Autore: Simona

What makes a zucchini fritter hold together instead of falling apart in the pan? Squeezing the water out. Two cups of grated zucchini look like a lot, but half of that volume is water. Squeeze it in a towel until dry, then mix with whole …

Meal prep recipes only earn their spot if they still taste right on day four, not just day one. That rules out anything delicate, meant to be eaten the moment it’s plated rather than reheated from a stack of containers. What survives: braises that mellow …

The FDA has confirmed that shredded iceberg lettuce and salad kits containing iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms is contaminated with the cyclospora parasite responsible for an outbreak that has sickened thousands. On July 18 the Food and Drug Administration reported that Taylor Farms de Mexico of …

I served these at a party and could not keep the platter full. Zucchini sliced paper-thin on a mandoline, grilled until browned on each side, spread with a mixture of soft goat cheese, harissa paste, fresh mint, lime juice, lime zest, and olive oil, then …

Ceviche is the one dish where cooking is optional and acid does the work instead. Shrimp and mixed seafood cured in citrus juice with red onion, cilantro, jalapeño, and tomato. The lime juice denatures the proteins over about twenty minutes — you end up with …

Here at Honest Cooking, we are ice cream lovers of the highest caliber, and we assume you are too. After all, you made it here. So let’s talk homemade ice cream. Homemade ice cream recipes split into two real camps, churned and no-churn, and the …

Every summer somebody asks me what the biggest foodborne illness outbreak in American history was, and every summer I have to answer the question with a question: biggest how? Because “largest” is doing at least four different jobs. There is the outbreak that made the …

Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week  A cyclosporiasis outbreak that has affected more than 5,000 people has been traced to iceberg lettuce served at some Taco Bell locations in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. The lettuce was supplied by Taylor Farms, …

What happens when you put two kinds of blue cheese on a grilled vegetable flatbread? You get a pizza that tastes like a cheese course and a vegetable platter served together. Store-bought flatbreads grilled until charred, then spread with blue cheese spread and topped with …

The owners of Taylor Farms have confirmed that their lettuce is behind a multistate outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite. Additionally, federal officials say the lettuce has been used by Taco Bell restaurants and is the cause of the outbreak. Taco Bell has removed …