Autumn days make me hungry for comfort foods. Is it the simmering pot of soup on the stove sending up steaming goodness or the radiating heat from the oven as a casserole bakes? As I …

A media-mail package arrived one morning, and when I pulled the book from the envelope, I gasped. It said, “fat.” In this day of calorie-counting, health-seeking yoga aficionados, why would anyone write a cookbook promoting …

Food writer and humorist Jess Thomson recounts her hilarious and daunting visit to the mecca of molecular gastronomy in the States: Grant Achatz’s Alinea.

As a very young child, my son Jai had an unaccountable aversion to learning any language other than English. Yet, Iwas determined to teach him Hindi, my mother tongue, to ensure he did not miss …

I’d like to file a petition to officially divide the spring season into two sub-seasons: “Spring,” which comes after Mother’s Day and is usually lovely, and “Unsprung,” the obstinate lovechild of January and July. I …

It was long in the making, and hotly anticipated, but it’s here. It’s finally here. Cornbread Nation 4, the anthology of the South, serves up a 53-course celebration of Southern food, Southern cooking, and the people …

This blog was originally supposed to launch months ago, as a place for me to write about my experiences living in Portugal while researching my cookbook—and for our contributors and guest bloggers to write about …

Cookbook authors are an amazingly dedicated bunch. When we here at LC peruse a new book, looking for the recipe we’ll test before posting, I think not enough thought goes into the process of creating …

The balmy, semi-tropical climate, dramatic landscapes, and famous eponymous wines of Madeira have been attracting visitors ever since the Portuguese settled this lovely Atlantic island in the early 15th century. Cristóvão Colombo called at the …

Restaurante Verde Gaio, in the heart of Campo de Ourique, in Lisbon, is the kind of place I’d been hoping to find with David: a hole-in-the-wall where food-savvy Lisboetas eat well. Really well. Granted, there …

It’s not exactly a pretty sight, but when I entertain, I often go shirtless in the kitchen — with just an apron over — to avoid the inevitable drip and splatter that ends up on …