Food

Mealtimes by the Caspian Sea were always displays of abundance. Omid Roustaei's extended family would gather every summer, swimming at the beach in the morning and returning to mounds of food at the family villa.

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In her new cookbook, “Kapusta: Vegetable-Forward Recipes from Eastern Europe,” Alissa Timoshkina calls cabbage rolls “a culinary genre in their own right.

Cabbage would seem to check a lot of boxes for what's prized these days in Western food circles. It's nutritious and inexpensive. Seasonal . Colorful. Climate-hardy. Fermentable. So why does it still struggle for respect? “It's about how you cook it.

Chicken paprikash is a saucy blend of chicken, onions, sour cream and lots of paprika.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the dye known as Red 3 from the nation’s food supply in January, setting deadlines for stripping the brightly hued additive from candies and cough syrup, baked goods and frozen treats.

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Chocolate is a must-have for Valentine’s Day, but it needn’t be fussy.