Food & Drink

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Grilled cheese transforms into a grownup meal

A grilled cheese sandwich is an ode to childhood, a purist's dream and an archetypal comfort food all at once. Just three mundane ingredients and a few minutes should be all it takes to create something downright sublime, right? So why do so few sublime ones come our way?

Latest Food & Drink

May 14, 2008

Healthy!

Whip up tomato soup from scratch

By JIM ROMANOFF The Associated Press

Soup can be a great healthy and filling lunch or supper. But only if you choose the right one.Canned soups can throw a few nutritional wrenches into a healthy meal plan. As with most canned products, they usually are loaded with sodium. And many creamy soups also pack plenty of unwanted fat.

Quick!

Turn chicken recipe into 3 meals

By J.M. HIRSCH The Associated Press

Good midweek meals are those that easily do double or even triple duty. Even better ones are also healthy and quick to prepare. This luscious recipe for roasted stuffed chicken breasts calls for just seven ingredients (two of which are salt and pepper) and about five minutes effort.

May 14, 2008

Mix up a spicy taste for foods

Learn a little about Mache

Browning mushrooms

New wine on the menu at Lucia’s Tavola

Find health factor in scallops

Tea makes a comeback in local shops, country

Whip up salad from Ramsay's kitchen

All you can eat ice cream

“Italian Grill” and "Pizza on the Grill”

2006 Murphy Goode Chardonnay

Telegraph Restaurant Reviews

May 15, 2008

Diner slings fun atmosphere, great food

OK, it took us over a year to make our way to the newest incarnation of the 76-year-old Milford Diner. It wasn’t the trip to Milford. We love Milford. It was our unfaltering love of the old Milford Diner that closed 3½ years ago.

May 08, 2008

Good eating, with a side of kitsch

OK, it's a given that we'll talk about the food at Poor Pierre's; this is, after all, a restaurant review. But as far as we're concerned, this is a case where the atmosphere is as much a reason for going to the eatery as the wicked inexpensive breakfasts and lunches.

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Telegraph Food & Dining Columns

May 14, 2008

Marc Bouchard

Make meat tastier with homemade brine, sauce

There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t receive a notice from my restaurant suppliers about rising food costs.

Lynda Murray

Nutritionist says to avoid ‘great white hazards’

“How can it be in the good ol’ USA that we have record numbers of kids digging their graves with their knives and forks?” questioned Ann Kulze, M.D. Looking like she just walked out of a movie set, the tiny dynamo posed this question to the hundreds of educators at a conference I attended last week.