Keen on Quinoa: Comfort Without Calories
If the calendar months were a reality TV show, they would be the Real Housewives. Surely, winter must be so jealous of summer—after all, summer garners most of the seasonal cooking praise. Every year, the sunshine-deprived anxiously await the first sign of warm weather to uncover idle grills and dust off forgotten tongs in preparation for the backyard barbecues to come, but counting autumn and winter as a time to slack off in your culinary pursuits is a mistake indeed. Anyone who has ever stood over a stockpot of simmering stew or tucked into a hearty root vegetable casserole on a brisk...
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CATHOLICISM, JUDAISM, ISLAM, & BBQ: THE 4 MAJOR RELIGIONS Once you cross the Mason-Dixon Line and head into the Southern part of the country, folks get serious about barbecue. When most of us Northerners think of barbecuing, we conjure up images of a fleeting, backyard summertime affair consisting of some store-bought hot dogs, a few limply held together hamburger patties and maybe–just maybe–for the adventurous, a rack of ribs or two. For Southerners, barbecue is a way of life. As the daughter of Southern parents, barbecue was a religion–and a hotly debated one at...
Read MoreSquashing Out Summer: Thyme-Roasted Butternut Squash Recipe
It’s no secret that I’m not a warm weather girl. The sun and the beach just don’t appeal to me. Blame it on the fact that I was born in December or, more accurately, blame it on the fact that I was already born with a great tan (haha) and I can’t swim. Even my palate craves the tastes of autumn and winter–I’m more likely to hunker down over a hot bowl of soup than get all giddy for barbecue. Here on the East coast, the temperature is cooling down and, needless to say, I’m thrilled. That means that my poor oven, which often sat cold and unused...
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Iris McCarthy is a food writer and author of the popular book Food Lovers' Guide to Philadelphia. This website is where she gets to sound off on all things culinary.