Cranberry Almond Coleslaw

Cooking for a Crowd, Recipes, Weekend Cooking
coleslaw with almonds and cranberry

If I had to guess what most people’s number one complaint about coleslaw is, I would guess that most people can’t stand the texture. Often, coleslaw is actually limp shredded cabbage bathed in a too-sweet sauce of vinegar, sugar and gloppy mayonnaise. So, let’s rewrite history and make a coleslaw recipe that people will actually want to eat.…

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How-To: Make a Lobster Roll

Food, How-To
perfect lobster roll

For me, lobster is proof that some of the most delicious things in culinary life are the simplest. Though there are plenty of opulent ways to eat lobster, from from thermidor to Newburg and from scampi to bisque, but the best way to enjoy lobster is plain, cooked fresh and tasting slightly salty like the Atlantic ocean. The next best way to enjoy lobster is far and away in a lobster roll.…

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White Bean and Arugula Pasta Salad

Cooking for a Crowd, Cooking for One or Two, Recipes, Worknight Dinners
arugula white bean pasta salad

If there is one downside to knowing how to cook, it’s that once your friends figure out that you know how to cook, they will expect you to do it quite well. Or, maybe they could care less but you just think they do. Either way, all it takes is one dinnertime home run to feel pressured to pull of an amazing kitchen feat every time. And if you hit it over the fence twice? You can probably get away with…

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