cooking

The Chef Watson app says caviar and mango would go well with egg and chive in a brunch dish.

Arts

Caviar + Mango: Chef Watson Wants You To Cook Outside The Comfort Zone

7:16pm July 13, 2015

by Ina Yang

IBM and Bon Appétit have launched a Web app that generates surprising and delicious recipes for whatever is in your kitchen. The hope is that Watson's insight will lead home cooks to push boundaries.

Chef Eric David Corradetti presents dinner to residents at the Bethlehem Woods senior living facility in La Grange Park, Ill. His kitchen emphasizes fresh produce and meats and meals made from scratch.

Mush No More: Retirement Home Food Gets Fresh And Local

1:33am July 11, 2015

by Ina Jaffe

Once known for bland, institutional fare, hundreds of senior living centers across the U.S. now tout healthy meals made from scratch. Centers say this approach to food is tastier — and cheaper, too.

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This cooler may be the most important part of perfecting your barbecue.

Pitmasters Embrace New Barbecue Truth: Rested Meat Is Sublime

3:31pm June 11, 2015

by Jim Shahin

How to rest a pork shoulder, a beef brisket or rack of ribs to keep it moist hours after it comes off the pit? Restaurants now use warming units, but DIY home warmers are just as good.

Kanzi the bonobo (a species closely related to chimps) holds a pan of vegetables he cooked at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, November 2011. Kanzi was taught to cook. However, a new study is the first to show that animals can acquire a cooking-li

Science

Chimps Are No Chumps: Give Them An Oven, They'll Learn To Cook

9:22am June 05, 2015

by Jon Hamilton

That's what researchers found when they gave chimps a device that appeared to work like an oven. The findings add to the argument that our ancestors began cooking soon after learning to control fire.

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Health & Safety

Drop-In Chefs Help Seniors Stay In Their Own Homes

11:29am April 27, 2015

by Ina Jaffe

As people age, cooking can become difficult or even physically impossible. It's one reason people move to assisted living. One company offers a chef to cook healthy, affordable meals at home.

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Arts

Cooking With Emoji: We're Taking Eggplant Back From The Bros

2:39pm April 16, 2015

by Maria Godoy

The eggplant emoji has become a favorite of salacious sexters. To rescue its sullied rep, we turn to our emoji keyboards and conjure up recipes to highlight the fruit's, ahem, culinary attributes.

Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis during a guest appearance on ABC's The Chew last fall. She can cook rich foods and keep her trim figure, but new research suggests that's a difficult feat for amateur cooks watching along at home.

Do TV Cooking Shows Make Us Fat?

1:37pm March 18, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

Women who cooked the meals they saw prepared on television weighed more, on average, than those who simply watched, a study shows. The findings challenge the notion that home cooking is always best.

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Chef David Iott explains the perfect way to prepare risotto to Stanford students.

Cooking 101: Stanford Adds Healthful Eating Skills To The Curriculum

4:13pm February 06, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

With help from celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, Stanford University is launching a cooking program to teach students the basics of choosing groceries, cooking and eating healthfully.

One reason cooking at home might be linked to poor health? Researchers say it could be because there are too many unhealthful baked goods coming out of the oven.

Health & Safety

Is 'Cook At Home' Always Good Health Advice?

4:48pm January 09, 2015

by Melissa McEwen

A recent study finds that middle-aged women who spent more time cooking were more likely to have metabolic syndrome. Researchers say the message should be "cook healthfully," not just "cook often."

A Boozy Parisian Pineapple That Tastes Like The Holidays

6:22pm November 28, 2014

by NPR Staff

Dorie Greenspan struggled to recreate a friend's sweet dessert, but he just wouldn't divulge his secret. "It's nothing," he said. "It's so simple." Turns out, it is simple — once you have the recipe.

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