How to Melt Chocolate

Yes, we know, you already understand how to melt chocolate. Or think you do. Here, an extra technique or two. Just in case.

15 mins

Never Cook Naked: Blonde Coffee

Our Never Cook Naked columnists, Mark Scarbrough and Bruce Weinstein, share lots more lessons than just proper cooking attire.

Leite’s Loves…Whirley Pop

So long, microwave. We've found a far more reliable contraption for popping popcorn, and it's dancing buttery circles around you. Jenna Levy says good riddance.

I Hated Caroline Kennedy

Carol Penn-Romine long considered the first daughter her nemesis. The reason has everything to do with overcooked okra and a distaste for turnips.

The Fried Chicken Evangelist

Sydney Meers knows Southern fried chicken. Thanks to him and his grandmother Winnie Lee Johnson's recipe, so can you. Lorraine Eaton divulges.

Cherry Season

You haven't truly experienced cherry season 'til you've owned a cherry tree. Darlene West has the purple-stained hands—as well as the perfect clafouti recipe—to prove it.

Cooking for my Sons

Single dad Rick Casner learned to use dinnertime not just as an excuse to grow closer to his sons, but to grow up himself.

Matzohpaloozah: 100 Ideas

Thanks to these 100+ inspired ideas for making matzoh more enticing, perhaps this year Passover won't seem quite long enough.

Leite’s Loves…Bluegrass Soy Sauce

Bluegrass Soy Sauce is a brew made the traditional Japanese way with one exception: It's fermented in bourbon-infused oak barrel. A new southern comfort.

Happy Birthday to Us

Join us as Leite's Culinaria turns twelve. And while you're here, drop us a line as to what you enjoy most about LC.

Cuckolded by Le Creuset

Pot obsession is what writer Ed Bruske faced when his wife fell for vintage Raymond Loewy designs. The result: a trip to France to fetch this fetching cookware.

Why Animal Fat is Good for You

Animal fat is good for you, says author and fat advocate Jennifer McLagan. She's hell bent on converting fat-phobes into fat fanatics. Will you change?

Leite’s Loves…Taza Chocolate

Taza Chocolate, a Boston-based company, sources raw, organic cacao beans from a cooperative in the Dominican Republic for its superb flavored chocolate.

Saffron: Spendy Threads

While saffron picking in Washington state, Jess Thomson learns a thing or three about crocuses, back-breaking work, and la rosa de saffron.