Where Have All the Cocoa Powders Gone?

No Hershey’s, Ghirardelli, or Nestlé? Climate, Disease, and Low Pay Are Killing Our Cocoa. What's next?

Aug 22 • 

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14 Telltale Signs a Recipe’s a Winner

Really great writers make it look effortless.

Aug 8 • 

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July 2025

Call Me Sugar Daddy

A chorus of pretty young things flit through my days, demand endless indulgences, and take me for all I'm worth. And I couldn't be happier.

Jul 21 • 

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June 2025

The Mohel of Mollusks

One day in September, I found myself performing what I was fairly certain were brises on some 70 unsuspecting clams.

Jun 16 • 

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Join me on Notes

A new place for us to share ideas

Jun 3 • 

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May 2025

40 Watts Later

Men buy cars, boats, and watches to make up for their, um, shortcomings. A certain someone purchase stoves.

May 24 • 

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Want to Change the World? Cook.

The radical, tender power of making someone dinner.

May 13 • 

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Tart of Gold: Spring Rhubarb

Everything you wanted to know about rhubarb but were afraid to ask. (Oh wait, that's sex.) Eh, what the hell – I think rhubarb is sexy. There, I said…

May 3 • 

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April 2025

When Life Ain't a Disney Movie, Make Lemon Drizzle Cake

Turns out I'm not bipolar. I just need lemon cake.

Apr 10 • 

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March 2025

LIVE DEMO: 3-Ingredient Mac & Cheese

Follow along and make an incredibly easy and delicious mac & cheese in no time.

Mar 18 • 

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No Leprechauns Were Harmed in the Making of These St. Patrick’s Day Dishes

Do you have your St. Pat's dinner menu set yet? If not, may I tempt you with some of these?

Mar 14 • 

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The Time We Almost Became Reality TV Food Stars

For the briefest time (about a week) The One and I almost filmed a TV pilot. But we got something better.

Mar 7 • 

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