Cooking class in Tuscany

Four cups of de-seeded watermelon and two cups of skinned cucumber. Blended together until smooth. Strained if you want it clear. Chilled in the fridge for at least eight hours. Served cold. The cucumber mellows the sweetness of the watermelon and makes the drink taste …

Can you make a cake with only four ingredients? Two eggs, sugar, peaches, and whole wheat flour. That is it. No butter, no oil, no milk. The lift comes from beating the egg whites to stiff peaks and folding them into the yolk-sugar mixture with …

Chef Sami Tallberg served this salad in Helsinki at a dinner where every ingredient came from Finnish forests and fields. Four medium cep mushrooms, sliced paper-thin. Tender cattail cores sliced on the diagonal. A large handful of wild edible greens. Cold-pressed rapeseed oil, salt, and …

Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A., San Carlos, Chile is recalling frozen GreenWise Organic IQF Blueberries 10 oz. Because it may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O145:H28 (E. coli O145). E. coli O145 is a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) that can cause illness characterized by severe stomach cramps, diarrhea …

I first had this salad at a spring lunch in the countryside where the host had picked the asparagus that morning. A dozen fresh asparagus spears blanched for two to three minutes and cooled. Sweet peas blanched for a minute until bright green. Arranged on …

This Saturday, somewhere around 150 million Americans will pick up a hot dog, a hamburger, a scoop of potato salad, or an ear of sweet corn dripping with butter. It is the most democratic meal of the year — the one day a country that …

I made this for a dinner where I wanted to serve something that was half Indian and half summer salad. The paratha is whole wheat dough mixed with spring onions, grated carrot, ginger, and spice powders, with blue cheese stuffed inside before cooking on a …

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for a beef jerky product because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The product contains wheat, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label. People with allergies or sensitivities …

I baked this pie on a Saturday when I had more blackberries than I knew what to do with and a bunch of sage from the garden that was about to bolt. Two and a half pounds of fresh blackberries mixed with sugar, chopped fresh …

Ten pounds of heirloom tomatoes. That is what goes into this relish, and the result is four jars of something so concentrated and spicy that a single spoonful changes whatever you put it on. The tomatoes cook in peanut oil with ground chili flakes, fennel …