Cooking class in Tuscany

Garlic scapes, toasted hazelnuts, Parmesan, fresh basil, lemon juice, and olive or grapeseed oil. Into the food processor. Blend for a few minutes. Add more oil if needed. Season with salt. One of our favorite things to make when scapes show up at the farmers …

What happens when you add cumin, cayenne, ginger, and raisins to caramelized onions and kale? Something spiced, earthy, and genuinely surprising. Two red onions sliced thin and cooked in oil on medium-low for ten to twelve minutes until golden and sweet. Then grated ginger, ground …

A custard without eggs or dairy? Light brown sugar, rice flour, cornmeal, and vanilla powder mixed with rice milk and cooked until thick. A bar of white chocolate melted in at the end. It sets in dessert cups in the fridge and eats like a …

My sister started making smoothie bowls after a trip to Bali where every breakfast place served them topped with granola and fruit carved into flower shapes. Her version is simpler: blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, almond milk, almond butter, and ice, blended thick enough to eat with …

Michigan has more than 1,250 Cyclospora cases this year. Ohio has 177. Illinois has 141. Add the rest and the state tallies are pushing well past 1,600 sick people. The CDC’s national count has finally moved to 843. No food has been named. And the agency wants you to believe …

I made this ice cream for the first time when I had leftover cream cheese from a cheesecake that never happened. A full cup (225 g) of cream cheese blended with 240 ml (1 cup) of heavy cream, 100 g (1/2 cup) of sugar, a …

The first time I grilled heirloom tomatoes, I almost ate them all before they made it to the table. Four large tomatoes, sliced thick, seasoned with salt and pepper, and grilled two to three minutes per side over medium-high heat until grill marks appear. Topped …

What happens when you take shrimp scampi off the stovetop and put it on the grill? You get charred shrimp with grill marks and a buttery garlic white wine sauce poured over them, served on rounds of grilled polenta. One pound of shrimp dressed with …

Brown bread ice cream is an Irish thing. You take stale brown bread, crumble it, and fold it into a custard base. The crumbs soften but keep a faint chewiness, and it tastes like toast and cream. This version adds Baileys to the custard and …

Vietnam runs the length of a coastline, a long ribbon of a country pressed between the mountains and the South East Asia Sea, and it has always been seen best from a train window. The old line from that crosses the country North to South …