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Eleni Vlachos' Vegan Thanksgiving Sidesteps Politics For Communitynew

"Holidays should be warm, like vinyl." Vlachos shares her award-winning recipe for veggie pot pie with savory roux.
INDY Week |
Ashley Melzer |
11-24-2010 |
Food+Drink
Thanksgiving WIthout The Allergensnew

How to make Thanksgiving dinner for 20 guests without using butter, milk, eggs and flour.
INDY Week |
Staff |
11-05-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Gluten
There's Nothing Scary About This Halloween Candynew

Allergen-safe All Hallows' Eve treats.
INDY Week |
Joyce Clark Hicks |
10-07-2010 |
Food+Drink
Safe Birthday Cakes Worth the Candlesnew

Recipe for Depression-era Cockeyed Cake that uses oil and vinegar in place of eggs and dairy, plus a list of local bakeries that cater to those with allergies.
INDY Week |
Joyce Clark Hicks |
09-03-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Recipes
Uncovering the Recipe to Chinese Bubble Teanew

I have leveraged my countless good deeds as a husband and prevailed on my wife to develop a facsimile recipe for zhen zhu nai cha.
INDY Week |
David A. Ross |
08-31-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Bubble Tea
Chef David Chang of Momofuku Muses on Eating Everythingnew

From pork-heavy menus to rock-heavy soundtracks, from spare plywood interiors to "no VIP" online reservations, New York chef and restaurateur David Chang has developed a reputation as a nonconformist. He also has a tendency to drop F-bombs in conversation.
INDY Week |
Jane Hobson Snyder |
02-19-2010 |
Food+Drink
Celebrate George's Lighter Side with President Washington's Porternew
The first president was partial to a style of ale called porter, which makes him something of a follower of fashion. Porter was the first mass-marketed, must-have beer. In early 18th-century London, pub-goers enjoyed a mixed beer cocktail that blended brown ale, pale ale and stale (meaning aged) beer.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
02-04-2010 |
Food+Drink
Imperial Beers for Plucky Palatesnew
Modern American craft brewers, being partial to supersized approaches to brewing, have embraced the imperial stout style. And an interesting shift has occurred in terminology: "Imperial" has ceased to mean royal and now refers to an outsized interpretation of a traditional beer style.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
12-02-2009 |
Food+Drink
Broasted Squash Carries the Harvest into Winternew
Home food at its comfiest, winter squash has taken a new center stage in cooking with local flavors and ingredients because it's available all winter at the markets. Recipes abound -- a cursory Google search turned up 70-plus recipes, many of them similar. Here's one for Broasted Winter Squash.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
10-30-2009 |
Food+Drink
How Pure is Pure?new
"Brewed according to the Beer Purity Laws" -- when American beer drinkers see this as part of a beer promotion, they might wonder: Whose laws? And how pure?
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
08-06-2009 |
Food+Drink
Suds and Flames Make Great Summer Mealsnew

Caramel is the reason beer goes with grilled food and wine often doesn't. Here are some beer and summer food pairings, followed by some recipes for beer-based summer sauces.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
07-02-2009 |
Food+Drink
Green Beers That Are More Al Gore Than Dr. Seussnew
Green beers are friendlier to the environment, and most of the ingredients are grown without pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. For a beer to be USDA-approved organic, 95 percent of its ingredients must be organic.
INDY Week |
Matthew McGibney |
06-18-2009 |
Food+Drink
Winter Seasonal Beer Draws a Warm Receptionnew
Brewers have traditionally adjusted their recipes to suit the season, with lighter drinks for the hot months and heftier brews to fight the chill.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
12-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Chili Weather is Comingnew

Made ahead and stowed in the fridge or freezer, homemade chili is convenience food at its healthiest. The meals can be easily made from end-of-season veggies and economical beans. With recipe for Black Bean Chili.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
10-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
Making the Most of Winter Squashnew

Like eggplant, winter squash has the potential to be a weekly regular at the locavore dinner table and in the next day's lunchbox. With recipes for Savory Winter Squash Soup and Mashed Winter Squash.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
10-16-2008 |
Food+Drink