D Duxelles: This pastelike mixture of finely chopped mushrooms sauteed in butter, sometimes with herbs and shallots, is often used in stuffing or garnishes. Dirty rice: From Cajun and Creole culinary ...

Think you know a lot about food? The American Culinary Federation, one of the largest chef organizations in the United States, is in Indianapolis this week for the group's central/western regional ...

Answer this week’s cooking question and have a chance to win a cookbook. This week’s culinary doohickey: This 9-inch fork is designed to serve a specific item. The long tines are twisted to prevent ...

Sure, you can identify the 13 original colonies, recite the Gettysburg Address, and name all the presidents and their wives. But can you name the founder of McDonald’s? To celebrate Independence Day, ...

Even if you’re a little unsure of the answers, you might enjoy winging it on this week’s culinary quiz. Jonathan Gold was the restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. He won the Pulitzer Prize in ...

Sample questions from the American Culinary Federation's recent culinary knowledge bowl in Charleston: 1. For a potato to meet the size requirements needed to be marketed as a "new potato" it must not ...

In his role as the American Culinary Federation's Culinary Knowledge Bowl task force chair, though, he gets to deal with students at the other end of the spectrum. "We've all been in restaurants where ...

Food. We all eat it, so it should come as no surprise that video games are absolutely jam-packed with the stuff. Ever since the earliest arcade games, we’ve been obsessed with recreating all kinds of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 1. A. Chow-chow, a popular condiment in Southern cooking (especially on sandwiches and alongside meat dishes), also shows up in New England cuisine, where it ...