From the farm to the fromagrie: Making cheese easy
In a fast-paced world full of artificially colored, pasteurized and single-wrapped "cheese" slices, the joys of good cheese are easily forgotten.
Daniel Castleman
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Dan Can Cook: Pesach Gnocchi and Pesto
For most Jews, Passover is torture. It's eight days of variations of dry, flat crackers and reheated brisket.
Dan Can Cook: Artichokes
Despite its abundance in Europe, the artichoke remains a mostly misunderstood and mysterious vegetable here in the United States.
Dan Can Cook: Kugel
The Jewish tradition is a delicious one. A prime example: the kugel. Most Jewish foods, especially those from the Eastern European (Ashkenazi) tradition, were based on the availability of foods in the shtetls, the poor Jewish towns where Jews in Russia and Poland lived for hundreds of years.
Dan Can Cook: Mexican Rice and Bean Casserole
It's time to ease things up a bit. Put away that new knife set, hand-held Cuisinart blender and craeme brule blowtorch.
Dan Can Cook: Crapes
Ah, France! The land of fromage, towering steel structures, snooty cigarette puffing, berets and-but of course-crapes.
No dough? Cook Pad Thai in your own pad
Once confined mostly to specialty food aisles in big-city supermarkets, Thai food has sprung into the American restaurant landscape in full force.
Quit your wine-ing and take a sip
For many Brandeis students, alcohol consumption means vodka from plastic bottles and beers with dubious nicknames.
Chili and cornbread: hot, spicy and oh, so tasty
Chili: It's hearty and delicious, and it's a favorite among firemen everywhere. The name for this southwestern stew comes from the Spanish chile con carne, or chili peppers with meat, and its roots trace back to a dish made with dried beef and chiles whose long shelf life made it popular with settlers in the 19th century.
In search of enticing alternatives among alternative pizzas
For Americans, few foods are more quintessential than pizza. With its Greek origins as simple flat bread topped with cheese and olive oil, the dish was adopted by Italian culture to include tomato sauce.
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