Melissa Colasanti

Sep 15, 2024 | thedailymeal.com | Melissa Colasanti

What could be more tantalizing than a thick layer of super sweet fig jam to accompany cheese and crackers on a charcuterie board or with nut butter for a fancy PB&J? But making fig jam can be a bit time-consuming. If you use dried figs, they need to be soaked in boiling water before adding the sugar and lemon juice — the flavor isn't as fresh as the delicious, light, newly harvested fig. Fortunately, you can use fresh figs in your jam as an easy alternative to the dried counterpart.

Sep 14, 2024 | thedailymeal.com | Melissa Colasanti

Ever enjoy a thick, juicy restaurant steak? Chances are, it's been butter basted. Butter basting is the process of spooning butter over pan-seared meat, giving it a thick, delicious crust with a tender interior. It has long been considered the gold standard for making the perfect steak. After all, what doesn't taste better when drenched in golden butter? It's even part of Gordon Ramsay's repertoire.

Jun 18, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Philippe Sands |David Michaels |Melissa Colasanti |Martha C. Nussbaum

Note: This is an encore episode of Reader's Corner. The episode originally aired in August 2021. Otto von Wächter was an Austrian lawyer, husband, father, and a senior SS officer. Creator and overseer of the Krakow ghetto, indicted after as a war criminal for the mass murder of more than 100,000 Poles, Wächter was hunted for three years following WWII.

Jun 5, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Melissa Colasanti

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also recommends other infrastructure improvements to address urban heat, like the installation of so-called cool or green roofs, as well as cool pavement, which absorbs less energy from the sun. Over the last half century, summers have gotten progressively hotter in the U.S., especially in the West, according to new analysis. The group Climate Central analyzed temperature data for nearly 250 locations from 1970 through 2022.

Jun 5, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | David Folkenflik |Melissa Colasanti

Hundreds of journalists are walking off the job Monday and Tuesday at two dozen newspapers owned by the Gannett company. They're protesting working conditions at their papers and launching a lacerating attack on Gannett's chief executive. The newspapers, in seven states, include The Arizona Republic, The Austin American Statesman, The Florida Times-Union, The Asbury Park Press and others.