COOKING SCHOOL: Simple preparation serves scallops best

Celia Casey of Cuisine Francaise offers instrucion and a recipe for Coquilles Saint-Jacques -- better known as scallops.

Cooking can be a handful - and that's a good thing

By DANIEL NEMAN BLADE FOOD EDITOR You come home from a long, hard day at work. You just don't feel like whipping up a magret de canard en croute de sel (duck breast in a salt crust) or a quasi de veau aux pommes de terre nouvelles (veal sirloin roast with baby potatoes). And a dessert of Crme froide caramlise la cassonade (let's see, that would be a cream custard caramelized with brown sugar ...

Religious artefacts to light up Bandra Fair

This year, the Bandra Fair, which begins on September 12, will implement a new plan for stall arrangement. Fifty per cent of the 165 licensed stalls will comprise sellers of religious artefacts such as candles, wax offerings, rosaries and flowers that are offered before the statue of Mother Mary in the Basilica.

Colavita/Baci and USC Chirio to merge in 2011

America’s number one ranked cycling team, Colavita/Baci Women’s Cycling Team presented by Cooking Light will partner with Italy’s International Cycling Union (UCI) registered, ASC Chirio Forno D’Asolo Professional Women’s Cycling Team. The team will be renamed Colavita/Forno D’Asolo Pro Cycling team and maintain its UCI status in 2011.

Land of 10,000 Stories: Cooking on the car

If the purchase was meant to scream affluence, the rusty '89 Toyota Camry was a poor choice. "It hadn't been run for six or seven years," explained Dan Dresser about his must-have vehicle. "It was basically a junked car."