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The Cookthink Questionnaire: Nancie McDermott

Nancie McDermott is a food writer and cooking teacher specializing in the cuisines of Southeast Asia. Find out more about Nancie at her website. You can find some of Nancie’s recipes online at Cookthink.com. Sweet or salty? Salty/Sweet. They’re friends. Which ingredient(s) do you use...

The Gin Rickey

Hair of the Dog is Cookthink’s Monday morning cocktail column by Rob Chirico, the author of the Field Guide to Cocktails. Read more about Rob here. These days when I sit back with a gin and tonic, I make certain to use only a quality tonic, one that is not made with that beast of beasts, ...

Sunday Dinners: Buffalo Chicken Wings

The Sunday Dinners project is a collaboration between Andrew Schloss and Cookthink. Cooks are incessant matchmakers, coupling ingredients with the zeal of professional marriage brokers. Driven by the notion that anything can be made to taste better in the presence of its ideal mate, we are al...

TGIF: Bringing Happy Hour Home

If you’re so broke or apprehensive about the economy that even a Friday night Happy Hour feels like a forbidden indulgence, why not bring it home? You’ve been good all week. Tonight, treat yourself or invite some friends over for these inexpensive, junky, indulgent and crowd-pleasing...

As American As Apple Pie

Soup Kitchen: Minestra Di Pasta E Piselli

Domenica Marchetti is a food writer, recipe developer and cooking teacher who specializes in seasonal Italian home cooking and the author of The Glorious Soups and Stews of Italy. Visit her website at www.domenicacooks.com. You can find more of her recipes here. It strikes me as funny now, but f...