Casual Kitchen

Readers, a confession: I was born in Syracuse, New York, and I was raised by parents who grew up in Ohio. In other words, I didn't learn...

It has a Scoville Heat Unit rating of 1,041, 427. That's 200 times higher than a jalapeno, and as much as twice as hot as the habanero c...

Sometimes you can stumble onto something on the internet that truly satisfies one of your fantasies in life. How 'bout a recipe to make ...

There was a well-written book review in today's Wall Street Journal that I thought was worth sharing. It's about the history behind...

Today's post is about that uniquely American food, barbecue. Specifically Carolina Barbecue , which we lustily ate last week on the way ...

Coming from a nice suburban WASP family, I've of course eaten my fair share of meatloaf. Ah, meatloaf. One of the most derided foods of ...

This is something I make on the weekends for lunch if neither of us is really up for cooking. It tastes great, it's laughably cheap , it...

This post contains simple instructions on how to make fried rice. This recipe is so easy and so laughably cheap that I just have to share ...

Today I’m going to shamelessly recommend to you one of the best cookbooks I own: Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen .* I mean, look...