Articles by Carolyn Swartz

This holiday season, I was on a roll. Okay, bad pun. But I’m thinking of two of the dishes I served at a casual open house for twenty [...]

Seven fishes. Latkes. Stollen. Black eyed peas. Holiday foods bring to mind hand-written recipes, passed down through generations, that [...]

If there were a beauty pageant for legumes, the chickpea would win Miss Congeniality. A bit dumpy, just shy of round with an oddly pointed [...]

Of all American holidays, Thanksgiving is the one we most associated with indulgence. The turkey is inevitably twice the size needed. And [...]

With Thanksgiving coming on the heels of the most contentious election cycle in memory, it might be a good time to rethink the menu. Many [...]

In Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past (the longest novel ever written) the protagonist’s adult encounter with a platter [...]

“And you know, my dear, any dish that calls for capers is even better without them.” My friend’s mother was seated next [...]