-
1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Ilene Smith
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that a million people in the United States get sick from eating contaminated poultry every year. If that statistic isn't staggering enough, the agency also says that 1 in 25 packages of chicken at the supermarket contains Salmonella, the bacteria that is one of the most common causes of foodborne illness. To avoid becoming one of those statistics, you should know how to handle raw chicken properly.
-
1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Ilene Smith
It's hard to imagine an apple pie without apples, a pecan pie without pecans, or banana cream pie without bananas. But when ingredients were scarce — whether for economic reasons, seasonality, or during times of war — desperate times called for desperate measures. Yes, even when making pie. It was during these times that a category of pies, known as desperation (or "make-do") pies, were created.
-
1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Ilene Smith
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Sharpening knives used to be a task you wouldn't want to do at home. It was often easy enough to take your knives to a sharpener, who could revive the blades with a large wheel-based grinder or other form of machinery. If you didn't want to find someone nearby who could do the work, there were knife-sharpening trucks that roamed the streets.
-
1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Ilene Smith
It's made from a cactus, you'd be happy enjoying it in a margarita, a paloma, or even just neat or on the rocks, and Lenny Kravits is behind one of the hottest brands, Nocheluna. You must be drinking tequila or mezcal, right? Wrong, you're drinking sotol-based drinks that are becoming one of the hot cocktail trends to watch. Despite some similarities, the ancient Mexican liquor is quite different from tequila with an earthy flavor and a pungent smell.
-
2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Ilene Smith
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The best compliment Aarti Sequeira ever received was when someone said her homemade tandoori chicken was better than any they had had in an Indian restaurant.
-
2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Ilene Smith
One of the passages of spring is walking into the candy aisle at your favorite store and seeing the large selection of pastel-colored marshmallow treats, rainbow-hued jellybeans, and a vast array of eggs and bunnies made from white, dark, and milk chocolates. It's just like Halloween -- but in prettier colors! How did this holiday, an important religious celebration for Christians around the world, become one of the four biggest annual occasions for candy purchases?
-
2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Ilene Smith
You only have to watch a few episodes of "The Bear" to understand the harsh realities of opening a restaurant. But when you are the richest man in the world and have a reputation for being a visionary, you might think you have enough connections, resources, business savvy, and entrepreneurial insight to avoid some of the pitfalls. Then again, if you're Elon Musk and have lost a few friends and even made some enemies in recent months, you may have a tougher hill to climb than you expected.
-
2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Ilene Smith
There's a lot that people say they would do for a sharp, salty bite of Parmigiano Reggiano, a spread of buttery brie, or a slice of rich, tangy cheddar, but would people risk going to jail for it? Apparently, the answer is yes.
-
2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Ilene Smith
Mention the phrase "Swanson TV dinner" and you're likely to make any boomer within earshot smile and ask, "Whatever happened to them?" in the same way they'd ask about any long out-of-the-limelight star from the Golden Age of Television. They'll think fondly of sitting with their family around the television set, silver trays placed on a folding table, digging into sliced turkey, cornbread stuffing, and sweet potatoes.
-
2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Ilene Smith
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Someone is always trying to make a better pizza. Chicago tried with its deep-dish pizza. New Haven thought it had it made with its thin-crusted, coal-fired version. Long Island gave us the rectangular grandma pie. Detroit also went with the rectangle but added the cheese to the dough before the tomato sauce. And California decided to add everything from chicken to artichoke hearts to peanut sauce on its pie.
