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I am a firm believer in the power of a roasted vegetable. Not only can virtually every vegetable be cooked in this way — no recipe required — but roasted vegetables are universally pleasurable to eat. Have a picky eater in the house? Want a break from your usual steamed veggie side dish? Try roasting your broccoli or green beans or cauliflower tonight. I think you’re in for a treat.
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You’ve had roasted sweet potatoes before, so you’ve had them all, right? I used to think the exact same thing until I learned a technique for butter-roasting thick slices of sweet potato until they turned from hard tubers to almost butter themselves.
Popularized by the blog Dessert for Two, this technique for butter-roasted sweet potatoes — dubbed melting sweet potatoes by Christina over at Dessert for Two — roasts the potatoes until they are a dark amber on the outside, creating a layer of deeply caramelized sweet potato that just barely holds the soft, buttery insides together. She serves this with an incredible maple pecan sauce, but we think they are perfection all on their own with a fat pinch of salt to finish them off. This recipe won’t let you think of roasted sweet potatoes the same way ever again.
After a steamy summer of living without soup (besides the occasional gazpacho), the cooler days of September immediately bring a serious craving for something brothy and warm. These 15 recipes fill the void and are particularly special since they all can be made in the slow cooker. That means a whole lot of reward without much effort. Pick one to make at the start of the week and then keep enjoying the leftovers for lunch or dinner all week long.
On the last Friday of September — this year, the 29th — the town of Binissalem completely shuts down for a yearly feast known as “Sopar a la Fresca.” It means dine outside and that’s exactly what the residents of this tiny Mallorcan village do. They take to the streets, set up simple wooden or plastic tables, and sup on noodles and lamb.
You could create an entire book club based around Real Housewives publications and never run out. Tinsley Mortimer has a novel. Bethenny Frankel has a children’s book about her dog. The Dubrows have an anti-aging book where they refer to themselves as “Dr. and Mrs. Guinea Pig.” There’s almost a dozen tell-all-but-not-quite-all memoirs. And in the midst of all this Bravo-fueled literature, there’s a steady stream of recipes and food advice from your favorite brawling reality TV stars.
The slow cooker is my answer to everything from hands-off meals on busy nights to comforting desserts. There’s nothing it can’t do. And the best way to truly get the most out of it is knowing all the best tips, tricks, and hacks that will make it live up to its full potential.
There are some words in life you just assume you’re saying incorrectly. Is “quinoa” pronounced ke-NO-wah or KEEN-wah? I’ll let you figure that one out for yourself. And while there’s a good chance you have heard of (or enjoyed a can of) LaCroix, everyone’s favorite seltzer, it’s pronunciation isn’t second-nature. Based on that theory, the folks over at the Tonight Show decided to have a little fun — fast-forward to 2:35 in the video below to see what I’m talking about.
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Learning to roast a chicken has a promise beyond what most recipes deliver. Yes, a chicken will become dinner, leftover lunch, and hopefully soup, but a roast chicken also promises an evening spent in the kitchen with family and friends. Mastering a simple roast chicken also teaches kitchen confidence and patience, which the greatest cooks understand.
For a recipe much lauded and loved, roast chicken should be, above all things, simple — the meat tender and juicy, gently seasoned with salt and scented with herbs. Most of your work will be in preparing the chicken for roasting and then finding a way to while away an hour in the kitchen while it cooks.
Almost three years ago I moved from the hustle and bustle of Chicago to a small village about two-and-a-half hours north of the city lights in rural Wisconsin. Upon moving I lost many things I was accustomed to, but online grocery shopping and delivery is a big one. I am feeling extra secluded in cow-town today, as it’s been announced that if you’re a resident of Silicon Valley, you can not only order your Walmart groceries online, but you can also get them put them away inside your refrigerator for you.
Now that’s a game-changer.
Everyone knows — and either loves or hates — Gordon Ramsay for his hot-headed alter-ego on Hell’s Kitchen and blunt criticism on MasterChef. But the sharp-tongued chef has a sweet spot for the kiddos he judges on MasterChef Junior, where he offers hugs and encouraging words to tweens under stress behind the burners.
