Secrets of the Best Chefs

Lidia Bastianich Television host, author, and restaurateur Queens, New York Roots are important to chef Lidia Bastianich. In the ...

She takes a big bowl of cleaned mussels and feels them. “If they feel light in your hands, don’t buy them,” she instructs. “If t ...

and grandchildren. When she offers a bowl of mussels and clams to Tanya, she seems genuinely amused when Tanya looks at her watc ...

“You have to be open to creativity; you have to change things. That’s the beauty of being a chef: you can make the recipe your o ...

FRUGALITY CAN often lead to better food at home. Case in point: don’t chop the stems off the broccoli rabe that goes into the zi ...

Ziti with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage Serves 4 Pasta is my favorite food (above all others), and my fascination with it and love f ...

Parmesan) Bring a large pot of water to a boil and season it well with salt. Place the ¼ cup olive oil and the garlic in a large ...

the cheese. Give the pasta a final toss and serve immediately. * Don’t be lazy and waste the stems. Trimming them down with a pa ...

Frico with Potato Serves 4 to 6 Rib-sticking comfort food usually involves something starchy with something gooey inside (think ...

through the potato easily (15 minutes). Remove to a cutting board and wait until the potato is cool enough for you to peel it wi ...

You can substitute a white cheddar, though Montasio is ideal. Heating a traditional nonstick pan without oil can release car ...

Mussels and Clams Triestina ...

Serves 4 to 6 ...

I don’t know about you, but when I cook mussels or clams at home, the flavor is never big enough and the sauce is never rich eno ...

Coat the bottom of a wide pot (one that has a well-fitting lid) with olive oil and add the crushed garlic cloves. Turn up the he ...

Try the Molino Bianco brand from Italy, which Bastianich’s assistant, Amy, found in Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, New York. ...

Grace Young Cookbook author, The Breath of a Wok and Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge New York, New York Rarely is a bite of food s ...

memorize. The last time I bought a wok I accidentally bought one with a nonstick surface: as I scraped the food around with a me ...

“Fast food” is a dirty phrase for many people, but there’s no shame in making food fast when the ingredients are this fresh and ...

“Nothing will hurt this pan.” Young’s Kitchen Know-How ...