Before I was assigned to cover “Top Chef” for TODAYshow.com, I was unfamiliar with the show besides knowing that many, many people are obsessed with it. It is a pop-culture phenomenon, after all. Yet it didn’t make sense to me. My reasoning was simple: How could I appreciate a cooking competition if I’m not there [...]

Moral: there are many things you can learn from a book, but not how to bake a cake or cook a meal.
You need to know the basics. Boil, bake, fry, roast. There are words that say one thing but mean another %26ndash; drizzle, blitz, curdle, whip, whisk, blanch, fold, bind …
There are essential tools %26ndash; [...]

And although Easter Sundays feast has taken on new interpretations in these secular times, it is still an occasion to get together with family and friends and share good food and drink.
As a feast day it is not yet as commercial or expensive as Christmas dinner, and for that let us all be [...]

And although Easter Sundays feast has taken on new interpretations in these secular times, it is still an occasion to get together with family and friends and share good food and drink.
As a feast day it is not yet as commercial or expensive as Christmas dinner, and for that let us all be [...]

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We could all use a brain booster. Seniors and those of us who are middle-age want to stay sharp, parents of young children need the mental energy to chase toddlers, and college kids need to focus on their studies.
While medicine has helped many people counter the effects of attention disorders, nutrition [...]