Loofah-Art Kitchen Scrubbers; about $3.95

So what is the best thing that ever happened to an eight-buck, two-for-one chuck roast? How about a 45-cent envelope of onion soup? Oh, and you’ll need that Crock-Pot you got for a wedding present in 1982 but never used.

Escabeche (es keh BEHSH) is a dish of poached or fried fish, sometimes with sliced bell peppers and onions, that is covered with a spicy marinade and refrigerated overnight.

Impress your mother (or mother-in-law) with an invitation to join you for this festive and elegant brunch. The following menu is best for a group of six to eight guests. If you’ve gathered a larger group, you’ll want to opt for an alternate entrée or head out to eat (you’ll need too many individual ramekins).

Add this to the ever-growing pile of proof that women are from Venus and men are from Mars: Even the way they cook differs. At least that’s the opinion expressed by some of the guys ready to show off their culinary skills in Saturday’s 100 Men Who Cook benefit.

Weekly food rail, with a quiz about a state snack, an easy chicken salad recipe and more.

Some people, when they go abroad, make lists of historic sites to see or cultural institutions worthy of a visit. Angelina “Twinkle” Legaspi, a 27-year-old pastry entrepreneur from the Philippines, made a list of food she didn’t want to miss during her time in New England.

Over the years, I’ve been inexorably drawn to recipes with strange ingredients. Pickle pie comes to mind. So when I heard about potato chip cookies, I had to taste them.

Delmonico is one of those words that sounds delicious. For this reason, there are a lot of recipes claiming to be exclusives of the restaurant.

Chicken salad can intimidate beginning cooks because it is a multistep process that includes cooking the chicken, cooling it, then cutting the meat off the bone.

Kamut is a brand of wheat that has been dubbed the great-grandfather of modern grains. It has reportedly never been hybridized.

For a memorable Cinco de Mayo celebration, you could prepare a multicourse Mexican meal, hire Mexican folk dancers and a mariachi band and, of course, hang a festive chili pepper piñata. You could do all that. But do you need to? Nah. All you really need is some tasty Mexican munchies.

Weekly rail, with review of Pepperidge Farm's newest snacks, an easy focaccia recipe, food quiz and more.

Five ingredients are all you need to create this entire meal.

More people are looking to grow their own food or form partnerships with farms to get fresh, affordable food.