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Similar to matzo brei—an egg-and-matzo creation popular among Ashkenazi Jews—these matzo pancakes use only two main ingredients and come together in just minutes, for a quick, easy, and delicious breakfast. It's great for Passover, but perfect any other time as well.

Every year, I see Passover-friendly recipes that frighten me: brick-like honey cakes, “sponge” cakes that still haunt my mother (who receives these in lieu of birthday cakes most years,…

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Like eating raw brownie batter—but without the stomach ache.

The Underground Gourmet’s guide to the city’s semi-secret, out-of-sight, and truly off-the-beaten-path restaurants.

One of my deepest, darkest secrets (and perhaps the greatest evidence of my self-sufficiency) is this peanut butter and jelly mug cake. I make it for myself whenever I'm in the middle of a Grey's Anatomy episode and need something sweet to tide me over until Meredith's closing monologue, which always makes me cry. It gives me that little boost of energy I need to really let it all out and just bawl. And if some of my tears go into the cake, all the better; the salt helps brings out the peanut butter flavor. Special thanks to Ella Quittner, mug cake expert, for her help developing this one.

Spiced chickpeas are crisped in olive oil, then simmered in a garlicky coconut milk for an insanely creamy, basically-good-for-you stew While the chickpeas would be good as a side dish, they are further simmered with stock, bolstered with dark, leafy greens of your choosing and finished with a handful of fresh mint When shopping, be sure to avoid low-fat coconut milk, coconut milk meant for drinking or cream of coconut: All are very different and would not be suitable here.

Where to find satisfying, meat-free food

Looking for prestige, New York’s masters of the fast, cheap lunch have opened a slice shop that prizes fresh mozzarella, homemade sausage and sourdough starter.

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From lemony cauliflower gemelli to hearty pumpkin-ricotta gnocchi, here are our favorite meat-free pastas.

The justices will hear oral arguments in a contentious case involving whether consumers can order from out-of-state wine shops.

The craft beer industury's most famous beers are seeing steep declines; and a beer-friendly state is finally able to sell full-proof brew in supermarkets.

Hops have become cult ingredients in IPAs and other beers. Learn how to smell and taste the difference between the most popular hops in craft beer, like Cascade, Citra, and more.