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Is the iPad the new cookbook?
Scrolling down a recipe on screen during hands-on cooking is a mixed experience

Perry Garfinkel: Puck Goes Back to His (Ginger) Roots
"The title of celebrity chef is sort of bogus. Do we have celebrity shoemakers, celebrity butchers? The good news about showcasing chefs and the TV shows is they've attracted a lot more smart kids to the profession than 30 years ago."

Cooking: Chocolate for every season
Paul Simon says there are 50 ways to leave your lover, but if Alice Medrich has anything to do with it, there's one sure-fire way to keep him...or her...and that's with chocolate!With Valentine's Day approaching, lovers (and chocolate lovers) naturally turn to Medrich, whom the San...

Must-try soups: 6 winter warm-ups we can't get enough of this season
There's a lot to love about fresh-made soups in wintertime: They're warming and healthy, made with good-for-you vegetables that you'd never eat as standalones. Even in a rush, soups make a terrific meal; they travel well - pack up a cup and take it on the go. Plus, what's more versatile than a cup of soup? Grab a spoon and indulge in a quick soup snack, or a meal starter.

Ketchup caviar? Hostesses are experimenting with dry ice, frozen foams and exotic jellies
Lydia Slater prefers the Jamie Oliver ‘bish, bash, bosh’ school of instinctive cuisine. But armed with some chemicals, syringes and tubing, she set out to channel her inner Heston.

Ex-country club chef serves international cuisine in own restaurant
Born in Germany and classically trained as a chef there and in Switzerland, Andreas Thon created dishes primarily for members and guests at private clubs after coming to the United States. After pleasing diners in exclusive venues such as Oceanside Country Club in Ormond Beach, the Memphis Redbirds' minor league baseball team's stadium-based VIP club and Sugar Mill Country Club in New Smyrna ...

Victorian chef Auguste Escoffier was a culinary pioneer who changed the way we approach food
He may have inadvertently paved the way for McDonald's, but great Victorian chef Auguste Escoffier was so slight a man that he couldn't even reach the stove. He had platform shoes made and went on to cook his way into culinary history.

Saying Mazel Tov in Mandarin
Ed Schoenfeld is something of an anomaly. He is a Jewish guy from Brooklyn who has reached the summit of the Chinese food world, pastrami egg rolls and all.

Let’s Talk Food: In search of the best beef stroganoff in Russia
I have been on a mission to Russia . My assignment: Find the best beef stroganoff.

Chef Auguste Escoffier changed how we look at cooks, cooking, food
He may have inadvertently paved the way for McDonald’s, but great Victorian chef Auguste Escoffier was so slight a man that he couldn’t even reach the stove.