This nourishing dish of creamy polenta with mushrooms, kale, and chickpeas makes for a perfect plant-based dinner ...

1. To make sauce: In a large skillet, warm olive oil and cook sausage over medium heat until golden brown. Remove sausages and cut diagonally into ¾-inch slices, then return to skillet. Add onion and ...

Mushrooms, sausage ragu with polenta, doesn’t sound like perfect comfort food? Of course, there are so many versions of ragu, but most have some meat as a base. This is the version I created, ...

Looking for a mild, comforting, and super-simple dish? This creamy polenta is the perfect recipe to accompany stewed meat, roasted vegetables, or even to enjoy on its own, with a good drizzle of olive ...

In "Quick & Dirty," Salon Food's Mary Elizabeth Williams serves up simplified recipes and shortcuts for exhausted cooks just like you — because quick and dirty should still be delicious. It doesn’t ...

In his already celebrated new cookbook, “Fruit Cake: Recipes for Curious Bakers” (William Morrow Cookbooks, $32.50), author and food stylist Jason Schreiber uses fruit to boost the flavor and moisture ...

What’s the point of worrying about organic food, genetically modified organisms, locally sourced items and fair trade if more than a third of it will simply go to waste? Discarded food is a serious ...

Healthy cooking seems to be on everyone’s minds. Yes, we’re just as likely to indulge in bacon-wrapped cheeseburgers as a grilled chicken salad with a tiny cup of dressing on the side (been there), ...

Certain recipes are “supposed” to be made in only one certain way — which is why we often don’t make them, the supposing having become a nuisance. Risotto is like that. Among its Ten Commandments ...

In his already celebrated new cookbook, “Fruit Cake: Recipes for Curious Bakers” (William Morrow Cookbooks, $32.50), author and food stylist Jason Schreiber uses fruit to boost the flavor and moisture ...