Just finished a tabbouleh salad for lunch, with parsley in my teeth to prove it. It’s one of my favorite warm-weather salads, light yet substantial, lemon-tangy, with satisfying chewy-crunchy textures. Traditionally, the base of the salad is parsley mixed with bulgur, a quick-cooking wheat. But if you’re looking to up your whole grain intake, you should know that tabbouleh works […]
Recent Posts By Tim Cebula
A Healthy Food Find in Philadelphia: Tria Cafe
On a recent trip to Philadelphia, I tried Tria Cafe for the first time. The name comes from the trinity they declare holiest: wine, beer, and cheese. And while it’s best known for these three staples, I have to say it’s also one of the best place in the city for a light yet satisfying lunch. I had the oak-roasted […]
Can Opener of the Gods
I realized the other day, while opening a can of black beans, that my can opener makes me inordinately happy. In my defense, it’s no ordinary opener: it’s a Trudeau “Stress Less” Can Opener ($19.99, shoptrudeau.com). You know how conventional can openers inevitably get snagged or skip over part of the can lid, forcing you to pry? None of that […]
Cooking Light’s “Light Up The Night” Recipe, At Last!
In response to readers who’ve been clamoring for us to run the recipe for Grit Cakes and Smoked Tomato Salsa that we served up at our Light Up The Night event last September in New York City, we’re happy to print it right here. It yields a lot, making it perfect for parties. We’ve kept the cake and salsa recipes […]
This Kid Wants to Beat Daniel Humm
Flynn McGarry, 13, cuts a new path to chefdom. When a culinary wunderkid who has already apprenticed in some of the country’s best restaurants cites YouTube among his chief inspirations, the old path to a career as chef has been rocked. Flynn McGarry is the cooking prodigy who runs a monthly supper club, EUREKA, out of his family’s California home, […]
Big Thanks To Some of Our Favorite Artisans
Just wanted to show our genuine appreciation to all of the artisans whose amazing small batch foods we featured at the Light Up The Night celebration September 21. Some items we served together, like Effie’s Homemade Corncakes topped with Bellwether Farms Ricotta; Brooklyn Brine Fennel Beets topped with Belle Chevre Goat Cheese; and Bloody Mary shooters with McClure’s Bloody Mary […]
Light Up the Night: One Fantastic Night
Cooking Light‘s Light Up The Night event in New York City last Friday was, by all accounts, a delicious success. Our star-studded stable of ultra-talented chefs and mixologists put out some amazing treats for close to 800 people. Among the highlights: *A gorgeously fresh fall salad from Hugh Acheson with edamame, perfectly boiled eggs, baby greens, and roasted shiitakes *Michael […]
The Best Brisket
Brisket is an indulgence, but as long as it’s not an over-indulgence, it can be part of a healthy lifestyle. And here’s the thing: if you’re going to eat brisket, make it amazing brisket—fork tender, juicy, deeply beefy, complexly smoked. Personally, I was never much of a brisket guy. I’d always found it a little lacking, compared with other barbecued […]
