Years ago, I started a tradition on Christmas Eve of serving up hot soups with an array of breads and crackers. A cup of hot cider and homemade cookies completed the simple meal that we shared ...

Jeffrey Bergamini has adapted a recipe from Flying Dog Brewery’s cookbook “Dog Chow” to win two free tickets to the California Beer Festival, which runs Aug. 11-13 at Aptos Village Park. The recipe, ...

Over low heat, add smoked bacon to a 4 to 6 quart heavy pot. Slowly render the fat and then increase the heat to medium to make the bacon crisp. Remove the bacon from the pan and set aside. Leave ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KFSN) -- It started 15 years ago as a challenge. The kitchen staff at San Francisco's Blue Mermaid Restaurant wanted to spice up their crab chowder, so they tossed in a few ingredients ...

Cream, butter, crabmeat, and shrimp — what's not to like? But the game-changing ingredient of this rich chowder from Andrew Zimmern is an easy homemade stock using existing ingredients (cobs from the ...