"no-frills" news and stories

Tonnato sauce with veggies. Photo: YumSugar

Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:

Serving up fresh market veggies alongside a rustic Tonnato Sauce.

SF Chefs. Food. Wine. event dished delicious samples.

In tough times, shoppers are reaching out for the dented cans and crushed boxes of no-frill grocery stores.

Avocado doesn't only slip itself into guacamole. It can also, believe it or not, make for a tasty popsicle.

A photo gallery of seven standout recipes from Julia Child.

Five-spice powder merges the primary flavors of Chinese cuisine: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and pungent.

What did you serve at your last dinner party?