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Strawberries and waffled dessert shells are a fun Mother’s Day dessert or brunch. Photo by Alberto Martinez / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Waffled hash browns, anyone? Waffle makers make more than waffles

Will it waffle?That was the question Dan Shumski set out to answer when he launched a blog in 2010 called Waffleizer (waffleizer.com).Over the course of the next eight months, Shumski “waffled” more than 30 unexpected dishes, ranging from macaroni and cheese and pizza to chocolate chip cookies and cinnamon rolls.Not ...

Whole-wheat pasta redeemed with chard and cheese

No matter how unimpeachable whole-wheat pasta is in terms of nutritional cred, I’ve always found it off-putting.Sure, it has more fiber and whole-grain nutrition. But it always struck me as rather spineless and dull. And as someone whose culinary credo is that food can be scrumptious and healthy, I wasn’t ...

Food Matters: A recipe for El Monumento enchiladas; Qui honored at state Capitol

ASK ADDIE I wanted you let you know about a most unusual healthy enchilada. The new Monument Restaurant overlooking the San Gabriel River in Georgetown serves the best sweet potato and swiss chard enchilada with a walnut cream sauce. It is really something unique, and I think they might share ...

Sweet and Sticky Slow Cooked Short Ribs are another easy Super Bowl dish that will surely please a crowd.

Sloppy Joes grow up just in time for the Super Bowl

As with many kids of the ’70s, one of my dinner favorites was sloppy Joes. I liked them better than burgers. I remember the first time Dad made them, flavored with those little packets of dried spices, onions and such. Dad, who worked days, had dinner duty most nights, as ...

American-Statesman reader Nell Rice Gonzalez used a lemon bars recipe from a Wisconsin church cookbook as the springboard for her recipe.

Broyles: Lemon bars are a winter favorite and an experimental baker’s delight

Winter is lemon’s time to shine. Citrus fruits are at their seasonal peak during the darkest, coldest part of the year, and bright yellow lemon bars can provide just the burst of joy we need to make it to warmer, sunnier days. Since harvesting a trio of softball-sized Meyer lemons ...

Kutoa Health Bars follow the one-for-one model popularized by Toms Shoes: For every health bar purchased, the company donates money to buy a nutrition pack for malnourished children abroad. The local company has also donated thousands of bars to at-risk kids in the Austin area.

Food Matters: Health bars come with a dose of philanthropy; try this dilled salmon mac and cheese for New Year’s Eve

COOKING Mac and cheese lovers rejoice over new book Macaroni and cheese might be the ultimate crowd-pleasing party dish, and Ellen Brown’s new book, “Mac & Cheese” (Running Press, $20), offers plenty of spins on the classic comfort food dish: mac and cheese canapés, poblano chile mac and cheese, Philly ...

Beth Rowan, right, founder of Slow Cooking in a Fast-Food World, is on a mission to deliver slow cookers — and meal plans and recipes to help families use them. She hosted an egg casserole competition with friends, including Jane Bassett, left, this fall to generate new recipes and ideas for the Facebook group.

Relish Austin: Slow cookers can help families kick fast-food habit

Do you have a slow cooker gathering dust in your pantry? Up until a few years ago, Beth Rowan certainly did. The Northwest Austinite and her husband had received a slow cooker as a wedding gift 20 years ago, but like many well-intentioned kitchen appliances, it sat mostly unused until ...

Cornish game hens for holiday dinners prove the adage: Good things do come in small packages.

Cornish hens prove it’s OK to be a little chicken

Frank Costanza was right after all. “Seinfeld” fans will recall the 1996 episode when the crusty Costanza, played by Jerry Stiller, pointed to the bird on his plate and asked, “What is this thing anyway?” Told it’s a “Cornish game hen” by his son’s snooty prospective in-laws, he replied, “What ...

Apple Butternut Squash soup, made from a recipe from Whole Foods Market, is a lovely savory sweet soup that could be served as a first course during a holiday dinner, or a healthy meal on its own after the holidays.

Ask Addie: Apple butternut soup recipe from Whole Foods, tried-and-true sugar cookies

Yesterday, I had a wonderful cup of Apple Butternut Squash soup at the Whole Foods in Southwest Austin. This morning I have looked everywhere for the recipe, including Whole Foods’ website and through Google, and the only one that came the closest was a recipe by Williams and Sonoma, but ...

Barton Springs Soda Company started in July and is now available at a number of local markets and eateries.

Food Matters: ‘Daytripper’ team shooting Texas food show; plus a recipe for gluten-free cinnamon rolls

TELEVISION ‘Daytripper’ team filming new Texas food show No matter how much history, geography or culture Chet Garner packs into each episode of his award-winning Texas travel show “ The Daytripper ,” the majority of questions from viewers have to do with one thing: food. It’s a good thing Garner ...

Tyler Florence’s new book features the kinds of dishes that he’d serve at his upscale San Francisco restaurant, Wayfare Tavern, including this kale salad with roasted grapes.

Tyler Florence’s new book is a departure from typical Food Network fare

Tyler Florence’s new book reminds us that the 16-year veteran of the Food Network isn’t just a TV host and entrepreneurial father of three who founded an organic baby food company.“This is who I am as a chef,” Florence said in an interview last week ahead of the book’s release. ...

Tee’s Corn Pudding is a dish that you can either make ahead and freeze or freeze the leftovers for another time.

Recipes for dishes you can freeze before or after Thanksgiving

The big day is almost here, and I’m already thinking about leftovers. Considering the fact that Americans throw out about forty percent of the food they purchase, we’d save a lot of money and perfectly good food by thinking ahead about dishes we can make using the leftovers (or the ...

Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t have to be fancy to be good.

The case against a fancy Thanksgiving

Year after year, the glossy food magazines scream that you have to tart up your turkey and pimp out your pumpkin pie. But the truth is, when it comes to Thanksgiving, most of us don’t want exciting, new-fangled dishes. We want classic, comforting food, the stuff of Norman Rockwell. “All ...

Thanksgiving is a holiday that celebrates traditions and food rituals, but even if the food stays the same from year to year, the people eating it do not.

Thanksgiving isn’t all about the turkey: How to deal with emotional eating, family drama

It’s time to ’fess up: Every year, when we start to plan our Thanksgiving coverage, all I really want to write about is the psychological complexities of the holiday. Not how to make a better turkey or an ode to my favorite side dish, but how to deal with the ...

Three Thanksgiving pies with a twist, made with the same basic crust. Top: Caramel-topped sweet potato pie. Bottom: Apple pie. Right: Bourbon pecan pie.

The story of my pies, or how I graduated from a canned recipe to three variations worth trying

One of the first things I baked on my own was a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie for my family when I was 12. Every year after, pies were my contribution to the holiday feast — made from the recipe on the back of the can of pumpkin in a store-bought crust. ...

The Austin Empty Bowl Project is an annual fundraiser that always takes place the Sunday before Thanksgiving. For a $20 donation, people can choose from hundreds of handmade bowls and then fill it with one of dozens of soups donated by local restaurants.

Austin Empty Bowl Project is still going strong after 16 years, $500,000 raised

Every Sunday before Thanksgiving since 1997, food lovers and potters in Austin have joined forces for the Austin Empty Bowl Project, an annual fundraiser that now brings in more than $50,000 a year for local charities that help people who don’t have enough to eat. Local potters donate handmade bowls ...

Want to learn how to prepare a better turkey for Thanksgiving? Cooking classes abound this time of year.

Food Matters: On the hunt for a good Pfeffernusse recipe; plus turkey classes ahead of Thanksgiving

LOCAL FOOD New Sunday market launches this weekend The number of Sunday farmers’ markets just keeps growing. Today, the organizers of the Barton Creek Farmers Market at Barton Creek Square announced that they are adding a Sunday market at Highland Mall that will start this weekend. Many of the same ...

Hyde Park Bar & Grill’s barbecue broccoli isn’t quite as popular as its french fries, but it’s a healthy alternative that has won over diners.

Ask Addie: Recipe for Hyde Park’s grilled broccoli

ASK ADDIEI went to Hyde Park Westgate recently and had the most amazing BBQ broccoli. Can you get the recipe from them? They just started making it. So delicious.— Pam HornAlthough Hyde Park’s grilled broccoli likely won’t surpass the popularity of its buttermilk-battered french fries, the broccoli is a healthy ...

Quick-sauteed Brussels sprouts with toasted walnuts and lemon.

Walnuts add crunch to easy Brussels sprouts side dish

Brussels sprouts can generate some pretty strong opinions. As with cilantro or goat cheese, you either love them or hate them.The little stinkers are the smallest of the crucifers and, when prepared incorrectly, can develop a scary aroma and deadly taste. Weirdly, they somehow remain a perennial feature on many ...

Ken Walker, pictured with sister Paige (right) and girlfriend, Lydia, grew up in Austin before attending Texas State and then moving to Asia, where he now runs three barbecue restaurants in Shanghai and a CASI-sanctioned chili cook-off. He’s competing in Terlingua this weekend.

Food Matters: Austinite who introducted Shanghai to Texas barbecue to compete in Terlingua; Dirt Candy chef cooking at Alamo

BARBECUE From Austin to China to Terlingua Austin native Ken Walker has been sharing his love of Texas barbecue in China for almost seven years now. Walker, who learned how to smoke a brisket on weekend trips to the lake and as a marketing student at Texas State University, lived ...