Made in Malta cooking app offers locals food for thought

“You need the kick to start cooking new things, because you won’t come up with recipes quickly or on your own.” The app contains over 400,000 recipes, including more than 40 for traditional Maltese food. Finding a healthy meal plan is relatively easy, but keeping up with it can be a hassle. The application …

Forty years ago, a headhunter with a thick New York accent telephoned Ed Yardeni, a young New York Federal Reserve economist, and enticed him to join E.F. Hutton. Not long after, Yardeni’s former boss, Paul Volcker, became the Fed chief and kicked interest rates higher. As Volcker succeeded in …

I tried restrictive dieting, intensive cleanses and fasting, deep dives into books and articles on the latest trends and studies. The further I went down the rabbit hole of health and wellness, the further away I got from the great pleasure I used to take in cooking and eating. Eating in a really restrictive, limited …

Stamped with the faces of Maduro and Chavez, the CLAP boxes usually contain rice, pasta, grains, cooking oil, powdered milk, canned tuna and other basic goods. Recipients pay 25,000 bolivars per box, or about $0.12 at the black market rate. That is a godsend in a country where the minimum monthly …

Stir in leeks and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until leeks are translucent, about 6 minutes. Stir in squash, stock, water, bitters, sugar, salt, and pepper, and bring to a boil. Cook soup, uncovered, until squash is very tender, about 25 minutes. Transfer soup to a blender and purée in batches, or use an …

Cook allergy-safe foods first if you are cooking a range of foods. Cover allergy-safe foods to prevent them being spluttered with unsafe foods. Thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water if you have handled a food allergen. Soap and water and commercial wipes will eliminate food allergens, but water …

He’d also heard stories about it from elderly cooks in his community. Like everyone else, he thought the hill rice of the African diaspora was lost forever. But then, on a rainy morning in the Trinidad hills in December 2016, he walked past coconut trees and towering okra plants to the edge of a field with ripe …

In “Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved” (Chronicle), published in October, Julia Turshen writes, “In all times, but especially during uncertain ones, there is something so beautifully comforting about cooking a meal from start to finish.” As we point our faces at our electronic devices 24/7, …

Too many cooks spoil the broth — in energy, as in cooking. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has long had two alternatives to replace declining volumes at its North West Shelf project, a gas plant on Australia’s Burrup Peninsula that started production from offshore fields back in 1984. In one corner: Browse, …

But to just cook without sort of reading a cookbook, just putting things together, and–I just felt like somebody wasn’t paying attention. And I’m sure that some people were, but I was kind of offended by the gatherings that I went to. And again, my sense of making the table look beautiful, and having a little ritual …