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Close your eyes and imagine the perfume of a perfectly ripe melon: sweet, heady and slightly floral, it fills a market stall with the scent of summer. Slice through the […]

Apples are so ingrained in our culture that they have inspired proverbs, fairy tales and national symbols. National Apple Week celebrates the fruit during the second full week of August, just as early varieties start to ripen in orchards. Apples originated in the mountains of Kazakhstan and spread along trade routes to Europe and Asia. […]

There’s something inherently comforting about rice pudding. Perhaps it’s because its ingredients are so modest — rice, milk, sugar, sometimes eggs or cream and spices — yet when simmered slowly they create a dessert that is creamy, fragrant and soothing. The history of rice pudding is as old as rice cultivation itself. Sweetened rice dishes […]

A crackling campfire, the smell of pine and smoke, and a circle of friends and family passing a bag of marshmallows and a bar of chocolate — these are the ingredients for s’mores. Roasting marshmallows over an open flame is a rite of summer. The perfect marshmallow is held over glowing embers until its outside […]

Afternoon tea is a ritual of pause and pleasure. National Afternoon Tea Week, held during the second full week of August, celebrates the tradition of sitting down mid‑afternoon to sip tea and nibble delicate treats. The custom is credited to Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, who in the 1840s began taking tea with bread […]

Close your eyes and imagine the perfume of a perfectly ripe melon: sweet, heady and slightly floral, it fills a market stall with the scent of summer. Slice through the […]

A bombe glacée is a showstopper dessert: layers of ice cream, sherbet or custard frozen in a domed mold and unmolded to reveal concentric bands of color and flavor. The […]

A tart is the essence of simplicity and precision: a crisp pastry shell baked until golden and filled with something delicious. In the case of a raspberry tart, the filling […]

Panini is the Italian plural for panino, a small bread roll or sandwich. In Italy, a panino can be as simple as prosciutto and cheese between slices of ciabatta. The […]

The julienne cut — slender matchstick strips — is a hallmark of French technique. To julienne potatoes for fries, you slice them into planks, then into sticks about an eighth‑inch […]

In French, filet mignon means dainty fillet. The cut comes from the tenderloin of the cow — a muscle that does little work, resulting in an exceptionally tender piece of […]