By Shaylah Brown, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette I first tried Rasta pasta six years ago. Related Articles What to do with leftover Halloween candy Horror as a lifestyle: The rise of spooky and gothic shops Recipe: Roasted pears exude the taste of autumn Japan’s sushi legend Jiro Ono turns 100 and is not ready for retirement Recipe:…
What can be better than spending a day with friends, decked out in costume as you accumulate a mountain of sweet treats? That’s what trick-or-treaters do every Halloween, and sometimes the cache of candy is more than a child can consume in a few sittings. Or those handing out the goodies are left with a…
CHICAGO — Before I moved to Chicago, years ago, whenever I found myself here in the city, I would carve out time and head to Wicker Park, trudge to the second floor of the Flatiron Arts Building and enter the House of Monsters, which was owned by a guy named Barry Kaufman who always seemed…
Crackling leaves and nippy mornings, early sunsets and football games. These are sure signs of fall. But it’s a walk through a farmer’s market or the aisles of a supermarket’s produce section, that fires up my longing to cook autumn-style dishes. Autumn’s pear crop is always a showstopper. Initially, it’s their voluptuous contours that captivate….
By MAYUKO ONO and MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so. He has served the world’s dignitaries and his art of sushi was featured in an award-winning film. After all these achievements and…
To my way of thinking, Halloween is a great excuse to crank up the oven and do a little holiday baking. I think we need to create something fun and whimsical in these challenging times, so bring on chocolate and candy corn. The kids can join in to make Mini Triple-Treat Cupcakes. Children can gleefully…
By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Apples are plentiful and at their peak in Western Pennsylvania as we head into fall. They’re also available in a wide variety of colors, flavors and textures, thanks to family-owned farm markets, fruit farms and orchards like Soergel Orchards, Trax Farm Market, Triple B Farms and Apple Castle…
By KATIE WORKMAN If you’ve ever wandered into the cheese section with the innocent intent of “just picking up some mozzarella,” you know it’s not that simple. Related Articles Can tiramisu be a Guinness World Record? It might at Florida beach on Friday Shucking oysters is a life skill. Here’s how to shuck like a…
How many different kinds of tiramisu can you think of? Well, chef Marco Casula has to come up with 150 varieties of the traditional Italian dessert if he wants to wow observers at a Guinness World Records Official Event set for 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, at Café del Mar on Fort Lauderdale beach….
By Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Ari Kolender knows oysters. His two seafood restaurants — Found Oyster in East Hollywood and Queen’s Raw Bar & Grill in Eagle Rock — serve tens of thousands of oysters a week. Between them they’ve sold well over a million oysters, splayed in platters over ice,…
