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Egg salad — a dish flavored with memories

A dish flavored with memories

Egg salad is one of those dishes that holds a plethora of possibilities and tasty variations. Here's a summery version that's flavorful and...

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Stealth steakhouse

Where hot dogs dance

Firsthand look at cocktails' origins

Ketchup on hot dogs? Maybe.

Appetizers

The classic Greek salad

Greek salad

All that eggplant ...

Eggplant dish

Lemon mascarpone panna cotta

Panna cotta

Local eating on a budget

Summer soup

  

Main dishes

Confit: What's good for the goose is good for a lot of other foods

Roasted tomato confit

Summer bounty makes a savory stew

Savory ratatouille

Savory vegetable pie delivers

Kale and ricotta pie

Locavore on a budget

Leg of lamb

  

Drinks

Get juiced with summer mocktails

Summer mocktails

Wheat ale for dog days (and nights) of summer

For the dog days of summer

Summer whites

Summer whites

Good, inexpensive wines that are easy to find

Good and cheap

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Test kitchen

How to succeed

A cool treat

A dough that stands up to the job

Fresh berry tart

Summer turns icy

Summer sorbet

Tried and true

Tried and true

  

The Kids' Table

Make veggies fun, the kids will come

Make veggies fun

Cook outside the box

Cook it from scratch

Teach kitchen safety by teaching cooking skills

Kids and cooking

Good foods first

Good foods first

  

Desserts

Ready, aim, fire!

S'more cupcakes

Granita with gusto

Granita with gusto

Modern twists add cool factor to frozen pops

Frozen yogurt pops

Let them eat madeleines

Lemon tea cakes

Cooking how-tos

8 how-to-eat-lobster steps

Food survival skills

Good instincts

Reading meat labels

  

Kitchen tools

The perfect meat thermometer

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Sweet, helpful kitchen gifts

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