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This easy lemon-garlic chicken recipe calls for cutlets, which cook in less than 10 minutes. If you can’t find them, make your own from chicken breasts.

Place each breast on a cutting board and, with your knife parallel to the board, slice into the skinny side of the chicken breast in a single smooth motion. The side of green beans is cooked ...Read more

Certain ingredients (mostly herbs and spices) have naturally cooling effects on the body, and incorporating them into meals and snacks can help support hydration, digestion, and temperature regulation. Isn’t that cool? (Pun intended). Here’s a look at a few of our favorites.

Mint. Perhaps the best-known cooling herb, mint ...Read more

This is one of my favorite fish entrees that is easy and tasty. Originally, I thought this was complicated, but it turns out it couldn’t be easier. I have made this for my husband and myself and when I want to do a small dinner party.

Make sure you use cedar wood planks, which you can find on Amazon and at home stores like Home Depot. The ...Read more

Recently, my sister banned broccoli from her cooking repertoire. Boring, she declares. Challenge accepted.

I can’t imagine that anyone would think Propio’s grilled broccoli with hummus and salsa macha ho-hum. This Mexico City hotspot pumps maximum flavor into humble ingredients. Roast chicken comes with chimichurri and kale salad boasts a ...Read more

There are any number of different sauces you can top your pasta with. You can go cheesy or meaty, or herby, to name a few. The one sauce that ...Read more

Are you convinced that the only way to enjoy a perfectly smooth and creamy smoothie is a trip to the smoothie shop? While a good blender helps, I’ve found an ingredient that can turn any thin and icy smoothie into a super-rich and satisfying one — and no, it’s not...Read more

Now that servers are not going to be taxed on their tips, do we still have to tip them as much?

I’m sure that servers and hair stylists and cab drivers and everybody else who lives on tips would argue that we do, and perhaps should tip them even more.

But why? Why do they rate a sudden annual windfall?

Don’t get me wrong. I’m all in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On a recent Sunday afternoon, Tetsuya Nakao — the affable, upbeat 62-year-old Asanebo sushi chef with slicked silver hair — is filming one of his soon-to-be viral videos. Cheeky, occasionally unhinged and released nearly every day, they've garnered the Studio City legend a new fandom that's changed Nakao's life and his ...Read more

Enjoy this quick fried rice dinner—ready in just 15 minutes, including prep time. To make stir-frying a breeze, arrange all your prepped ingredients on a cutting board or plate in the order they’ll be used. That way, you won’t need to refer back to the recipe once cooking begins.

I use toasted sesame oil to add a subtle, nutty depth of ...Read more

Zucchini is the blessing and bane of a garden.

In high season, my friend “gifts” boxes of her prodigious crop on her neighbors’ front steps and in the back seat of unlocked cars. What to do with all this bounty?

On its own, zucchini is a relatively humble ingredient that pales next to its summer peers — those snappy cherry tomatoes, ...Read more

My 18-month-old grandson doesn't have the biggest vocabulary, but like most toddlers, he makes what he wants known pretty clearly.

That's especially true when it comes to his favorite foods, which these days is pretty much anything he can stuff into his mouth unassisted.

His most practiced phrase is "Eat, eat!" followed by a gesture he learned...Read more

CHICAGO -- Gen Z is an easy target. Born between 1997 and 2012, they’ve been blamed for everything from the downfall of skinny jeans to the end of basic phone etiquette. And now, if headlines are to be believed, they’re destroying the wine industry too. Health-conscious, sober-curious and strapped for cash, they say, Gen Z barely drinks. And...Read more