by Jane Sweeney | Nov 11, 2018 | Cookbooks, Holiday Cooking, Recipes, Thanksgiving
If you haven’t checked out my review of Julia Turshen’s latest cookbook, Now & Again, which I called my new favorite cookbook without exaggeration, go right now! You’ll see just why I love it so much and think it’s a must-have for families,...
by Jane Sweeney | Nov 11, 2018 | Christmas, Cookbooks, Gift Guides, Holiday Cooking
Julia Turshen has done it again with Now & Again: Go-To Recipes, Inspired Menus + Endless Ideas for Reinventing Leftovers, a cookbook I immediately read straight through — and one in which I instantly wanted to cook every recipe. In fact, I can safely call...
by Jane Sweeney | Nov 5, 2018 | Shopping Finds, Tips + Tricks
As a food professional, I often get asked about the best dish to cook for new parents. And I usually let them in on a little secret: Don’t cook them anything. Instead, if you want an amazing gift idea for new parents, do what a good friend did for us when my first...
by Jane Sweeney | Oct 24, 2018 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks
I can’t write an article about the best way to cook brussels sprouts without thinking how far we’ve come since I was a kid. Back then, my best friend’s mother used to say when you cooked brussels sprouts, it smelled like the Jolly Green Giant farted in the...
by Jane Sweeney | Oct 11, 2018 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks
I can rattle off about ten recipes where the first step calls for browning ground beef, from chilis to casseroles, sauces, pasta dishes (taco spaghetti!) and more. But for years, I’ve always found this simple step really hard to execute – with the meat always...