Garam Masala
Depending on the spice combination, it can be tawny brown, tan, or golden A description of the Indian spice blend, plus uses and recipes for garam masala. Garam masala is usually either added to a curries, vegetable dishes, soups, or stews toward ... [... more]
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Kentucky Derby Party
There are a few born-and-bred-in-Kentucky dishes that you'll see on every Derby party menu. The first is Henry Bain sauce. It was named after its inventor, who was the head waiter at Louisville's Pendennis Club. Bain made the sauce in 1881 as an ... [... more]
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Making Pasta Dough
Making your own pasta dough is a simpler process than you might think! If you have an electric mixer, the process becomes even simpler--but making pasta by hand isn't hard. The first and most important decision to make when beginning to make ... [... more]
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Spaghetti Sauces
Great over pasta, prepared spaghetti sauces are also a shortcut for creating more elaborate dishes like lasagna. It's hard to imagine Italian cooking without tomatoes. Yet tomatoes arrived in Italy only after Columbus came to the New World. Even ... [... more]
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Gumbo Basics
Gumbo is one of the most famous dishes to result from Louisiana's shared Creole-Cajun heritage. As varied as the recipes can be, there are a few ingredients that give the dish its identity as gumbo. Apart from good homemade stock, the first is ... [... more]
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California's Wine History
Of all the wine growing regions of the United States, California has the richest history, though certainly still modest by the standards of Europe. For most of the wine-drinking world, wine is much more than a beverage. It is bound up in history ... [... more]
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California Wine Country: The North Coast
Napa Valley made its wine reputation on Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Vineyards here are often touched by cooling winds and by the fog that frequently rolls up the valley from the inlet at San Pablo Bay, creating temperatures that can ... [... more]
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California Wine Country: The Central Coast
Chardonnay is the most widely planted grape in this northern-most portion of the Central Coast, a large appellation that includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties. The Pacific Ocean and San ... [... more]
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California Wine Country: The Sierra Foothills
The first wine grapes planted in the Sierra Foothills were destined to slake the thirst of Gold Rush-era miners. Today, Zinfandel grapes are the mother lode here. They are by far the most widely planted varietal, followed by Sauvignon Blanc, ... [... more]
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Italian Wine Country: Piedmont and Veneto
Tucked into the mountainous northwest corner of Italy, Piedmont borders Switzerland and France and sits snuggly between the Alps and Apennines. In fact, the Italian word piemonte means "foot of the mountain." As a wine producing region, [... more]
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Easter Breads
Whether you eat them on Good Friday or Easter morning, hot cross buns are a welcome treat. For the ambitious baker, yeasted babka dough can be rolled out very thin and filled with a cinnamon-nut mixture or chocolate filling. Roll up into a log, ... [... more]
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Making Latkes
For best results, use russet potatoes. This variety is high in starch, and the starch is necessary to form pancakes that don't fall apart. Most people choose to peel the potatoes before making latkes, but this is entirely a matter of taste. If ... [... more]
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