Coco Loco

Summer soup makes a nutty comeback

Coconut milk is an ingredient as versatile as chicken stock. Whether it's sweetened with sugar as the base for sticky rice pudding or stirred into curry for silky texture, it...

Getting Saucy

The newest addition to our condiment cache

There's a special place in our hearts for condiments, as evidenced by the jars of jams, spreads and pickles that crowd our refrigerator. So when chef Drew Belline of the...

Get Eggy With It

Summer favorites meet in the pasta bowl

Although a good recipe is better than the sum of its parts, this summer pasta relies on the best of ingredients. San Francisco chef Michael Tusk sources nearly all his ingredients...

Taboo Taste

A rice pudding fit for emperors

In our kitchen, this purple-hued rice pudding is forbidden in name alone. Kierin Baldwin, the pastry chef at New York City's The Dutch, infuses coconut milk into grains of...

Brick and Mortar

Perfect chicken, no oven necessary

It's hard to believe that the secret to crisp, golden-skinned chicken lies in a hardened piece of clay. But Cathal Armstrong's recipe for brick chicken uses a reliable trick....

Made to Order

Spicy cornbread, straight from the skillet

The smell of warm, buttery cornbread is enough to make anyone's mouth water. But a recent incarnation--studded with pickled jalapeños and diced bacon and still blistering hot...