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• Now, the Side Dishes: Quick and Simple or a Bit More Complex

  Some cooks want a simpler game plan, while others are looking to trick out the meal with a few challenges and a little luxury. Read More... Posted Nov 18 2008, 01:53 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Potatoes, Mushrooms, Cabbage, Thanksgiving Day, Brussels Sprouts

• A Good Appetite: Almost Heaven: Leftover Mashed Potatoes, Uplifted

  Leftover mashed potatoes normally head straight for the trash can, but this year they are destined for a higher purpose. Read More... Posted Nov 14 2008, 03:26 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Potatoes, Thanksgiving Day

• Recipes for Health: Celery and Potato Soup

  This simple potage is brought to life by the tiny amount of walnut oil that’s drizzled onto each serving. Read More... Posted Nov 12 2008, 11:36 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Potatoes, Soups, Celery

• The Food Chain: To Counter Problems of Food Aid, Try Spuds

  Food scientists are proposing a novel solution for the global food crisis: Let them eat potatoes. Read More... Posted Oct 26 2008, 02:26 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Grain, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), International Trade and World Market, Potatoes, China, India, United Nations, Peru, Food Aid

• Recipes for Health: Lettuce and Potato Soup

  A novel use for the outer leaves of lettuce that are too tough for a salad. Read More... Posted Oct 24 2008, 10:02 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Potatoes, Soups, Diet and Nutrition, Lettuce

• Recipes for Health: Warm Potato Salad with Goat Cheese

  You can use Yukon golds, fingerlings or red bliss potatoes for this warm, creamy salad. Read More... Posted Oct 23 2008, 09:57 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Salad Dressings, Potatoes, Diet and Nutrition

• Recipes for Health: Potato and Leek Gratin With Cumin

  A main dish gratin with a Mediterranean flavor. Read More... Posted Oct 22 2008, 01:09 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Potatoes

• Recipes for Health: In Defense of Potatoes

  A “poor man’s bouillabaisse” with saffron for a touch of luxury to any dish. Read More... Posted Oct 20 2008, 11:26 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Potatoes, Soups

• Chile and Peru Vie in Spat Over Spud

  Peru and Chile’s argument over the origins of the potato is the latest in a long string of arguments on issues big and small. Read More... Posted May 31 2008, 09:10 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Potatoes, Chile, International Relations, Peru

• J. R. Simplot, Farmer Who Developed First Frozen French Fries, Dies at 99

  Mr. Simplot fashioned an entrepreneurial career that included developing the first commercial frozen French fry. Read More... Posted May 27 2008, 10:02 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Potatoes, Deaths (Obituaries), Millionaires and Billionaires, Simplot, J R, French Fries

• Food Stuff: 1 Potato, 2 Potato and 3 if You’re Miss Piggy

  With burlap sacks in his window, Jason Apfelbaum has turned the retail part of his catering business, Chef & Company, into Totally Baked, a potato bar. You won’t find a nuked spud with sour cream here, but how about a baked potato with braised brisket... Posted Apr 03 2008, 07:42 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Restaurants, Potatoes

• Op-Ed Contributor: The Fungus That Conquered Europe

  Americans may think of the disease that destroyed Ireland’s potato crops as a European phenomenon, but its devastations actually started with them. Read More... Posted Mar 16 2008, 08:29 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Grain, United States, History, Ireland, Famine, Potatoes