We buy a lot of wine under $10, much of it rated highly by someone or other in the wine trade. Our mantra is: High rating, low price. We als...

Between the Deadline and the Move, we haven't had much time to shop or cook. Fortunately, our share of a CSA box keeps us in produce, bu...

The Tuscan version of a pot on the stove could be ribollita, a thick twice-cooked bread soup that has a foundation of white beans. White b...

We've just about given up on finding good French wines under $20, let alone for less than $10. The southern regions of the country known...

We recently put up a guest post from our friend Kevin, who wrote about foolproof pork tenderloin on the gas grill , using the 7-6-5 method....

With an influx of vegetables every week, thanks to our CSA membership, we've had to develop a triage system for avoiding waste. First, ...

Because we know you just can't get enough of them!  We want to try this version from ValleyWriter's blog, partly because they take ...

We debated putting this one up because, let's face it, kale is not high on most people's favorite-food list. But last week's CSA...

[Note: Here's another contribution from guest blogger and grill king Kevin Ireton:] I’m one of those guys who uses a grill more often...

It seems that every culture has some version of a pot on the stove. In our younger days, we all had friends whose mothers or grandmothers al...

Here is another guest post from JP Vellotti. His last post was about Rice Wine Vinegar salad dressing : In my last post, I thought Tim was o...

[NOTE: We enthusiastically testify to the deliciousness of this recipe from guest blogger Kevin Ireton — R&T] My mother started making i...

We got an eLetter from an online wine dealer the other day touting a Chilean Carmenére that scored 90 points (Wine Advocate) and cost only $...

We asked another friend, JP Vellotti, to write a guest blog. He's a food lover and cook, and his wife is a professional food writer. Whe...

[NOTE: Here's the second installment from guest blogger Kevin Ireton:] The idea of me writing a blog about cooking is truly laughable,...

NOTE: While Tim and Ruth deal with the multiple anxieties of a new job, a long-distance move and a pitilessly deadlined project, they'...

Tim may have discovered the secret (known by many, we're sure) to eating well and eating cheap on the road. We wrote earlier about how m...

Meridian is another of those wines that goes up and down, not by large degrees but by tiny increments. When it's good, it is pretty good...

Here's another submission to our Tomato Challenge, which was actually issued by another follower, Anonymous, who said she was drowning i...

We asked you all to send in recipes to aid others in taking advantage of this time of year when tomatoes are plentiful. Here's an easy o...

Edna Valley wine has been up and down over the last couple of decades. Produced in San Luis Obispo on the southern end of the central coast ...

Drop for drop, toasted sesame oil may provide more flavor than anything in our cupboards. Just a little bit added at the last moment to a st...

We don't like fast food anymore. We mean the kind of fast food that's sold by chain restaurants across America and most of the world...