the harvest. - This week the Recipe Finder tracks down instructions on how to make Tomato Jelly.
- After some trial and error, Rob Kasper succeeds in baking up a batch of homemade pretzels for his own personal Oktoberfest celebration.
- Kate Shatzkin uses a recipe from the new cookbook Two Dudes, One Pan to prepare a weeknight dinner for under $12.
- Elizabeth Large highlights her top 10 local restaurants that just happen to be located in strip malls.
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Honey for Rosh Hashanah and Maryland fried chicken
- The Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah is coming up and one of the food traditions that goes with it is the consumption of honey, to represent the sweetness of life.
- This week, the Recipe Finder features a Graham Cracker Brownie recipe. Yum!
- Rob Kasper searches for the perfect Maryland Fried Chicken with Cream Gravy and comes up with a winner.
- Cherry tomatoes are an easy crop to grow on a patio and make a terrific pickled addition to a martini (in place of the olive).
- Geof Manthorne, the enigmatic right-hand man on Ace of Cakes, has become something of a heartthrob since the show's inception.
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: School lunches and crowded farmers' markets
- Tips on packing healthy lunches for your kids.
- A new restaurant row is popping up in a neighborhood of Baltimore.
- Rob Kasper light-heartedly complains about the crowds and prices at his local farmers markets.
- Punch up morning meals with tangy orange marmalade.
- A corrected Grape Crisp recipe, as the one printed a few weeks ago had the wrong amount of melted butter.
- Buy the family packs of meat at the grocery store for good value and quick meals.
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Cheap meat and Maryland's best eating month
As the economy tightens and people look for ways to fight back against rising grocery prices, one thing consumers can do is select cheaper, flavorful cuts of meat. - Rob Kasper announces that the very best eating month in Maryland is September, especially since the tomatoes came late this year.
- Digging deep into the science of menu design.
- Make gazpacho a day or two ahead for best flavor.
- Make and freeze potstickers for quick meals during the week.
- A local church tries to help their neighborhood by buying and giving away $30,000 worth of groceries.
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Frozen desserts, blue crabs and rum
Keep things cool in these waning days of summer with chilly desserts. - World traveling sailors learn how to eat that Maryland delicacy, blue crabs.
- Burdick Chocolate in Walpole, New Hampshire, offers a line of politically oriented chocolates and candies, just in time for the conventions.
- Rob Kasper reviews an assortment of artisanal rums.
- Have pie for every meal at the Dangerously Delicious Savory House.
- Laura McCandlish reviews Arthur Schwartz's New York City Food: An Opinionated History and More Than 100 Legendary Recipes By Arthur Schwartz Stewart.
- What to do with self-rising flour? Make biscuits!
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Tomatoes, marinara sauce and shade grown coffee
Baltimore home cooks celebrate the arrival of home grown tomatoes. - A new generation of chocolate makers play with their formulas and produce chocolates the likes of which cacao lovers have never seen.
- Need inspiration for an outdoor meal? Kate Shatzkin reviews Picnic: 125 Recipes with 29 Seasonal Menus.
- Add anchovies to homemade marinara for a quick dinner that's full of flavor.
- A Sun reader was searching for a cake recipe. Turns out it was the 'Better Than Sex' cake.
- Erica Marcus answers the question, What is shade grown coffee, exactly?
- Landmark soda fountain is closing and the shop's furnishings are all for sale.
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Staycations, beer and pickles
- Trading your vacation for a staycation this summer? That's no reason not to indulge in home cooked vacation meals.
- After being outstripped by wine in 2005, beer is back on top, according to the 2008 Gallup Poll of US consumption habits.
- The many varieties of pickled tomatoes, beans and beets that used to be on our dining tables have been replaced by the ubiquity of the cucumber pickle. Explore a little and pickle something out of the ordinary (they've got a recipe for pickled grapes).
- Jill Rosen reviews the new book Wine & Food A New Look at Flavor By Joshua Wesson.
- Researchers are still mixed on whether pregnant women should eat fish because of the mercury risks. However studies do show that the Omega-3 fatty acids improve brain function in kids. Try these Salmon Mini-Burgers for your brain boost.
- In place of the tradition fruits you'd use in a crisp, try using grapes!
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Zucchini, watermelon and M.F.K. Fisher
Looking for inspiration on how to make use of all those zucchini that your garden is pumping out? Look no further than this article, which gathers recipes from home cooks and gardeners. - Watermelon is a wonderful summer treat and here are some great tips on how to pick out a good one.
- Jennifer Day remembers the incomparable M.F.K. Fisher on the 100th year anniversary of her birth.
- Former Google chef Charlie Ayers has written a new book that offers recipes, food philosophy and a bit of gossip about the early days of Google.
- Looking for a new chicken recipe? How about this one for Sour Cream Marinated and Southern Fried Chicken.
- Grilled turkey burgers make for a quick and delicious summer meal.
- Scientists are saying once again that artificial food dyes are causing health concerns.
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Baltimore foods, Maryland tomatoes and tasty desserts
- Stephanie Shapiro takes a look at classic Baltimore fare and digs a little deeper to reveal that much of the food that is associated with the city isn't actually produced there anymore.
- One thing that is still growing in Maryland is tomatoes, ugly, gnarled, juicy and tasty tomatoes. Get 'em while they're ripe!
- In the Cooking 101 column, they're whipping up Chocolate Cake with Hazelnut Semifreddo, for an easy dessert that will impress the neighbors.
- Krystina Castella's book, Pops! Icy Treats for Everyone has been making the blog and newspaper rounds recently and this week, she's in the Balitmore Sun!
- We know that Elvis was a fan of fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, but did you know that he was also fond of meatloaf? Well, according to this recipe for his cook's meatloaf recipe, he way.
- Forgo the tuna sandwich and stir up these Summer Shrimp-Salad Sandwiches instead.
- Streuseled Fruit can be made quickly in the microwave out of all the ripe summer fruit. Sounds like the perfect quick summer dessert (as long as you are cool with cooking in the microwave).
The Baltimore Sun in 60 seconds: Blueberries, miracle fruit and whole grain crackers
- Blueberry season has started and they are now available at produce stands, u-pick farms and local markets.
- Rob Kasper and a bunch of Baltimore food bloggers get together and try miracle fruit. It makes the tart taste sweet and the bitter taste absolutely delectable.
- Whole grain crackers are easy to make at home and are far better than the ones you buy in a box.
- Ever have trouble figuring out which wine will go with dinner? Then it's time to check out "Wines That Love." Their labels are printed with images of foods with which they go well.
- Kate Shatzkin reviews Warren Brown's new book Cakelove (which I wrote about here) and determines that his recipes are hit or miss.
- In the Recipe Finder, a missing Lemon Cake recipe is found.
- Stir fry is a quick dinner that let's you get creative and use up what you have in your fridge.
- A new cookbook helps make cooking accessible for the blind.
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