Move over, Frito-Lay! And Better Made and Ruffles and any other potato chip you might find on the shelf. Not even high-end organic chips can compete with the kind you can make in your home oven. The ones that come in a bag can’t beat out the homemade variety in terms of taste or freshness [...]
The first time I made popcorn with chili powder and olive oil, I thought I’d found snack nirvana…but last week I tried the same combination on crispy walnuts and ascended to post-nirvana sublimity. The butteriness of the walnut perfectly compliments the spiciness of the chili powder; in the meantime, the fruitiness of the olive oil [...]
Technically, pine “nuts” aren’t nuts at all–they’re seeds from pine trees. You might also see them called piñones (in Latin markets) or pignolis (in grocery stores specializing in Italian cuisine). Pinenuts are an essential ingredient in an Italian dish that Americans know and love: pesto. Whether it’s tossed with pasta or rubbed into chicken, the [...]
What other fruit is made into sauce, juice, chutney, relish…and is equally delicious served alongside chicken or in a chocolate cake? Not only are cranberries one of the few fruits native to the U.S., they’re also amongst our most-consumed. I like to slip them into baked goods: pumpkin bread, blueberry muffins, and brownies become even [...]
