May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours.

May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours.

The soufflé is considered the prima donna of the culinary world. The timbale is her more even-tempered relative. On closer acquaintance, both become quite tractable and are great glamorizers for leftover foods.

A pig resembles a saint in that he is more honored after death than during his lifetime.

Correct the seasoning' - how that time-tested direction stimulates the born cook!

Dried peas and beans, being rather on the dull side, much like dull people respond readily to the right contacts.

Nothing stimulates the practiced cook's imagination like an egg.