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Food and Mood

Fine Cooking — If you tend to get stressed or tired midday, what you choose for lunch or a snack could make a big difference. Do you suffer from a midday crash? Pick a high-protein lunch, like a salad of chicken and greens. If you're too keyed up during the ...More…

On a magic curry ride

Fine Cooking — Another instance of street food - this one cloaked in mystery. My pet mushroom Back to List Taking it to the streets...and then back inside As they say in journalistic circles, two is a coincidence and three is a trend. Call it a hunch, but ...More…

The other red meat

Fine Cooking — I hate watching sports on TV-especially basketball. It might have started back when I was a kid and my dad taped over all my favorite movies with Chicago Bulls games. (Imagine my diasppointment when I'd pop This year, I've found a bracket I can .. ...More…

Which Flour Is Best for Pasta?

Fine Cooking — Conflicting advice can lead you to doubt your favorite recipes, even for something as simple as fresh pasta. Do you listen to your heart, or listen to what others tell you? Pasta tricolore that I, my wife, and my classmates made in Tuscany. We ...More…

Mango Madness

Fine Cooking — I decided to stop drinking soda. It was a hard decision and a difficult one to see through. I love Diet Coke. It is my only source of caffeine, and the sparkly sweetness of it truly was a party in my mouth. So I began my journey to find other ...More…

Delicious, Pure and Simple

Fine Cooking — A monk helps elevate a decadent dessert Back to List Mango Madness I made the best lunch last weekend. Well, I can't take all the credit; the recipe that got me started was from Diana Henry's new book, Pure Simple Cooking. She's a British food ...More…

Hey Obama, How D'ya Like Them Beets?

Fine Cooking — Apparently beets have supplanted broccoli as the vegetable least welcome at the White House. The Obamas' plans for a victory garden on the South Lawn of the White House are all over the news today. As a first-time veggie gardener myself, I'm ...More…

My pet mushroom

Fine Cooking — I've developed a little addiction since returning to San Francisco. Like many addictions, it started slowly - just a little here and there, maybe as an afternoon pick-me-up. Soon enough though, I was partaking every day - sometimes several times ...More…

Finding that elusive recipe

Fine Cooking — More and more, I find myself turning to my computer when looking for a recipe. This isn't surprising when I'm seeking a new recipe, but it is when I'm looking for a recipe I know I already have. The issue is my recipe organization system. ...More…

A Cheesy Bundle of Joy

Fine Cooking — For the past month I have been babysitting feta cheese. I know that this may sound a little odd, but we've been working on a feta cheese story in the test kitchen. At first I was skeptical about the practicalities of homemade feta. On top of it ...More…

Black is the new Black

Fine Cooking — Black and white are all over the latest cookware at the Housewares Show I'm at the annual International Home & Housewares Show in Chicago this week, where we get a sneak peek at all the new gadgets and cookware that will be coming out this year. . ...More…

Green is Good

Fine Cooking — My latest olive oil obsession is green. And I don't mean friendly-to-the-environment green (although it may well be). I mean green green. As in the color green. It's Olio Verde Extra Virgin Olive Oil ("verde" means green in Italian), an ...More…