Atul Kochhar at his restaurant Benares
Interview with Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar

Atul Kochhar is an Indian born, British based chef and is widely acclaimed for his take on modern Indian cuisine. Reena Pastakia visited him in his restaurant Benares.

Hunt Club Seattle
Signature Cocktail: The Madison at Hunt Club, Sorrento Hotel, Seattle

A dreamy concoction of citrus, floral and champagne; this drink pays homage to the busy Madison street outside the doors of the Hunt Club.

Rum Glazed Eggnog Bread

According to Robin Runner, this is by far the most delicious dessert bread you will ever taste.

Spiced Apple Cider Caramel Sauce

This spiced apple cider caramel is creamy, sweet, thick and essentially magical.

Fried Green Olives Recipe
Fried Green Olives

Check out these salty bite-sized briny treats. Perfect to nibble alongside a cocktail.

Kitchen Coquette Cookbook
Giveaway – Award Winning Kitchen Coquette Cookbook

From first dates to meeting the in laws and every event in between, Kitchen Coquette ensures your culinary bases are covered. Win it here!

Vegetable Stir-Fry with Spicy Cilantro Herb Sauce
Vegetable Stir-Fry with Spicy Cilantro Herb Sauce

Crisp, yet tender fresh market vegetables packed with flavor and drizzled with a spicy cilantro herb sauce for a delicious herbaceous tang.

7 Deadly Sins of Wine: Avoid These Common Wine Mistakes

Enjoying your beverage is always the most important part, but these seven common wine mistakes could take the fun out of it.

Salted Cashew and Coconut Muesli Slice

An awesomely salty, sweet treat that’s perfect for the road.

Cooking the Magazines: Mediterranean Vegetable Salad with Mint Yogurt Dressing

A vegetable-heavy salad featuring roasted eggplant, onions, pepper, and zucchini that won’t weigh you down

Naan Pizza
Naan Weekend Breakfast Pizza

Naan baked with homemade pumpkin sauce, sharp cheddar and parmesan and an egg on top.

Spice and Cream Chicken Stew

A warm, spicy and creamy chicken stew to drive the winter chills away.

Pepernoten Dutch Holiday Cookies
Pepernoten – Dutch Holiday Cookies

These delicious, bite-sized, spicy cookies are traditionally eaten for the holiday of Sinterklaas.

Black Friday Shopping
Eat Right Before Fighting Crowds at the Mall

Here are a few valuable tips on how to eat right, in order to gain extra energy and patience before going Holiday shopping this weekend.

Roasted Fish Sauce Brussels Sprouts
Roasted Fish Sauce Brussels Sprouts

A simple side that reinvents a delicious but often maligned vegetable.

The WineRam Experience
Video – The Wineram Experience – Episode 1

This is the first episode of a six part web series on New Zealand’s wine, travel and adventure sports.

Homemade Caramel Corn
Caramel Corn

Simply boil the caramel ingredients, toss the popped popcorn in the caramel, and bake the caramel corn to golden, crispy perfection.

Late Fall Harvest Salad with Baby Arugula, Shaved Fennel, Persimmon, and Pear

This late fall harvest salad, featuring arugula, shaved fennel, persimmon, and pear is perfect way to lighten up during the holidays.

Spiced Buttermilk Bundt Cake

This cake is perfectly spiced with allspice, clove, nutmeg, making it the perfect Holiday Cake.

Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti
Double Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti

These biscotti are perfect as a little gift for neighbors, teachers or anyone who you want to share a lovely treat during the holidays with.

Lentil Phyllo Cups

Shuchi Mittal serves up these delicious lentil filled phyllo cups with a crunch on the top.

Roast Duck Ragu
Roast Duck Ragù

A deep, decadent and very rich roast duck pasta sauce.

Match Marble Chiffon Cake
Matcha Marble Chiffon Cake

This light and airy chiffon cake, with a hint of matcha fragrance and flavour, is perfect for an afternoon tea.

Wrights Waldorf Salad
Wright’s Waldorf Salad from The Arizona Biltmore

During early Winter, the Arizona Biltmore, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, serves two different versions of the Classic Waldorf Salad.

Butternut Squash Soup with Curried Lentils
Curried Lentil and Butternut Squash Soup

This version of the butternut squash soup is really simple to make. All it takes is a handful of ingredients and a few minutes.

Settimo Gelato Brescia
Seventh Heaven of Gelato at ‘Settimo Gelo’, Brescia

In addition to serving over 20 delicious flavors of gelato, Settimogelo in Brescia offers, sorbetto popsicles pastries and smoothies.

Homemade Fried Chicken Recipe
Easy Fried Chicken Recipe

Give this easy homemade fried chicken from Nisa Homey a try tonight.

Marinated porcini
School of Tapas: Marinated Mushrooms on Toast

Marinated porcini mushrooms in a escabeche of tomato, onion, olive oil, vinegar and spices, served on toast.

Fava Bean And Pumpkin Seeds Pesto by Indian Simmer
Fava Bean and Pumpkin Seeds Pesto

Store this fava bean and pumpkin seed pesto in the refrigerator and pull it out whenever you are in a hurry and can’t be very creative.

Caramelised Red Onion Chutney
Caramelized Red Onion Chutney

This is the perfect gift for cheese lovers everywhere. It’s sweet, simple, and you can make it more than a month in advance.

Cafe Katja Lower East Side
Places We Love – Cafe Katja, a Lower East Side Gem

The upgraded and expanded Cafe Katja on the Lower East Side is a good as it has ever been.

Eating in Beijing
Spiced and Confused – Eating in Beijing

A trip that would turn out to change Daniella Illerbrand’s view on life, food and the way she perceives flavors in more than one way.

Brandy Brownies

Chocolate and alcohol, it’s a no brainer, right? Right!

Bourbon Vanilla Apple Sauce
Brown Sugar Applesauce with Bourbon and Vanilla

Whether you’ve gone apple picking or picked up a bag at the farmers market, here’s a great idea for what to do with your apple overflow.

Cooking the Magazines: Spicy Asian Chicken with Brussels Sprouts

Chicken and brussels sprouts stir fry with a spicy kick. A great winter dish.

Leftover Turkey Soup
Perfect Leftover Turkey Soup

With a refrigerator full of Thanksgiving leftovers, what better way to put all of them to use than to combine them in a soup.

Quick Stir Fried Peas And Carrots

Prerna Singh with a colorful, and exotic suggestion for your next lunch box meal.

Weekend Dinner – Old School Sustainable Chili

This is a down-home-style chili made with 90% lean pasture fed, sustainably raised beef and lots of that good ole’ heat we all love.

Stuffed Picnic Bread Recipe
Italian Stuffed Picnic Bread Rolls

Even though you might not live where the weather is “picnicy” right now, these stuffed rolls are great for all occasions.

Leftover Turkey Fried Rice, Japengo Maui Style

Add your leftover turkey to this fantastic fried rice recipe from the Japengo restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa in Maui.

Baked Peanut Butter and Jelly Oatmeal
Baked Peanut Butter and Jelly Oatmeal

If you want to have a schoolyard kid moment with your significant other, make PB&J Baked Oatmeal for breakfast.

Chorizo and Romesco Burgers with Manchego Cheese
Spanish-Style Chorizo and Romesco Burgers with Manchego Cheese

A Spanish spin on your classic burger featuring chorizo, Manchego cheese and a zesty Romesco sauce.

Oliveto Cocktail Recipe
Oliveto Cocktail – A Delicious Gin, Olive Oil and Egg White Drink

This cocktail is a successful culinary surprise, built on simple ingredients and techniques to produce something entirely new and delicious.

Mexico On My Plate: Chorizo Stuffed Potatoes

South American papas rellenas get a gluten free make over. Plus a little added Mexican flair.

Butter Chicken Meatballs

What can be better than the Indian divine dish of creamy butter chicken on a cold winter night? A meatball version perhaps?

Berliners – Because Everybody Loves a Jelly Donut

Jelly donuts are so decadent, and so good that President John F Kennedy claimed he actually was one. Or did he?

Tres Leches Cake Recipe
A very Latin American Birthday – Tres Leches Bites

When it comes to celebrating birthdays, Carla Spuri thinks Latin Americans do it best – try this sugar and rum cake.

Turkey Hash DB Bistro Moderne
Turkey Breakfast Hash with Poached Egg

So, you’ve cooked a big turkey, and then there is so much left. What to do? This breakfast hash from db Bistro Moderne to the rescue.

Chestnuts
Braised Turkey with Pears, Chestnuts and Rosemary

Add chestnuts – and you have a wonderful and deliciously different turkey for a small holiday celebration, or just a nice Sunday dinner.

Bohemian Squash Salad
Bohemian Squash Salad

Delicata squash, nicknamed Bohemian squash, caramelizes beautifully when roasted, and fanned atop a bed of greens in the perfect Thanksgiving salad.

Wilted Kale & Delicata Squash Salad
Wilted Kale and Delicata Squash Salad

The spiciness of the pepper flakes perfectly balances the sweetness of the squash in this wilted kale and delicata squash salad.

Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal Pancakes
Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal Pancakes

These pumpkin pie pancakes are admittedly not the healthiest option, but for Thanksgiving breakfast, you’ll be thankful that you indulged.

Creamed Mushrooms

This is a lovely, creamy Thanksgiving side dish that is sure to be a smash hit on the dinner table.

Mini Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting
Mini Pumpkin Muffins

Pumpkin bread is disguised as mini pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting in these bite-sized Thanksgiving goodies.

Turkey Stuffing Meatball
Turkey Stuffing Meatball

A Willy Wonka inspired meatball that combines the flavors of three delicious Thanksgiving Day foods: turkey, stuffing and cranberry.

Orecchiette with Lemony Brussels Sprouts and Pancetta
Orecchiette with Lemony Brussels Sprouts and Pancetta

In every forkful, the nooks of the pasta hold in the bits of smoky pancetta and citrusy Brussels sprouts.

Pomegranate Cranberry Sauce and a Secret Stuffing Recipe

Let Pomegranate be the Cinderella of Thanksgiving – the uninvited beauty crashing the ball and stealing everyone’s hearts.

Green Beans with Sweet Spiced Pecans and Goat Cheese

This simple side dish will be a welcome addition to the Thanksgiving dinner table.

Cooking the Magazines: Roasted Cabbage and Pear Salad

A simple salad of roasted cabbage and pears with walnuts and blue cheese.

Fried Halloumi Recipe
Fried Halloumi Cheese with Lemon and Caper Vinaigrette

A delectable appetizer featuring salty, fried halloumi cheese with a citrus and caper vinaigrette.