Adapted from a Cook's Illustrated method, DiGregorio first uses the microwave to remove most of the moisture. The slow cooker ...

Call it the little onion that could. When Megan Kiley discovered the unusual allium in her parents’ Needham garden, she wasn’t sure just what to call it. “It looked normal at first,’’ she recalls. Her ...

Slowly cooked over lower heat, the sugars inherent in onions are released, making onions a flavorful and complementary topping for soups and garnish on a sandwich or steak. Caramelized onions are also ...

I was talking with my friends — Mary, who is an excellent waitress at the Waffle Shop on North Atherton Street, and Tommy, who does the piano bar at the American Ale House plus a host of other ...

The daughter met me at the back door: “What is this stuff?” she asked. It was Monday night, our regular date for her to come over and wash her clothes and then eat dinner and watch “Dexter” with me ...

At the start of each new spring growing season I try to find something to grow that is different, out of the ordinary and quirky. When you have gardening friends, that “find” often comes from them, ...