Beginning this week, I’ll be writing a weekly entry called “Ask the Chef”. Who am I, you might ask? My name is Carol Blonder. I’ve been contributing to Chow Bella for a few weeks. I have worked as a ...

Green beans are delicious and healthy! Learn with Byron as he teaches you to make some amazing green beans with toasted ...

I am sitting in my office on this hot, still, Los Angeles afternoon, listening to the mockingbirds and thinking about the fact that in one week I’ll be in Provence. In many ways, this dry summer day ...

Until last week I thought almond producers had found every way under the spring sun to market their product: in the shell, whole, blanched, slivered, sliced, ground into flour and pressed into oil.

Combine the sugar, salt, and chili in a small serving vessel and mix.Pour the oil into a separate bowl. Dip the green almonds in the oil first, then in the chili-salt mix. And listen to Nate of Fat ...

Plan your historic Georgetown sightseeing around a meal at Green Almond Pantry, a little market and lunch counter tucked away in a food hall a few blocks from bustling M Street. Chef Cagla Onal-Urel ...

It may seem baffling to anyone under 30, but it used to be cutting-edge cookery to take perfectly perky green beans and simmer them to smithereens. Any sign of crispness was cooked out. They had the ...

This is a bright variation of the classic French side dish, Green Beans Almondine, in which the beans are sauteed in butter and garnished with toasted almonds. Instead of butter, this simple variation ...

Think of green almonds as nuts interrupted, harvested before the shells have hardened and the nuts have fully formed. Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures have long enjoyed them in their fuzzy ...

Onal-Urel will open the cafe and market from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday to start. She’s excited to have a grill in the space, expanding the possibilities of future dinner specials, ...

Boil beans in water with a pinch of salt for about 3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain beans and plunge into ice water for a few seconds. Drain beans again and pat dry. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter ...

The counter is only eight stools long, with a couple of lonely bulbs hanging from the ceiling to illuminate the angled wood bar, God’s original communal table. Truth be told, there’s not much need for ...