Food & Cooking

An air fryer fried fish recipe that’s crispy and quick

By Amanda M. Rye 2 days ago

The fish fries attract lines of cars as folks gather to pick up food after work, but fried fish also is something we frequently made at home during the season when many Christians abstain from meat, especially on Fridays. We’d slip battered trout and catfish fillets into hot oil in a black cast-iron skillet and fry them until they turned golden on the outside and flaky on the inside.

I love fried foods, but it can be a messy kitchen project, especially on a weeknight, and these days I’ve relegated deep-fried foods to the occasional treat.

Recently, Cynthia R. Greenlee wrote in The Post about how an air fryer reignited her cooking enthusiasm, something she was losing because of the pandemic. She offered insight about how she once “groused … that these miniature convection ovens aren’t fryers at all. Instead, they surround food in an El Niño of hot air,

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People upset after white food blogger calls noodle dish ‘pho’

By Amanda M. Rye 2 days ago

Tieghan Gerard, the creator of the popular food blog Half Baked Harvest, found herself in hot water after posting a “quick” noodle recipe that she incorrectly called “pho.”

The popular recipe creator shared a noodle soup recipe to her blog titled “Weeknight ginger pho ga (Vietnamese chicken soup)” in February. The recipe, as many pointed out, was not really pho — instead, it was more of a quick noodle dish with caramelized chicken and a “sweet, spicy, tangy sesame chile sauce.”

Immediately, Gerard’s fans began to criticize the inappropriate title on Instagram. Some commenters explained that pho shouldn’t be a quick dish to begin with and that several of the steps in her recipe — like caramelizing the chicken — would not have gone into a traditional pho recipe.

“What upset me the most was that she passed it off as pho,” Suzanne Nuyen, a Vietnamese American recipe developer

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What Is Recipeasly and Why Are Food Bloggers Mad About It?

By Amanda M. Rye 3 days ago

Over the weekend, product manager and engineer Tom Redman announced on Twitter that he and two friends were launching Recipeasly, a website for those looking to collect online recipes without having to read the many words of the recipe’s creator. The site, he advertises, is “your favourite recipes except without the ads or life stories.”

Within three hours of his announcement, Redman tweeted that the new site “struck a chord,” though not the chord he and his co-creators were likely hoping for. The trope of cooking bloggers launching into long-winded, often personal introductions before sharing a recipe is enough of a widespread pet peeve that they surely thought their new tool would be useful and welcome. However, Redman was met by instant pushback from critics who immediately pointed out that Recipeasly, as described, was stealing other people’s work. As Food and Wine senior editor Kat Kinsman tweeted, “Wait,

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75 Best Low-Carb Dishes for Dinner, Lunch or Snacks

By Amanda M. Rye 3 days ago

Low-carb diets are as popular as ever. But finding low-carb dishes that aren’t the same old, same old can be tough. That’s why we rounded up our favorite low-carb recipes from the thousands of Parade recipes. Remember, low-carb recipes can be just as satisfying and flavorful as dishes that are high in carbs. (Yes, recipes without lots of bread can still be great!) Bacon-wrapped onion rings, chicken wings, deviled eggs and guacamole are just some of the low-carb snack and appetizer options to make for holidays and family get-togethers. Cheap low-carb salads and soups are perfect for quick lunches and won’t weigh you down into an afternoon slump before the workday is done.

With so many low-carb versions of classic recipes available, you can still enjoy your favorite comfort food dishes on a low-carb diet. From roast chicken to low-carb shepherd’s pie, there are easy low-carb dinner recipes with plenty

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