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Community Cookbook: Cook up something sure to impress your mom

Mother’s Day, always falling on the second Sunday of May, is this Sunday. It’s been that way since becoming a national holiday in 1914. Greeting cards and flowers are a big part of the modern holiday celebrating mothers and motherhood. Special dinners, at home and out, are high on the list of popular Mother’s Day activities. Today’s recipes may be helpful to those contemplating a Mother’s Day dinner at home for their moms.

A&E >  Cooking

This overnight vegan French toast makes a relaxing start to the day

I have documented proof of my adoration for breakfast bakes based on the recipes I have written over the years. There’s a lot to love. The bakes can be made ahead, which takes the pressure off in the morning, letting you relax and sip coffee as the dish warms in the oven and fills your kitchen with the most enticing aroma. They easily feed a crowd or can cover you as a quick, reheatable breakfast for the weekday mornings. They may be made either sweet or savory and can showcase the most nourishing ingredients: fruit, vegetables, nuts and whole grains.
A&E >  Dining

Chicken tender bender: Ranking the fast-food faves

ORLANDO, Fla. – This story began as a simple conversation on a podcast: the “Let’s Eat, Orlando with Amy Drew and Biggie” podcast (available on virtually any podcast platform and viewable on YouTube, as info), when the errant mention of a chicken tender chain devolved into disbelief from my pod partner, Deli Fresh Threads’ Anthony “Biggie” Bencomo.
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Community Cookbook: Cinco de Mayo for the win

Imagine being a contestant on the hit television game show, “Jeopardy.” For the win and with a million-dollar prize on the line, Alex Trebeck articulates the clue: “Cinco de Mayo.” You think for a moment, then write your answer on the card before you. When prompted, you confidently display your answer: “What is Bronx slang for ‘hold the mayonnaise?’ ” The buzzer buzzes, the audience gasps and the million-dollar prize – so close you can almost taste it – painfully fades away. Today’s brief history lesson is for you.
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Domino’s thin-crust pizza has a cult following. Here’s how to make your own.

When it comes to pizza, I’m all about the crunch. That means that as delicious as Neapolitan-style pies can taste, they’re not my favorite because of their floppy, almost soupy center. Detroit-style is high on my list because of that thick crust that gets crunchy around the edges partly from fried cheese, but my top pick is something thinner.
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Pork and asparagus stir-fry pairs perfectly with spicy cucumber salad

Fresh ideas for dinner can spring from so many places: the pages of a new cookbook or food magazine, a funny TikTok or instructional video on Instagram or (among my favorite sources for inspiration) websites like Food 52, Serious Eats or Smitten Kitchen. It also can depend on what you happen to stumble upon while grocery shopping. This week's recipe hinges on what I was thrilled to find on ...
A&E >  Beer/Drinks

‘Sour’ cocktails are more varied – and familiar – than you might think

It’s long baffled me how two of the most essential flavors – sour and salty – came to be associated with bad moods. Tasting food, the only criticism I level more frequently than “this dish needs more acid” is “this dish needs more salt.” Each is essential, providing its own kind of brightening and binding, lifting and highlighting the flavors around it. Yet with people, both “salty” and “sour” have evolved to describe anger or unpleasantness. It must be based on facial reactions – the pinched grimace of a person who has taken a bite of lemon echoing the pinched scowl of someone who wants to speak with the manager.
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Community Cookbook: Udon noodles, fried rice and spring rolls bring taste of Japan to dinnerplate

Japanese culture has introduced many excellent food products and dishes to America’s culinary palate. Most of us are familiar with surimi (imitation crab and lobster), ramen noodles, the hungry college student’s best friend, and its convenient variant, Cup Noodles. Thank you, Nissin, but bring back the dried egg cubes that once enticingly adorned every cup of noodles when we opened it.
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Salmon with whipped feta and peas is a joyful springtime meal

I was surprised to learn that each of us eats about three pounds of salmon a year, on average, according to the National Fisheries Institute. I would have guessed that amount to be much higher because salmon is the second most popular seafood in America (shrimp is No. 1). My perception was skewed by the quantity we devour in my household. I easily eat three pounds of it in a couple of months, which is why my gears are always turning for new ways to prepare it.
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How to cook with less salt without sacrificing flavor

Of all the various dietary needs we hear about from readers, limiting the amount of sodium in recipes is among the most common requests. The good news is that if you’re eating mostly home-cooked food, you’re already well on your way to reducing your salt intake, as more than 70% of Americans’ dietary sodium comes from packaged or prepared food, according to the Food and Drug Administration.