They may be so commonplace they’re unappreciated, so simple they fail to activate the saliva glands at first sight, but in our book it’s hard to go wrong with chips and salsa.

The key to a great food experience around the holidays is extending it as long as possible.

The key to a great food experience around the holidays is extending it as long as possible.

One of the many things I love about Thanksgiving is the continuity of the menu across generations and regions.

Weeknight cooking is all about getting gobs of flavor from just a few ingredients, no special techniques and as little effort as possible.

A few years ago I created a recipe for a killer barbecue sauce. It was exactly the way I like it - thick, rich, a lot savory, a little sweet and bursting with cumin, smoked paprika and so many other delicious seasonings.

For the football fan who cooks, tailgates are a beautiful thing.

During the course of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, we became familiar with the U.S. gold medal gymnastics team known as the “Fab Five” and later, the “Fierce Five.”

First lesson of Indian cooking — not all brown powders are curry powder.

Keep a food journal; don't skip meals and avoid going out to eat, especially lunch. That's the advice suggested for post-menopausal dieters after a yearlong dietary weight-loss intervention study of 123 overweight-to-obese, sedentary Seattle-area women ages 50 to 75.

My 7-year-old son has made me an expert at Caesar salad. Though to be fair, some credit goes to April Bloomfield, too.

First lesson of Indian cooking: not all brown powders are curry powder.

Julia Child loved to socialize almost as much as she loved to cook. So nobody would have enjoyed the big celebration fans are cooking up in honor of her centennial more than the Grand Dame of American Cookery herself.

My recipe for a romantic picnic? A roasted chicken with sandwich trimmings.

Dads love grilling. Dads love burgers. Trouble is, good burgers don’t always love Dad back.

Dads love grilling. Dads love burgers. Trouble is, good burgers don’t always love Dad back.

Rule No. 1 about spicy ingredients — you don’t need to love spicy foods to love what spicy ingredients can do for the foods you do love.

A stromboli is kind of a cross between a grinder and a calzone. Bread dough is rolled out, filled with sliced meats, cheeses and vegetables, then rolled up into a tube and baked.

A stromboli is kind of a cross between a grinder and a calzone. Bread dough is rolled out, filled with sliced meats, cheeses and vegetables, then rolled up into a tube and baked.

Not a New Year’s Eve partier? Me either.

Sometimes, the reasoning behind trading sandwiches in the school lunchroom hits too close to home.

It’s taken a long time for Stewart Reeder to perfect his salsa recipe, a slow-simmered jalapeño blend developed from a salsa his mother made famous in the neighborhood.

If you get a hankering for a cheeseburger from Joe’s Farm Grill on Wednesday, you’ll have to move fast.