Recipes

Susan Stamberg's Other Favorite Holiday Cranberry Dish

5:56pm November 26, 2013

by NPR Staff

Every year, on Thanksgiving, Susan Stamberg recalls a cranberry relish recipe that's now infamous in public radio land. But another cranberry dish has also graced her holiday table through the years — a cranberry chutney that is sweet, tart and packs a kick of cayenne pepper.

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Don't Stuff The Turkey And Other Tips From 'America's Test Kitchen'

5:24pm November 26, 2013

Jack Bishop and Bridget Lancaster of the public TV series share tips for buying, seasoning and cooking a turkey (hint: bigger isn't necessarily better, keep lots of salt around, and give the bird a break before carving). They also give advice on how to make some of their favorite side dishes.

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Death Becomes Whimsical On Dia De Los Muertos

7:55pm October 25, 2013

by NPR Staff

The Mexican Day of the Dead holiday is a time to remember the dead and prepare for their visit. It's also a time for food and friends. With Dia de los Muertos just around the corner, learn how to make a pumpkin and ancho chile mole and the traditional dessert bread, pan de muerto.

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Taste Of Grandma's Kitchen: We Hack An Old Ketchup Recipe

3:23pm September 29, 2013

by Melissa Gray

Jim Ledvinka grew up outside of Chicago watching his grandmother make ketchup from scratch once a year. As a kid, he hated the stuff. As a man — and now a grandfather — he became desperate to re-create it. That's where All Things Considered's Found Recipes project comes in.

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At Diner en Blanc ("Dinner in White"), people arrive dressed all in white. They bring their own food and, fittingly, white wine.

This Elegant, Whimsical Pop-Up Dinner Party Had 4,000 Guests

11:15am September 24, 2013

by Margot Adler

In a secret location, revealed minutes before the event, thousands came all dressed in white. They brought white tables and chairs, elegant china, wine and food, and they set up in a park in New York City. These elegant pop-up "white garb" dinners, called Diner en Blanc, are happening all over the world.

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Sunny Anderson came up with the recipe when trying to find new flavor combinations for chicken wings.

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This Football Season, Grab Some PB&J And Spread Your Wings

5:20pm September 10, 2013

by NPR Staff

It's a flavor combination that blends the familiar with the caveman and is a favorite of the patrons at Sunny Anderson's local bar in Brooklyn.

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At the Te'amim — or Tastes — cooking camp in Jerusalem, kids dig into a big bowl of kubbeh hamusta, a popular dumpling they learned to make.

World News

You Say 'Kubbeh,' I Say 'Kibbeh.' Let's Eat 'Em All Right Now

12:33pm August 28, 2013

by Emily Harris

Regardless of what you call them — kibbeh, kubbe, kobeba — bulgur-and-wheat dumplings are a beloved staple across the Levant. And as with hummus, there are local varieties from Iraq to Egypt. In Jerusalem, kids at a cooking camp learn to make the lemony kubbeh hamusta from Kurdistan.

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Drowning In Zucchini? 3 Recipes Can Help

3:57pm August 26, 2013

by NPR Staff

Zucchini is the gift that keeps on giving — until it's really not such a great gift anymore. We asked three cooks which recipes they turn to when they're tired of the prodigious vegetables.

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Microwave pralines are easier to make than stovetop pralines, and just as tasty.

'Treme' Cookbook Captures The Flavor Of A Show And A City

11:34am August 21, 2013

by Melissa Block

Melissa Block talks with Lolis Eric Elie, a writer and editor behind the HBO series Treme about a new cookbook written in the voices of the show's characters. Elie says it reflects both old New Orleans traditions and more recent influences.

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Julia della Croce says pistachio pesto is an economical — and delicious — alternative when Italian pine nuts can cost up to $120 per pound.

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Economy

Don't Let The Price Of Pine Nuts Keep You From Pesto

5:10pm August 16, 2013

by Serri Graslie

Hungry bugs and warmer temperatures mean pine trees aren't producing as many seeds as they once did, driving up the cost of Italian pine nuts to $120 per pound in some cases. Cookbook author Julia della Croce found a colorful — and delicious — alternative in pistachios.

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