Well Fed Network

Posted by Kristen Doyle on Just Baking
I am in a major funk. I have no idea what is wrong with me lately, but I just feel like getting back into bed each morning and pulling the covers over my head until winter passes. I’m sick of the snow. I’m sick of the frigid temperatures. I’m […]

Posted by Chuck Marting on Get Your Grill On
Of all the appetizers I have done over the years, none of them have received the reviews and requests I get for more then the ABT (Atomic Buffalo Turds). I wrote an article for “Get Your Grill On” a couple of months ago on the preparation and […]

Posted by Sarah Caron on A Nice Cuppa
There was a time, not too long ago, where my route to work included a pit stop at the Starbucks on my way to the office. Being that it was right around the corner, more often than not there was a second drop-in later in the day too. […]

Posted by Lucy Nixon on Fit Fare.
Once upon a time, bakers used butter …
Anyone who has ever baked a cake, cookie, biscuit or pastry, knows that baking needs fat, and traditionally, the best fats to use have been butter or lard.
These are saturated fats, and have become deeply unfashionable in the popular mind as […]

Posted by Jaden Hair on Paper Palate.

Do you know what I call smart? Taking something from “works awesome” (No-Knead Bread) to the level of “KICK-ASS.” Which is exactly what authors of the book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois, have done. Oh yeah, and I hold them both directly […]

Posted by Andrew Barrow on The Spirit World.
Cisk Lager is about to become available in the United States for the first time in its brewery’s 168-year history.
For those who just said ‘what?”, Cisk Lager is the signature beer of Malta.
The Maltese producers have won numerous international awards, including Cisk’s prestigious distinction as the World’s Best Standard […]

Posted by Cate O’Malley on Wine Sediments
Apparently I don’t get out much. Until recently, I didn’t know that some restaurants charge as much as $250 per bottle for their corkage fee. Excuse me, but that is insane. As Lettie Teague in Food and Wine magazine asked recently, “What could you get for […]

Posted by Stuart Reb Donald on Edible TV
Bravo has announced the new lineup for season four of Top Chef. Returning to host Top Chef: Chicago is the breathtakingly beautiful Padma Lakshmi. Food Network fans will remember Padma hosting two episodes of Food Planet where she gave viewers one hour excursions into Spain and India. Nerds […]

Posted by Solange Berchemin on Paper Palate
Sometimes you get a moment of serendipity when the universe makes sense. On Monday, I was brought an offering of Seville oranges, which is quite some gift as it is more or less impossible to find these particularly bitter citruses any longer. At the market stall where I annually […]

Posted by Sarah Caron on The Cook’s Kitchen.
In college, my flatware was the cheapest set I could find at The Christmas Store. I think I spent a whopping $2 or $3 on it. And when you spend $2 or $3, it shows. The cute black handles didn’t attach well to the metal part, and the […]