Fast Easy Recipes

Slow cooker offers a fast start to a tasty meal
If you haven't pulled your slow cooker out of the cabinet for a while, maybe it's time.

The light and dark sides of soy sauce
Experiment with different types of soy sauce in our recipes for Pork Back Ribs with Dark Soy Sauce and Hoisin, and Shrimp in Tamari Pineapple Sauce.

Cheryl Forberg, RD: How Condiments Can Make Or Break A Healthy Diet
They're quick. They're easy. They deliver big flavor in small doses and add the richness we crave to our favorite foods. What's not to love about condiments?

Slow-cooked succulence
Home slow cookers have been around for more than 40 years, but today, they’re almost trendy. They’re perfect for braising, a technique that’s a favorite of chefs who have been embracing less-expensive cuts of meat that become hearty and succulent when cooked low and slow. In addition to braising — cooking food in a little liquid at a fairly low temperature — a spate of new cookbooks have been ...

Cookbook Critic: Korean 'pub grub' offers bold flavors, textures
Despite its enviable array of ethnic restaurants (more 20 each in the Thai and Chinese categories alone, with some 15 Japanese establishments — not to mention 60-plus of Italian extraction), Marin is woefully deficient in exploring the flavorful cuisine of Korea, a reason in itself to sample

Put your slow cooker to use with these 4 recipes
Slow cookers have been around for ages but are once again in vogue with recipes such as this bouillabaise. Home slow cookers have been around for more than 40 years, but today, they're almost trendy.

It’s always time for a slow cooker
Posted Jan. 24, 2012, at 1:55 p.m. Home slow cookers have been around for more than 40 years, but today, they’re almost trendy.

Pit boss
Avocados are brimming with good-for-you monounsaturated fat, which has been linked to healthier hearts and trimmer waistlines. Hass avocados, with their thick pebbly skin and buttery flesh, are the most popular variety — they account for about 90 percent of all avocados sold in the United States. You may see other types with thin, smooth, green skin, such as Fuerte or Bacon; they have ...