If you were looking for an excuse or occasion to make pie, mathematicians have got one for you. On March 14, math aficionados like myself celebrate Pi Day — the number that represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. But if you were hoping to get into the kitchen and make pies from scratch like me, here …
By 10 a.m. on a recent sunny morning, the kitchen in Jing Gao’s Midcentury Modern house, set into a canyon-view Sherman Oaks hillside, is filled with the aroma of rosemary, sage, nutmeg, cloves, sesame oil and erjingtiao chiles. Her cookbook, “The Book of Sichuan Chili Crisp: Spicy Stories and Recipes From Fly by Jing’s Kitchen,” was published in October by …
Super Bowl parties are as much about the snack food spread as they are about the point spread. Ginger Soy Chicken Wings from the now-closed Beacon restaurant of Culver City are crispy, sticky and sweet, the glaze spiked with the distinct tang of ginger. Time 1 hour Yields Serves 8 to 12 Soy garlic chicken wings from Hot n Sweet …
Christmas dinner, I can say with no hyperbole, is my favorite meal of the year. This year, that’s English roast potatoes — the kind that are parboiled before being fried in the oven until golden and crunchy — served as hot fries, showered with flaky salt and brought out with icy-cold crudité and a dip of Caesar sour cream, the …
When having guests over for dinner, I enjoy cooking a big piece of meat surrounded by a few light sides to balance it all out. You can go with a prime rib or roast loin of beef, sure, but the great thing about Christmas dinner, as opposed to Thanksgiving, is that there’s more variety in what you can make. Instead …
