Friday, March 25, 2011 at 4:00AM 
By Craig Deppe
When you learn and apply some of the basic knife skills, working in the kitchen becomes so much more pleasant. I’ll never forget the first time I learned the easy way to dice an onion or shallot – it was an epiphany!
How could I have been so uninformed? I needed to learn more.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 4:00AM 
If you’ve ever wished your kids would eat salad, maybe the Waldorf is for you. Oscar Tschirky, the maître d'hôtel of the famed Waldorf Astoria, must have had his kids in mind when he created this colorful, child-friendly salad a century ago. It’s the perfect combination of crunchy veggies, sweet fruit and toasted nuts. Ben and Nick call it “trail mix salad.”
We’ve updated the ingredients and flavors of this classic slightly to appeal to our boys’ tastes. It makes the perfect side dish for lunch or dinner, and even a weekend snack. The best thing though, is how the boys customized it … they eat it in butter lettuce cups. It’s fun, delicious and healthy.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 4:00PM 
By Lori Powell
Well, winter hasn’t lost her sense of humor, but I’m really not getting the joke. We are expecting somewhere between four to six inches of snow.
Plants are going back indoors and my shovel is at the ready but at least this time, I only have to deal with a very, very short driveway and a garage! Livin’ in High Cotton!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 5:12AM 
For an authentic taste of German cuisine you could hop a direct flight from JFK to Frankfurt on Main or, simply stir up a batch of the city’s signature green sauce. Seasonal aromatics star in this fresh, creamy mixture traditionally composed of no less than seven spring herbs.
Hey Newbies!
Not only does this regional sauce bear the season’s characteristic color, its components provide green cooks the opportunity to get acquainted with a couple of key culinary techniques.
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 4:00AM 
By Sandy Hu
At Special Fork, all our recipes take no more than 30 minutes of prep time. Cooking time is extra. But some of our speediest recipes can be prepped AND cooked in about 30 minutes. Occasionally, I’ll be highlighting some of these recipes from the Special Fork mobile recipe database because we all can use some timesaving dinner ideas in our cooking repertoire.