Go bananas with classic dessert Today's recipe is a twist on a classic Southern banana pudding. The flavors are traditional, only with a hint of bourbon for pizzazz. It's the presentation that's updated. Turning a pudding into a trifle is like taking a plain Jane and putting her in a debutante dress. Everything shines brighter in buttons and bows.
Whole grains and fresh fruits can be exotic and familiar A combination of cooked, chilled whole grains studded with fresh, in-season stone fruit can make a very satisfying main dish for breakfast or lunch in the summer. This recipe uses barley, whole wheat berries and brown rice, and each grain brings its own distinct textural personality, especially if you take the slight trouble to cook each of them separately, according to its own nature. The addition of golden raisins, as well as fresh chives and mint, makes it taste both exotic and yet homey and familiar at the same time.
Desperation Dinners: Rice disappears with Miami spice Rising rice prices and news reports of rice shortages in Asia are causing an unexpected ripple here at home: Many people, especially immigrants from countries where rice is a mainstay, are stocking up.
School's out - snacks are in School is out -- or soon will be. Every summer, we have to rearrange the kitchen to accommodate hungry hordes of teenagers marching through.
Warm weather brings out the best in local farms and local produce. Use this map to find the locations, hours and days of operation of more than 50 metro-area farmers markets.