In culinary school, chefs dedicated entire units to brioche, risotto, béchamel. But before we even got to specific techniques, we learned one fundamental truth: all cooking falls into two categories — ...

I cook for others all week long — on the job and then at home. On Sundays, I cook what I want to eat. I crave simple food, so my day doesn’t center on the kitchen. I choose (mostly) ordinary ...

As a followup to my post last month about ten tips for getting started with chickens, I thought I’d share what our chicken-keeping friends said they wished they’d known about chickens when they ...

They don't call it "hide and seek chicken" for nothing. The waiter just shook his head. With the cutting stare of a deeply disappointed parent, he snatched up a plain white platter that I had more or ...