May 20
By: Jennifer Drummond
Summer is a good time for simple, easy meals. Who wants to spend a lot of time in the kitchen when there is so much […]
Nov 17
For this Test Kitchen, we are going a bit further afield, to China’s Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368 CE). Founded by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, […]
May 27
By: Jennifer Drummond
The Samaritans are likely best known in the Western world for one person—the famous “Good Samaritan” of Jesus’s parable found in Luke 10:25–37. This character […]
Feb 23
By: Jennifer Drummond
February, of course, is the month we celebrate Valentine’s Day. Though a holiday associated by many with romance, in the modern world we often forget […]
Nov 24
By: Jennifer Drummond
Around the holidays, sharing a meal with friends and family is something we can all appreciate, perhaps even more so now. Today, we offer […]
May 4
By: Jennifer Drummond
People love sweets, and the Romans were no different. However, Apicius and his De Re Coquinaria (On the Subject of Cooking) does not contain an […]