Food

Jerky

by Kate Payne • Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo I grew up eating beef jerky exclusively on road trips. It was a special snack reserved for long stretches of open road in the Arizona desert. ...

Barbacoa

by Meredith Bethune If you order barbacoa in in most parts of Texas, you’ll most likely end up with savory, slow-roasted beef—usually served on, or with, tortillas. But barbacoa ...

In a Pickle

by Kate Payne • Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo The world of fruit pickles opened up before me during a particularly lush summer of peaches while I was living in New York. I rolled home from the ...

The Fluff Stuff: Homemade Marshmallows

by Kate Payne • Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo Marshmallows and the great outdoors go hand in hand. Sadly, though, a fireside-charred marshmallow oozing delightfully between chocolaty graham ...

Herbal Wines

by Kate Payne • Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo Wine is associated with festivity, bacchanalian excess and verdant bounty in art and literature. The earliest recorded winemaking activities ...

Eating Her Curds and Whey

by Kate Payne • Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo Ricotta cheese is a classic, yet often under-appreciated, staple in Italian cuisine. My education on the subject began when I married an ...

A Wall-Flower No More

by Kate Payne • Photography by Jo Ann Santangelo If you pay close attention to the world of food and those blogging about it, you’ve probably noticed how dramatically cauliflower has ...

Gumbo

by Terry Thompson-Anderson Just say the city’s name—New Orleans—and most likely your mind will conjure up visions of food and drink. And somewhere in the sensuous mélange of ...

Flour Tortillas

by Iliana de la Vega and Isabel Torrealba Tortillas are the unrivaled accompaniment to any meal in Mexico. And as such, they perform the same role as bread in European cultures and rice in Asian ...

Ragù alla Bolognese

by Will Packwood • Photography by Jenna Northcutt Ragù alla Bolognese is a rich yet delicate meat sauce originating in Bologna, the capital of Emilia-Romagna. Ragù is a ...