Whole-grain bagels, the Peter Reinhart way

The joys of discovering heirloom tomatoes

Found: The perfect, inexpensive mandoline

Get sconed!

Bored with bacon bits? Try some new ideas for topping salads this summer.

Cook pasta the energy-saving way

Tomatoes from the kindergarten garden (meanwhile, my basil withers)

Get the scoop: Homemade tortilla chips

What to do with cream left over from making gelato? Make more gelato, of course!

Magic beans: Christmas Limas from Rancho Gordo

Baked (also known as shirred) eggs

This year I resolve to eat more glittering sugar-coated balls of cookie dough.