For as long as I can remember, the women of my family have gotten together every Good Friday to bake Easter pies at my parents' house.

Dosas are commonly described as South Indian crepes, but the description doesn't do them justice.

Laughing Cow cheese smells weird and looks like melted plastic, but smeared across a rye crisp cracker it is the tastiest snack imaginable.

Swiss Miss is watery and tasteless compared with many great hot cocoas. But still: I love it. And I love marshmallow Peeps, too.

Bad Chinese food is everywhere, and most Chinese food in Korea is no exception. Sometimes, though, the clash of cultures can really work.

The premise of this slim, uncomplicated volume is that by combining a handful of characteristic ingredients, you can create "flavor principles" that evoke the world's cuisines.

It's the Year of the Fire, or Golden, Pig, and while more traditional Chinese New Year meals can be had, my family likes to customize things by having fire pot, a.k.a. hot pot (huo guo in Mandarin). Variations abound, but essentially the meal...

On the Left Coast, the most exciting new food is being served south of the border and tastes of the best of the Mediterranean.

Japan is on a roll against rolls…named California, Philadelphia, and New Jersey (the latter a personal favorite from a restaurant in Manhattan).

Our schooner, the Amazon Solo, had just pulled up next to Gemiler Island, a speck of land off the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey.