Cooking at home
There’s a chicken soup for every season, and this one says summer
These are the days when food sites thrill to charms of seasonal eating. Tastes like summer! Perfect for picnics! Summer in a bowl! Summer on the grill! I wasn't expecting a hot brothy pot to figure into this line of tropes, but here it is: chicken soup for summer. Then [...]
In this ginger-miso sheet pan dinner, chicken and pears make an unlikely duo
In this sheet-pan recipe, bone-in chicken breasts and wedges of fresh pears are roasted side by side until and the chicken is tender and juicy, and the pears are softened and lusciously caramelized. Miso-Ginger Roasted Chicken and Pears. Photo by Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post. The two elements, which [...]
Give you barbecue sauce a summer upgrade
Blueberries give this lip-smacking barbecue sauce multiple levels of fresh appeal. One hits you at first glance upon seeing its unexpected indigo color. Another - its flavor - is fresher than a traditional sauce, with the fruit lending its gentle, nuanced sweetness to the tangy-savory mix. That sweetness is backed [...]
When it comes to host gifts, a homemade take on the Almond Joy raises the bar
When I'm invited to share a special meal with friends, whether holiday feast or birthday party, I always bring something along. Sure, some hosts might ask me to contribute a dish, but others respond with "Don't bring a thing. I've got this." I am unable, constitutionally, to appear on someone's [...]
Lighter and brighter, this broccoli salad delivers on flavor
There is a certain broccoli salad that's been popular at summer picnics and pool parties for decades. Variations abound, but it typically has both sweet and savory elements, a nutty crunch, and a rich, creamy dressing. It also typically happens to contain more beef bacon and mayonnaise by weight than [...]
Forget crisp-tender: Cook broccoli longer and it becomes as comforting as this bowl of pasta
As a son of the South, I have a thing for long-cooked vegetables. One of the dishes my mother made that I remember most fondly was her broccoli cream-cheese casserole, for which the broccoli was steamed until soft, then combined with cream cheese and butter, showered with bread crumbs and [...]