Recipe: March Meatball Madness with Quick Tomato Sauce
March 7, 2011, in an old red-brick warehouse along a picturesque canal in New Jersey, it was 41 degrees with a soaking rain. March Madness was on the horizon, and Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa...
View ArticleUSA Weekend’s Cookbook Giveaway: Canal House Cooks Every Day
To celebrate USA Weekend’s new food column, each week we will give away copies of the featured cookbook to two lucky readers. This week we feature Canal House Cooks Every Day by former food editors...
View ArticleRecipe: Stir-fry with Asian Greens
The bounty of spring reminds us that you don’t have to have a green thumb or be a budding chef to have the garden turn you into a cook. “Raising the ingredients yourself is inspiring and makes you want...
View ArticleUSA Weekend’s Cookbook Giveaway: The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook
To celebrate USA Weekend’s new food column, each week we will give away copies of the featured cookbook to two lucky readers. This week we feature The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook by...
View ArticleUSA Weekend’s Cookbook Giveaway: The Recipe Girl Cookbook
To celebrate USA Weekend’s new food column, each week we will give away copies of the featured cookbook to two lucky readers. This week we feature The Recipe Girl Cookbook by former teacher Lori Lange,...
View ArticleRecipe: Corn Dog Mini Muffins
Major League Baseball’s opening night is prime time for peanuts and Cracker Jack. But as the Texas Rangers suit up against the Houston Astros on Sunday, fans (particularly in Texas!) may want to swap...
View ArticleRecipe: Orange Jalapeño Shrimp with Broccoli and Brown Rice
Eat dinner in tonight. Once upon a time, Melissa Lanz ate takeout way too often. She had a busy career and not much time to cook. Then she had children, and she decided to know what was in the food she...
View ArticleUSA Weekend’s Cookbook Giveaway: The Fresh 20
To celebrate USA Weekend’s new food column, each week we will give away copies of the featured cookbook to two lucky readers. This week we feature The Fresh 20 by lifelong foodie and former Internet...
View ArticleRecipe: Brisket with Coriander, Black Pepper & Brown Sugar
Reinventing the classics As an aspiring hip-hop DJ in mid- ’90s New York City, chef Richard Blais was known to sample a song or two of Quincy Jones’. “I grew up in the hip-hop era,” he says. “And I was...
View ArticleUSA Weekend’s Cookbook Giveaway: Try This At Home
To celebrate USA Weekend’s new food column, each week we will give away copies of the featured cookbook to two lucky readers. This week we feature Try This At Home by Top Chef favorite contestant and...
View ArticleRecipe: Cheesy “Pizza” broccoli
A meal to make a difference. As a teenager, Daphne Oz was about 30 pounds overweight. Now, almost a decade later, she’s sharing the live-healthy strategies — in this new book, and through her family’s...
View ArticleUSA Weekend’s Cookbook Giveaway: Relish by Daphne Oz
To celebrate USA Weekend’s new food column, each week we will give away copies of the featured cookbook to two lucky readers. This week we feature Relish: An Adventure in Food, Style, and Everyday Fun...
View ArticleRecipe: Banana ‘Ice Cream’ with Sweet-and-Salty Roasted Almonds
Paltrow’s good diet food After a dramatic health scare, Gwyneth Paltrow changed what she ate, cutting out sugar, dairy, eggs and a slew of other staples. That was 2011, and she (and her family) have...
View ArticleUSA Weekend’s Cookbook Giveaway: It’s All Good by Gwyneth Paltrow.
To celebrate USA Weekend’s new food column, each week we will give away copies of the featured cookbook to two lucky readers. This week we feature It’s All Good by actress, mother and cookbook author...
View ArticleRecipe: White House Spinach Pie
Michelle’s Victory Garden Back in Chicago, before Michelle Obama became first lady, she was plotting a White House garden. Five planting seasons later, the “kitchen garden,” as she calls it, on the...
View ArticleUSA Weekend’s Cookbook Giveaway: American Grown by Michelle Obama
To celebrate USA Weekend’s new food column, each week we will give away copies of the featured cookbook to two lucky readers. This week we feature American Grown by first lady and Let’s Move! champion...
View ArticleRecipe: Breaded Chicken with Mustard and Dry Sherry
A (crunchy) ode to mom It’s not surprising that the daughter of a legendary cookbook editor should come out with a great cookbook herself. What’s remarkable, though, is Alex Guarnaschelli’s ability to...
View ArticleUSA Weekend’s Cookbook Giveaway: Old-School Comfort Food by Iron Chef Alex...
To celebrate USA Weekend’s new food column, each week we will give away copies of the featured cookbook to two lucky readers. This week we feature Old-School Comfort Food by TV personality and freshman...
View ArticleRecipe: Fresh Crab Salad
Gone Crabbin’ You think you know the cuisine of your hometown. But as you investigate and taste and talk to home cooks and restaurant chefs, you discover things that you never knew about the foods you...
View ArticleRecipe: Roasted Garlic White Bean Dip
Venture into vegan. Vegan diets can appear meager or strict. Claire Thomas, host of TV’s Food for Thought, says: “For many, the idea of foregoing bacon and cheese is too much (and I am firmly in that...
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