MICHELE KAYAL, For The Associated Press When he was about 12, Hugh Acheson's mom went through a cooking phase: recipes from magazines, nice pots and pans, and exciting new dishes, like her signature chicken piccata. "It had that tenderness and crispness and this very simple, but very bouncy sauce," says ...
One of the most memorable books I've read is the late Vincent Schiavelli's Bruculinu, America, the actor's remembrances of growing up in Brooklyn with his extended Sicilian family. The depictions of the scenes, the characters, and — especially — the elaborate dishes prepared by his grandfather, a retired master chef to ...
J.M. HIRSCH, AP Food Editor Imagine the best Southern barbecue. cooked up in northern Africa. That's what this week's ingredient — the Ethiopian seasoning blend known as berbere — tastes like. And it's as good as it sounds. Berbere is the flavor backbone of Ethiopian cooking, a cuisine built around ...