Recipes

This photo shows a plate of pumpkin scones. Biscuits, pull-apart breads and sweet loaves are all trending as home bakers find the hobby satisfying on many levels. (Kim Cook via AP)

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for Sardinian herb soup with fregola and white beans. (Milk Street via AP)

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for plov, a hearty pilaf, with chicken. (Milk Street via AP)

Deer charges through crowded Wisconsin restaurant

People go to Noodles & Company to save a buck, not to have one interrupt their meal. But that’s what happened in Beloit, Wisconsin, on Tuesday when a deer came crashing through a restaurant window.

Pumpkin seeds appear on a kitchen counter in New York in 2019. (Cheyenne M. Cohen via AP)

Not all Halloween treats come in wrappers. Some come in a pumpkin

For many people, the runup to Halloween is cause for elation. Part of that is carving pumpkins. It’s messy work but there’s a built-in reward if you save and roast the seeds.

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for pizza with salami and smoked mozzarella. (Milk Street via AP)

This image provided by Logee's Plants for Home & Garden shows a cluster of ripe cherries on a coffee (Coffea arabica) plant. The cherries contain seeds, or beans, which can be roasted or toasted for brewing into coffee. (Logee's Plants for Home & Garden / logees.com via AP)

How to grow your cup of coffee, indoors

It takes the proper care and a heap of patience. But you can grow coffee inside, at home. Probably only enough for a cup or two.

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This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for red stew with chicken. (Milk Street via AP)

Punchy aromatics brighten the saucy chicken braise of Nigerian red stew

When cooks in Nigeria want long-cooked flavor in minutes, they turn to obe ata (OH-bay AH-ta). The tomato and red pepper sauce is similar to a Spanish or Italian sofrito in that it’s often made in big batches and then used as the flavor base for a host of dishes.

Interns at Pax Wines in Sebastopol, Calif., stomp organic grapes with their bare feet in large vats, pulling out the juice to start the fermentation process on Sept. 8, 2023. More wineries and wine bars dedicated exclusively to natural wine are opening in the U.S., with a focus on a back-to-basics approach, avoiding additives, pesticides and other manipulative techniques. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

The ancient ways of natural wine are finding new fans

Natural wine is gaining a following in the U.S. even as overall wine sales drop. Natural wine has no definition, but it’s usually made with organic grapes and fermented naturally, with no additives.

FILE - Chef Michael Chiarello appears before the start of an East meets West cooking battle in St. Helena, Calif., on Nov. 23, 2013. Chiarello, 61, a chef known for his Italian-inspired Californian restaurants who appeared on Bravo’s “Top Chef” and “Top Chef Masters,” died Friday at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa due to an allergic reaction that resulted in anaphylactic shock. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for chicken souvlaki with tzatziki. (Milk Street via AP)

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for kale and cheddar melts. (Milk Street via AP)

Kale, crispy bacon upgrades grilled cheese to an adult level

Satisfying, tasty and quick, a grilled cheese is a weeknight staple for a reason. But the cooks at Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street use a couple tricks to spruce it up from an after-school kids’ treat into a meal an adult would love.

Spectators gather near food trucks at the Marco Simone Golf Club in Guidonia Montecelio, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The Ryder Cup's food scene is decidedly local at the Marco Simone club outside Rome. There's an

Carbonara burgers and a ‘Spritz Bar’ truck highlight the Ryder Cup food court menu in Italy

The Ryder Cup’s food scene is decidedly local at the Marco Simone club outside Rome. There’s an “APECESARE” food truck named after Julius Caesar selling “Street Food Romano” where the menu highlight is a carbonara burger with Damini beef, carbonara sauce, guanciale, Soncino lettuce, pepper and caram

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JJ Johnson’s recipe for Collard Greens and Rice Soup

Chef JJ Johnson created a soup of collard greens and rice so that he could incorporate some of the most basic ingredients he loves in one pot.

FILE - This Aug. 30, 2019 photo shows chef JJ Johnson posing with two signature rice bowls, one salmon and one vegetable, outside his Field Trip counter-service restaurant kiosk on the food court at the US Open tennis championships in New York. Johnson's new cookbook

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for beef and rice meatballs with lemon-olive oil sauce. (Milk Street via AP)

This May 2022 photo shows a submarine sandwich. The overstuffed sandwich on a roll has layers of meats, cheese, condiments and so on. (Cheyenne Cohen via AP)

This 2019 image shows a recipe for noodle kugel. (Carrie Crow via AP)

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for risotto with sausage and sun-dried tomatoes. (Milk Street via AP)

Sausage and sun-dried tomato risotto doesn’t require all that extra stirring

It turns out we’ve all been cooking risotto the wrong way. On a trip to Milan, the cooks at Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street learned a lightning-fast risotto that does not require constant vigilance and uninterrupted stirring.

This image released by Ulysses Press shows a recipe for chicken under a brick. This recipe is fast and easy, and will add some victory points to your cooking game. It is gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free and low-fat. (Allyson Reedy and Greg McBoat/Ulysses Press via AP)

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This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for charred eggplant pita sandwiches with spicy tahini. (Milk Street via AP)

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for Turkish-style chicken kebabs. (Milk Street via AP)

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for Andalusian tomato and bread soup. (Milk Street via AP)

Cool down with Spain’s ‘other’ famous chilled tomato soup

While the summer heat lingers, cool down the soup. And forget about gazpacho. Salmorejo is Spain’s lesser known but creamier tomato-based chilled soup.

A vinaigrette dressing is poured over grilled asparagus in February 2020. Beyond lettuce salads, think about other uses for your vinaigrette. Drizzle some on simply cooked vegetables like grilled asparagus, or use it in a mayo-free potato salad. (Cheyenne M. Cohen via AP)

Learn to make a great late-summer vinaigrette without hitting the bottle

The vegetable-rich days of late summer are a great time to learn how to make a good vinaigrette. Vinaigrettes can be daunting for many people, who either buy it bottled or gets stuck in a one-dressing rut.

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for a breaded chicken cutlet sandwich. Thin breaded chicken cutlets fry up in minutes, and are terrific made into sandwiches or served with dipping sauces. (Milk Street via AP)

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for peanut butter–miso cookies (Milk Street via AP)

Spice up your after-school snacks with uncommon ingredients

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street has put an international spin on two classic American after-school snacks — popcorn and peanut butter cookies.

This Dec. 2018 image shows cookie ice cream sandwiches with crushed candies on the outside. (Cheyenne Cohen/Katie Workman via AP)

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