This Japanese beef and potato stew is the ‘ultimate comfort food’

Cookbook author Rie McClenny's debut cookbook, "Make It Japanese," is a lesson in adapting recipes to available ingredients.

This chicken stew in coconut milk is sweet, sour and deeply savory

Culinary historian and author Sandra Gutierrez shares a recipe for pollo en coco from her new book 'Latinísimo.'

Whiskey wooing young Chinese as top distillers target a growing market

A French wine and spirits group says the whisky is produced using traditional whiskey-making techniques combined with Chinese characteristics including locally grown barley.

Five crowd-pleasing sour cream dips for easy entertaining

Do you schmear what I schmear? Bagels are the new Christmastime tradition

Local bakeries say demand for the once quintessential Jewish bread spikes during holidays, including Christian ones.

My mother’s Sicilian cassata cake nods to her smart frugality and love

The recipe for layered pound cake, covered with chocolate fudge, is a family favorite for the holidays.

Maine restaurants are cooking up free holiday meals for whoever wants one

Crispy Gai, with the help of other Portland restaurants, is making free Christmas Eve meals to be delivered to anyone who asks. Taj in South Portland is offering free meals on Christmas Day.

Where to eat out on Christmas Day in Maine

From prix-fixe meals and buffets to Chinese takeout and bagels, several Maine restaurants will be open Monday and ready to feed you.

This chicken paprikash lightens up a classic but keeps the big flavor

This popular Hungarian stew gets its bright flavor from aromatic, intensely hued paprika.

Bake shrimp under a blanket of garlicky breadcrumbs for a quick meal

This quick baked dish with seasoned breadcrumbs comes in handy on harried weeknights.