Cooking

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  • The mama chef

    Do female chefs cook differently from male chefs?
  • "Silver Palate," you seasoned my youth

    "The Silver Palate Cookbook," now celebrating 25 years, changed the way my family ate -- and fueled my teenage dreams about an adulthood full of bounty.
  • Going whole hog

    Is the impressive new cookbook "Pork and Sons" a contemporary charcuterie classic or just piggy porn? I cooked a swine-inspired feast to find out.
  • Women kept out of the kitchen?

    The Times suggests the trend toward high-tech cooking is leaving female chefs behind. Plus: Frank Bruni ogles some breasts.
  • Ciao, cookbooks!

    With food blogs multiplying like weeds and millions of recipes available with a simple keystroke, has the Internet made the cookbook obsolete?
  • My friend claims the men I like are all gay

    So they like aromatherapy and antique lead crystal -- that doesn't mean they're homosexual!
  • Care for something saucy?

    A tour of the world's most infamous aphrodisiacs, from dog penis and prunes to swallows' hearts and spaghetti puttanesca.
  • Tastes that tempt

    From curried oysters to sweet figs, this exotic menu of aphrodisiac recipes is sure to get your valentine in the mood.
  • The bunny vs. the blue box

    Annie's Homegrown Macaroni & Cheese is the pantry staple of harried, organo-hipster parents everywhere. But is it any healthier than the day-glo noodles of our white-bread childhoods?
  • The anxiety of appetite

    Barry Glassner, author of "The Gospel of Food," takes aim at foodies' sacred cows and explains why many of our menu choices are motivated by fear as much as hunger.
  • Coconut, curry and nutmeg cookies

    Spice up your next dinner with four recipes from Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
  • Trial by fryer

    Some cooks think that because they throw a mean dinner party, they can run a restaurant. Until I tried to manage an overworked kitchen, an angry staff and an untested menu, I was one of them.
  • "Right food, right place, right time"

    Tender pork, grape gravy, roasted squash and a brown sugar cake add up to the perfect fall feast.
  • Something fishy

    Pumped into foods from yogurt to pizza, omega-3 fatty acids, made from fish, are being hyped as an elixir for heart disease and depression.
  • Bad taste

    Boiled duck embryos, lobster foam, and freeze-dried steak wrapped in washcloth! Our favorite food writers relive their worst meals.
  • Bite me!

    Bad-boy chef and globe-trotting gourmet Anthony Bourdain gets frank about rude vegans, Rachael Ray and why restaurants are America's last meritocracy.
  • Celebrity chef burns women

    Britain's Gordon Ramsay says women can't cook to save their lives. Don't tell his wife.
  • Recipe for success

    Julie Powell was a depressed temp whose life changed forever after she embarked on a year-long Julia Child cook-a-thon.
  • The dish about family dinners

    Too busy to cook? A new book argues that your kids may be missing out on more than just veggies. Plus: Healthy, stress-free recipes guaranteed to make your family ask for seconds.
  • Get out of our kitchen!

    They cook better, dress better and decorate better than we do. Death to all metrosexuals!
  • Food porn

    "Nigella Bites" is, without apology, the most consistently lubricious show on the air.
  • "Joy of Cooking"

    Irma Rombauer might have been a terrible cook, but her elegant instruction manual belongs in every kitchen.
  • Savoring pleasure

    Summer cooking should be as sensual and free-spirited as a Lawrence novel or a song by Brian Wilson.
  • Michael Romano

    One of New York's top chefs talks about cooking on Sept. 11, kitchen piracy and why food shouldn't be an intellectual experience.
  • Not home for the holidays

    Coming of age in the kitchen of a Canadian commune.
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