Most plants don’t intimidate me, in the kitchen or otherwise. On the contrary, we’re usually fast friends. My first encounter with kohlrabi, for instance, started with fascination — that ...

In warm climates with plenty of sun, lemongrass grows like a weed. Such is the case in my mom’s backyard in Los Angeles, where the bushy tropical grass stands over three feet tall. If you find ...

It can be difficult to put all necessary information into the instructions of a recipe. Recipes have, over the decades, gotten much more detailed, but they still, for the most part, assume a certain ...

Mussels from Prince Edward Island, cockles from New Zealand, periwinkles from Cape Cod and clams from Vancouver -- the shellfish on our dinner plates have flown in from all over for the occasion. And ...

Whenever we make this beef curry, we tend to double or triple the quantities. It’s a fabulous dish for a potluck or to freeze for a busy day. Larger quantities take longer to cook, so you might want ...

Lisa Gardner, pastry chef at Maple Drive in Beverly Hills, has incorporated lemon grass into a rice pudding. “It’s really nice and fresh tasting,” she says, explaining that chef Eric Klein “wanted to ...

Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is a grass-like plant with a lemon scent. It has been used in folk medicine to aid digestion, reduce fevers and headaches, relieve insect bites, and lower high blood ...

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