The Great Texas Chili Project
Texans proudly refuse to entertain the idea that other styles of chili exist. Given that chili was invented in San Antonio, it’s hard to debate them on this point.
Food & Recipes
Small Regional Wineries Are Winners
By HOLLY ENDERSBY While the big-name cellars flourish in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, finding smaller wineries producing great wine at reasonable prices is still a… Read More »Small Regional Wineries Are Winners
Bake with a Cookie Elf this Christmas Season
Part of the fun of baking holiday cookies is having company in the kitchen to lend a hand. While adult-sized help is always appreciated, recruiting grandchildren may be best of all. By GAIL JOKERST
Chocolate Kris Kringle Cookies
A yummy cookie recipe for the holidays
Filling Holiday Wish Lists with Toffee
With painstaking precision, Hymas stirrs a steaming, bubbling mixture of sugar, butter, water, and corn syrup in a pressure cooker to make another 8-pound batch of toffee, a two-hour labor of love. Every October, he begins filling orders for his popular Christmas gift.
Home Brewer Bob Hubler Samples Boise’s Beer Culture
When he is not writing or tending to his hops, Bob Hubler is brewing a new batch of beverage. His latest project is fresh hop pale ale.
Fermented Dill Pickles vs. Vinegar Dill Pickles
by STEVE HEIKKILA. Sour pickles. Brine pickles. New York deli kosher dill pickles. The old-fashioned dill pickles your grandparents used to fish out of a big barrel down at the general store. What do these pickles have in common? They’re lacto-fermented dill pickles.
Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort
by JACK McNEEL
Beautiful scenery with an incredible hot pool, unusual yet outstanding restaurant, and clean motel rooms—what more can anyone wish for in a short vacation trip north of the border?