T. Susan Chang
T. Susan Chang regularly writes about food and reviews cookbooks for The Boston Globe, NPR.org and the Washington Post. She's the author of A Spoonful of Promises: Recipes and Stories From a Well-Tempered Table (2011). She lives in western Massachusetts, where she also teaches food writing at Bay Path College and Smith College. She blogs at Cookbooks for Dinner.
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For many, Thanksgiving will be the first holiday where family gathers since the start of the pandemic. We offer some cookbooks that aim to keep meal prep easy, so there's more time for loved ones.
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The rebels, rule breakers and renegades who rule this year's Top 10 list aren't looking for a Ph.D. in Traditional Cooking. They're pleasure seekers whose books are filled with quirky facts, gorgeous pictures and ingredients deployed in unexpected places.
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When T. Susan Chang was young, her mother would make egg soup for her when she got sick. Now, the food writer poaches a few eggs from her chickens' nests to make these soups when her kids get the sniffles.
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Snapping turtles look to suburban New England gardens to lay eggs as their habitats are increasingly threatened. So the next time you're checking the progress of the peas and lettuce this spring, beware.
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Orange and chocolate taste great together, according to T. Susan Chang (and her husband). She shares recipes that combine citrus, chocolate and the currency of love.
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T. Susan Chang grew up loving mint chip ice cream in all its pastel-green glory. During her grand culinary experiments as an adult to re-create that unnaturally vivid shade, Chang has rediscovered the transporting power of ice cream.
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Morels are a chef's mushroom, opulent, earthy tasting, and delectable in cream. T. Susan Chang muses on her fascination with the wild fungi -- and the devotees who brave countless miles of poison ivy and pests to forage for them.
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Many people equate pea soup with the heavy autumnal concoction. T. Susan Chang shares her recipe for a bright and fresh chilled pea soup that anticipates summer.