Which is less cruel: eating animals or plants?
Whoever said that there is no killing involved in a plant-based diet?
Food Tales
To understand food and its cultural and social significance, it is often necessary to go beyond recipes and cooking tips. This section includes a comprehensive guide on ramen broth, a history of mac and cheese, a dive into the (mostly Western) misconception that sate / satay is peanut sauce and how chocolate evolved to become the (second?) most popular Valentine's Day gift.
Is a crêpe different from a pancake?
A crêpe is a thin pancake. A very thin pancake. Almost as thin as spring roll wrappers. A crêpe, like the thicker breakfast pancake, is made of flour, eggs, milk — and …
What is genmaicha?
Japanese green tea with roasted brown rice. Right. Brown rice. Flowers like jasmine and chrysanthemum aren’t the only things that taste good with green tea.
Will an apple a day keep the doctor away?
It's simultaneously amusing and annoying how some "old sayings" are still taken as literally true to this day. Take "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, …
Did Béchamel sauce originate in Italy?
Named after Marquise Louis de Béchamel, a favorite in the court of French King Louis XIV, there are several theories as to the real origin of Béchamel sauce.
Flirting with French cuisine
Among the five mother sauces in French cuisine, Bechamel sauce is most often used in our home cooking. But Hollandaise sauce is my favorite.
Do you eat offal (organ meats)? Why not?
There had been attempts by some chefs, including Anthony Bourdain and Michael Symon, to highlight the value of eating offal. Still, many people balk. Well, not me.