Month: August 2014

At the moment, food is highly prestigious. A vast amount of attention is paid to celebrity chefs, dietary advice, new restaurants and cooking shows. We have, it seems, become collectively obsessed with what we eat.

But the question of what we need from food, other than just physical sustenance, is rarely taken up. The issue sounds a bit weird. And yet food is evidently not just ‘fuel’. It offers help with certain of our psychological needs. It has, if you like, therapeutic potential.

Charlie Chaplin-themed restaurant threatened with lawsuit from late actor’s estate. [Post] Five Guys closes in Dupont. [Post] Six restaurants with Sunday suppers [Zagat] Justin Bittner is heading back to Bar Pilar, now under chef Jesse Miller. [Don Rockwell] Booze delivery app Drizly launches. [Eater] Are food boats the next food trucks? Probably not. [NPR] Photo […]

It’s a common misconception that desserts are difficult to make. Along with baking — which can at times be stressful — people assume that desserts should be left in the hands of professional pastry chefs. This is not true, folks. Some desserts are so…

This grilled cheese sandwich contains no bread. It is gluten-free, low-carb and plain remarkable.

Look at it. Ponder it.

The beauty comes from the blogger The Iron You, who has smartly adapted the cauliflower crust craze into something one could …

At HuffPost Taste, we hold the belief that nachos make the world a better place. The mountains of cheese, guacamole, and other fixings are like tiny heaps of happiness that hold the gentle fabric of our lives together. There’s not much else in life tha…

There’s only so much we can say about a subject before we start to feeling like we’re repeating ourselves, but when it comes to pimento cheese — a beloved cheese spread from the South — we’re more than happy to sound like a broken record. This stuff …