Menus make great vocabulary lists, and “there’s no better way to remember a new vocabulary word than to eat it,” writes William Grimes, former restaurant critic for The New York Times, in “Eating Your ...

There's a new word in the culinary dictionary: foodie. Maybe you've heard it being thrown around in commercials and newspaper food sections. Dictionary.com says it means "a person who has an ardent or ...

The recent college graduate, who confided in me that he would cook more if he understood the terminology, is far from alone. Give me an example, I asked. “It says to “sear” the meat. What does that ...

“Fine dining is not about what you eat at a posh restaurant. It isn’t even highly sophisticated cooking. Instead, it’s all about getting the finest ingredients, employing fine cooking techniques, ...