How to Make Homemade Butter
You don’t have to be a Puritan to make this super simple homemade butter. All you need is a stand mixer. I know that…
You don’t have to be a Puritan to make this super simple homemade butter. All you need is a stand mixer. I know that…
Every pueblo in Mexico, no matter how small, has at least one tortilleria. Chelem, the village where we lived, was reduced to a seaside…
The baby slept until nearly eight o’clock. This may be the result of daylight savings time, the children’s Tylenol I dosed her with last…
Rendered duck fat gets a lot of play here in Maine, and for good reason. There are few better fats that you can use…
As our regular readers know, I’ll go to my grave defending processed, pasteurized American cheese. I understand your objections to this position. I’ve heard…
Eating a soft pretzel fills me with happy nostalgia. I have a vague yet comforting memory of pulling them apart while being pushed in a…
I picked up my snacking habit from my dad. Beginning when I was a little kid, I would sometimes get to hang out with…
Unlike the Spanish style of chorizo, which is cured and sliced like a traditional sausage, Mexican chorizo is a raw ground pork sausage, often…
Here is an authentic Jamaican beef patty recipe that you can make at home, and store if you have extras. The crispy and flaky…
If you have even a passing fond memory of opening your lunchbox and finding a Fluffernutter inside, that classic sandwich made with peanut butter…
Hamburger buns are important to me. Most supermarket hamburger buns are pretty boring, and are kind of like a really thick, cottony Wonder Bread,…
It’s much, much easier to buy ketchup off-the-shelf, than it is to make it from scratch. Preparation weighs in at about two hours, and…
Making this super-simple mustard couldn’t be easier, but plan ahead. It won’t be ready for at least two weeks, and likely three. It takes…
I know three things about Mexican cheese: When they say Manchego, it’s not what you think. This is processed, white melting cheese like a…
The first time we made a batch of wintertime, gas-burner stovetop s’mores using our own homemade graham crackers, we realized that they are a…
Why in heavens would you make your own Sriracha, when the bottled version is cheap, readily available, and already pretty perfect? It’s actually quicker…
There are definitely foods that I used to enjoy, that I have had to stop having around the house. Cheez-It brand snack crackers are…
If you’ve never made your own tortillas, you won’t believe how out of wack the effort-to-payoff ratio is. They are dead simple to make,…
Bagels are a lot like pizza, in the way people get fussy about them; why, some bagel places will refuse to even toast your…
Ah, fried mozzarella sticks. The toddler silencer. The fairgoers’ midway snack. The fuel of the currently drunk, or the consolation prize for the recently…
We believe that there is a hot sauce for everything: Cholula gets drizzled over hummus, El Yucateco “Green Monster” gets added to Mexican and…
This relatively easy hummus recipe is perfect when you are considering dipping your favorite chips or bread into something that might not be too…