1. Make the syrup several days ahead. Up to an hour before serving, put spinach into a large bowl, cover with a paper towel and refrigerate. 2. Drop bread a few pieces at a time into a food processor ...

Apples tend to get most of the love this time of year, but fall also is prime time for a variety of pears. My favorites are Bosc and Anjou pears, both of which are firm and sweet, and when sliced on ...

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1. Put the spinach into a large bowl, cover with a paper towel and refrigerate. 2. Put the bread into a food processor and pulse until coarse crumbs are reached. Heat a tablespoon olive oil in a ...

This easy weeknight dinner salad comes together quickly with a grocery store roasted chicken and some pre-packaged lettuce mix. One of my first assignments when I was hired here at the paper was to ...

Q: I'd like to make a summer salad, but I'm over the "house salad" of lettuce, tomato and onion. What alternatives can I use at this time of year? A: A salad of Prosciutto di Parma and figs is simple ...

Fall has always seemed an especially sweet season for me. When I was a kid I’d get a thrill seeing the neatly lined up boxes of fresh pencils and rows of unmarked notebooks in the stores. Not to ...

Q: I’d like to make a summer salad but I’m over the “house salad” of lettuce, tomato and onion. What Italian alternatives can I use at this time of year? A salad of Prosciutto di Parma and figs is ...

Agrodolce — a traditional Italian sweet-and-sour sauce (agro means "sour" and dolce "sweet") — is a mouthwatering tussle of contrast that seems to tickle every taste bud. Figs lend themselves to ...

Belgian endive is the perfect Seriously Simple vegetable for cocktail parties. Spoon a small dollop of herbed cream cheese on the tip and garnish with bay shrimp. Or try a dab of sour cream and a ...