I first encountered pozole at a small Mexican restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen, New York. It was a freezing cold day, much like today, in fact, and one of my friends ordered a preternaturally red, …

It may be named for an artichoke and look like ginger, but the Jerusalem artichoke is very much its own vegetable. It’s not even from Jerusalem, so it’s actually as politically neutral as Switzerland. …

It’s the kind of word that invites an exclamation point, doesn’t it?
I first tasted shakshouka as a college student studying abroad in Israel. It’s a brunchy, tomato-and-pepper based egg dish that was contributed to …

If you’ve ever eaten at an Ethiopian restaurant, then you’ve tasted Teff. It’s the primary flour used to make injera, that spongy, sourdough-ish flatbread that you use to scoop up your food. Teff …

Ever find it curious that the majority of African/African-American, Asian, Hispanic and Jewish adults are at least somewhat lactose-intolerant, and yet the USDA Food Pyramid recommends that we all consume 3 servings of dairy per …

When I first met my husband, he told me that one of his top 5 favorite smells was movie popcorn. We went to the movies a fair amount during our courtship, and each time …