Best recipes and cooking tips: Cooking

Savory Tomato Sorbet, which gives tomatoes a fresh twist, will raise some eyebrows.

New York Times

Five ideas for tomatoes: salad, fritters, sorbet and more

By Brittany Volk, Times Staff Writer

7/11/16

Treat yourself to the occasional Frozen Bulletproof Coffee

10/13/16 HealthBy Melissa d'Arabian, Associated Press
I love coffee. My standard order is simple: coffee with milk, no sugar.
Edamame Quinoa Salad With Tangy Vinaigrette sturdy and savory

10/13/16 HealthBy Melissa d'Arabian, Associated Press
I'm a fan of stocking my kitchen with healthy, nutrient-dense ingredients that can be used on the fly on those busy days when 5 p.m. sneaks up without notice. Even if I pay a little more at the store for "healthy convenience food," I'm still coming out ahead, financially and health-wise, if it keeps me from ordering …
Can food be considered art? Tampa Bay Times art and food critics weigh in

10/10/16 CookingBy Laura Reiley, Times Food Critic, and Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic
The art critic and the food critic, separated by a low cubicle wall, began a conversation weeks before the Dalí Museum's "Ferran Adria: The Invention of Food" exhibition debuted. Considered perhaps the greatest living chef, Adria was at the helm of the Spanish avant-garde restaurant elBulli until it closed in 2011. …
Five ideas for pumpkin treats that aren't pie: Hummus, nut bread and more

10/10/16 CookingBy Carlynn Crosby, Times Correspondent
I think pumpkin is gross. But with pumpkin craft beer on grocery store end caps and pumpkin spice coffee everywhere you go, it can be surprising that actual gourds don't taste as good as they look. They're a festive fall decoration, sure, and they look great on the cover of food magazines, but when was the last time you …
From the food editor: Expand your view of food with this discussion, and this recipe

10/10/16 CookingBy Michelle Stark, Times Food Editor
I hope you are ready to expand your mind with this week's Taste section.
Cookbook review: An eclectic collection makes up food blogger's 'Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from an Unlikely Life on a Farm'

10/10/16 CookingBy Ileana Morales Valentine, Times Correspondent
Every Thursday, a timer goes off on Molly Yeh's phone reminding her to start the dough for the unbreakable ritual of Friday Pizza Night. Friday Pizza Night is sacred whether her family is traveling, at home or during harvest when her husband works long days on the family farm and they eat slices on a tractor.
From the food editor: a Fried Grouper Sandwich recipe for our focus on regional food

10/03/16 CookingBy Michelle Stark, Times Food Editor
There are certain dishes you know in your bones, recipes you've made hundreds of times — or watched your grandma make hundreds of times, and happily ate. As we head into the last quarter of the year, and into holiday season, our sentimental connection to these kinds of foods tends to grow.
Exploring Florida fare in Bruce Hunt's 'Seafood Lover's Florida'

10/03/16 CookingBy Katherine Snow Smith, Times Staff Writer
There are the classic regional favorites like Cuban sandwiches and key lime pie. But a conversation about Florida fare must also include seafood, and the catch we can cook up from our surrounding waters.
Recipe for Chopped Salad With Spiced Chickpeas and Tarragon-Tahini Dressing

10/03/16 CookingBy Ileana Morales Valentine, Times Correspondent
My first trip to the grocery store postvacation was a blur of kale bunches and zucchini — and tubs of coffee. After two weeks of jamon and patatas piled high onto slabs of tortilla in Spain, I needed to restock our fridge with everything green.
Try this sweet-but-not-too-sweet treat: Earl Grey Lemon Tea Cakes

9/29/16 HealthBy Melissa d'Arabian, Associated Press
I love dessert. I also love being healthy. My four kiddos also love sweets. So over the years, I've created some great strategies for getting some dessert in our lives while also honoring our bodies, which frankly do not need as much sugar as our palates seem to crave.