Some people enjoy the challenge of a new recipe. Others can’t boil water without burning it. We’re cooking up more fun cartoons from the pages of the Post. Bon appetit!
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French cooking was considered strange, fussy, and exotic—but that was before Julia Child. As we approach her centennial, we’re remembered to forget our fears and self-doubts in the kitchen.
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Thanks to the antioxidants in cocoa, it’s okay to occasionally indulge your sweet tooth. Cheryl’s recipe for chocolate almond pudding is a great way to start!
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The novel and now movie—Julie and Julia—about French cooking has revived interest in this subject and returned Julia Child’s 1961 cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, to the New York Times bestseller list. Now another generation of Americans will be tempted to try their hand at Child’s Beef Bourguignon. (Preparation time: 2 hours; Level of difficulty: Difficult.)
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In the spirit of the Post’s “American Ingenuity” issue, we caught up with the Food Network’s celebrity pioneer filmmaker to discover the formula for making Good Eats.
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Tips from the Kitchen Getting Garlic Smell off of Your Fingers Three words: salt, lemon, steel. One way to remove the odor is to rub salt on your fingers. The salt will absorb the odor, and then you can rinse the salt away with hot soapy water. Or, rub lemon juice on your hands or ... More
Coming in from the cold to a steaming bowl of chili undoubtedly qualifies as one of the outstanding pleasures of life. And if that chili has the additional benefit of good nutrition and healthful ingredients, so much the better. Fortunately, most of us have the time for many more bowls of chili in our lifetimes. And just in case you haven’t already settled permanently on a favorite, we have rounded up some delicious chili recipes for you to try.
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