Easy Family Meals
Food Tools and Utensils
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The joys of clay pot cooking
Noted cookbook author Paula Wolfert shares her lifelong love affair with earthenware. more
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Baking tips: 13 kitchen necessities for any pastry work Photos
Peeking into a baker's pantry is a lot like peeping into someone's refrigerator -- it yields a glimpse of their individuality and personality. more
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You can equip a workable kitchen on $200
The question I'm asked more often than any other is, "What kitchen equipment should I buy?" more
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New products: Salter scale, Daisy brush, Near East couscous Photo
Keep counters clean with the Sili Gourmet Daisy Brush. Get strong flavors from Near East. Measure up with Salter's new scale. more
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Let's do lunch: Cool lunchbox looks Photos
Think carrying your lunch is strictly old school? Whether you're 5 or 50, these cool boxes might change your mind about PB&J: --Barbara Mahany, McClatchy-Tribune more
Salad Recipe Ideas
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Recipe: Tomato salad with pickled shallots and goat cheese croutons Photo
Total time: 1 hour, 15 minutes more
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Recipe: Turnip and red pepper salad Photo
Total time: 15 minutes plus wilting time for the vegetables and chilling time for the salad more
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Recipe: California Chicken Salad Photo
Total time: 15 minutes, plus chilling time for the salad more
Side Recipe Ideas
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Haute zukes: Squash goes upscale Photo
It begins so optimistically, with dreams of delicate stuffed squash flowers and tender, tiny zucchini. But as the vines run rampant, reality soon sets in. Truth is, zucchini bread loses its charm after the 40th loaf. more
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Ladle of love Photo
Anna Thomas, a few canvas bags hanging on one arm, wanders the rows of a California farmers market hours before her guests are to arrive in her home in Ojai. more
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Biscuits: Now that's flour power Photo
They say that life is a journey and not a destination. That sentiment must surely include cooking, where the twists and turns of one memorable culinary adventure brought my husband and I right back home. more
Soup Recipe Ideas
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Recipe: Black bean soup at Las Brisas Photo
Dear SOS: Could you possibly get the recipe for the black bean soup at Las Brisas restaurant in Laguna Beach? They have the most delicious black bean soup I've ever tasted! more
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Recipe: Squash and parsnip soup Photo
If you watch television cooking shows, you know how ingredients magically appear, pared, chopped and ready for assembly. more
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The variety of gazpacho Photo
As we are all unhappily aware, this has not been a great summer for tomatoes, but with the mercury rising at last and the sun shining, it is finally the season for gazpacho. more
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Recipe: Cold spiced cherry soup Photo
Total time: 40 minutes, plus at least 4 hours' chilling time more
