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Archived Since:March 9, 2008

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The aperitif hour: Marseille's panisse

Nice has its socca, those thin chickpea pancakes. Down the Mediterranean coast in Marseille the classic is panisse, or fried chickpea cakes. I love them both. And while I often make socca, I’d never tried making my own panisse until...

For the wine geek who has everything: the cork presenter

Designed by graphic arts superstar Milton Glaser, Alessi's new cork presenter is polished stainless steel and will set you back just $30. Not for a casual meal at home, though. This may be more appropriate for those engaged in a...

Happy National Lollipop Day

Happy National Lollypop Day! To celebrate the quintessential candy on a stick, we've pulled some of our favorite lollypops from our recipe archives, including the homemade root beer and vanilla lollypops above. You can find the recipes below. Also, free lollypops from See's Candies.

3 Events: Street Food Fest; PigOut; rooftop dinner & a movie

Food events: Street Food Fest; PigOut; rooftop dinner & a movie.

Dinner tonight! Skirt steak carpaccio with raw asparagus and fava salad

For a refreshing -- and quick -- answer to dinner tonight, try this steak carpaccio recipe from Travis Lett of Gjelena. Sear a good piece of seasoned skirt steak, then slice into thin strips. Pound the strips so they're nice and thin,...Show More Summary

Grilled-pork pho: It's what's for breakfast

Since the message boards at Chowhound.com started up in the late 1990s, the site has been known for its correspondents' tendencies to fly flags for their favorite causes. The site may have begun because of its founder's great need t...

Make ahead dessert: April Bloomfield's rhubarb fool

A couple of Sundays ago, I was invited to a glorious run-through of the contemporary music pianist Gloria Cheng would be playing at a concert on the East Coast the next week. It began at 6 p.m. at the new...

Eat Beat: Artichoke hearts with harissa salad

In this Eat Beat, I demonstrate a simple, savory artichoke salad with cubed potatoes and which gets a nice touch of heat from added harissa paste (a Tunisian paste made with chiles, garlic, spices including cumin and caraway, and olive oil). The whole dish comes together in about an hour, and can easily be made ahead of time for later serving.

Dinner tonight! Prosciutto-wrapped halibut with grape tomato salad

Because lean halibut dries out so quickly and can be sticky on the grill, wrap meaty fillets in a sheet of prosciutto for moist richness and flavor, and to make them easy to manage over a hot grill.

50 shades of food: Silky, smooth burrata

Pull up a chair and settle in for our 50 Shades of Food series, where we introduce you to mouthwatering, shiver-inducing, hot, sexy food porn. In today's photo, we celebrate silky, smooth, creamy burrata cheese.

Live chat: Lunchtime with Jonathan Gold!

He's back! Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold appears for his weekly live chat on Wednesday at noon, "Lunchtime With Mr. Gold." Tune in and bring your questions. He'll be here to answer as many of your dining queries as he...

Muse to open new Hollywood club called Sound in August

Muse Lifestyle Group, the company that opened Hollywood's frenetic Playhouse nightclub, is set to open another Hollywood venue called Sound in early August. Located on the hectic club row of Las Palmas, Sound will be a uber-modern space featuring a...

Food FYI: Trans fat ban helped heart health, NY study says

FIGHTING FAT New York's ban on trans fat in restaurant food made a big dent in people's consumption and the bad fat wasn't necessarily replaced by another bad ingredient, according to a study. [Associated Press] COGNOSCENTI COFFEE Yeekai Lim, proprietor...

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