Michelle Locke

The food of the Mediterranean

A fresh take on fast food at home

Interview with SF chef Kathy Fang

The Milk Street Cookbook will help to change the way you cook. This 560-page companion to the Milk Street Television Show contains every recipe from the first three seasons — episodes airing from September 2017 through August 2020. Better yet, each recipe is displayed in oversized color photography. Order today for big flavors. Simple recipes. Better cooking.

Magazine article on a flavorful, economical cut for holiday roasting.

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Dear Home Cook,
I grew up learning how to cook classic American food, from fried chicken to hermits, from spaghetti and meatballs to apple pie. And I learned the rules. How to cream butter and sugar. How to sauté meat for a stew. How to layer a casserole. How to cook pasta.
But the world of home cooking, and its rules, have changed. We no longer dump sauce on pasta; we finish them together. We no longer s...

Magazine article on a delicious holiday dessert.

Part of the team that put together this fabulous, James Beard Award-winning book of everyday recipes.

Christopher Kimball, one of Epicurious' 100 Greatest Home Cooks of All Time, teaches a simple, bold, and healthy new way to cook.
For more than twenty-five years, Christopher Kimball has promised home cooks that his recipes would work. Now, with his team of cooks and editors at Milk Street, he promises that a new approach in the kitchen can elevate the quality of your cooking far beyond anything you thought possible.
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street, the first cookbook connected to Milk Stre...

Winter had trespassed into spring the day I visited Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg, Austria, where Julie Andrews and the Von Trapp children sang and danced their way through “Do-Re-Mi.” Snowflakes stuck to my nose and eyelashes and also found their icy way down my neck.
Not that I cared. As a fan of “The Sound of Music” since forever, I was thrilled to skip in the footsteps of Maria & Co., snow and all.
Turns out visiting the setting of a much-loved movie is a popular pastime, from the bar of t...

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2017, file photo, Britain’s Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle pose for photographers during a photocall in the grounds of Kensington Palace. Fans of the British royals will want to include castles, Westminster Cathedral and other sites connected to Queen Elizabeth II and her family on any trip to England. (Matt Dunham, File/Associated Press)
LONDON — You got up in the wee hours to watch Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot in 2011. (And, if you’re of...

PARIS (AP) — Thirsty for fabulous sightseeing, strolling and shopping? Paris has got you covered. Or maybe you’re simply . thirsty. No problem. Whether you fancy Champagne atop the Eiffel Tower or coffee at a sidewalk cafe, here are five ways to raise a toast, Parisian style.
POP AT THE TOP
A flute of Champagne is a celebration. A flute of Champagne at the pinnacle of the Eiffel Tower is just that little bit extra. An elegant and enduring monument to 19th-century know-how, the tower attracts ...

Crowds and prices go down in fall, but Lake Tahoe remains a beautiful spot to visit.

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — You don't have to visit France's Champagne region to get a bubbly fix. Just head to Sonoma County, California, north of San Francisco.
Some wineries are quite old, like Buena Vista Winery, founded in 1857. Korbel, founded in 1882, makes 960,000 cases of its flagship Korbel Brut a year.
Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards planted the classic grapes of Champagne here in the 1980s but the family has made Spanish Freixenet for centuries. Also worth a stop: J Vineyards and Iron H...