On a recent rather lovely Sunday afternoon, I discovered a batch of mint I wasn't planning on using that would otherwise go bad and d...

Food (Section) Fight! is my weekly look at  The Washington Post's Food section  and  The New York Times' Dining section  with my ver...

An apt metaphor for Tracie McMillan's  The American Way of Eating  would be Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma meets Barbar...

I recently discovered the most interesting cookie recipe I've come across in a long time. While reading the second issue of Lucky Pea...

I saved this for last in my series of spring pasta recipes, since it is my favorite of the group. Cooking the pasta like risotto is a...

I use Mark Bittman's  How to Cook Everything  app a lot, but I rarely use my other iPhone cooking app: Mario Batali Cooks! Compare...

Fresh peas and spring go together like, well, two peas in a pod. Peas also go nicely with bacon, as well as pancetta, which is Italian ba...