Salmon.

A reader wants to know the difference among several types of salmon. For the reasons why naming isn’t everything when it comes to seafood, scandalous information about mislabeling, and a couple of recipes for salmon, visit the Salmon page.

Recycling is good: the Please Let It Be Autumn edition

Our freezers are really, really full. I realized this when, the week we returned from our vacation, I had to stop rummaging through the plastic tubs in the freezer to find a couple of chicken leg quarters out of frustration. This happens from time to time, and it’s my fault. My mother was big on [...]

Preserved lemons.

A reader asks for a quick method to preserve lemons. A one-week preservation method courtesy an expert on North African cuisine, and a recipe for chermoula, here on the Lemons page.

Project Food Blog, Part I.

The first week back from vacation always is the hardest. After almost two weeks in France and Britain – during which we cooked in brick ovens and over open fires, ate our way through London, and basically forgot about our professional and social responsibilities – we came back to Baltimore, with colds courtesy our fellow [...]

Your foreign correspondent.

Earlier this year, I read an article about a Dutch study purporting to show that the greatest psychological benefit of vacation occurred in the planning phase, and not during the vacation itself. I’ve thought about this study a lot because the conclusion the authors reached seems ridiculous, science or no. How is it possible that [...]

Taco time.

A reader asks how to make the “slaw” that accompanied a Korean-style taco. Find out what I’d use to top a Korean taco, on the Slaw page.