Serving shareable appetizers is a way to conversate, to mingle and simply enjoy company. Good food is an icebreaker. Many appetizers feature the expected ingredients chicken, beef, chips and salsa. We ...

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the saltine crackers on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush both sides with melted butter and bake until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and ...

Sparkling wine and Champagne are usually considered a celebratory beverage -- for holidays, birthdays, graduations, a new baby, anniversaries and weddings -- though they are appropriate to drink "just ...

Instructions: Heat the oven to 425 degrees and arrange a rack in the middle. Coat an 8- by 8-inch baking dish with butter, and set aside. Place the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a ...

Who eats these things anymore? Hell, you can hardly find anchovies on a Caesar salad. And tins of smoked oysters seemed passe decades ago. But someone must appreciate the metallic, acrid mush of the ...

At Mister Jiu’s in New York City, chef Brandon Jew serves this delicate-looking, snow-white halibut in a golden broth. But the dish gets soul-deep funk from dried mushrooms, seaweed and fermented ...