What to make for Super Bowl snacks this Sunday
Donât be sad your friends canât come over this year. You wouldnât want to share these treats anyway.
By Chris Morris, Sally Pasley Vargas, Jill Gibson and Karoline Boehm Goodnick Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated February 5, 2021, 10:45 a.m.
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Mini Taco Cups.Sally Pasley Vargas
Let these potato skins, mini taco cups, and crispy chicken tenders be your friends this Super Bowl Sunday. It will still be a party â but a party on a plate instead.
This wonât be your average Super Bowl Sunday with a house full of guests, but these taco bites will add a little fun. Theyâre cute. Theyâre tasty. And theyâre coming soon to a table in front of a TV near you. Made in a muffin tin, the taco cups have corn tortillas as the base with a filling of black beans, plenty of cheese, and spicy ground chicken, turkey, or beef. To make the cups, square off corn tortillas by cutting off the r
How to turn takeout leftovers into something you want to eat again
Tuck these simple techniques into your tool kit, step up to the stove, and just start cooking with what you have â like chefs do on TV.
By Sheryl Julian Globe Correspondent,Updated February 2, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
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There it sits: a single meatball no one felt like eating, a chicken drumstick, the top of a bun someone pulled off a burger (saving on carbs?), a scoop of mashed potatoes, strands of spaghetti or rigatoni with a little tomato sauce. All this at one time or another sits at the bottom of the takeout container when dinner is done. Itâs a shame to discard but no one wants them.
HomeFront: Best of the Arts 2020 and more
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated December 18, 2020, 10:32 a.m.
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The year s highlights include Don t Let Me Be Misunderstood, a Nina Simone-inspired mural in the South End.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Welcome back to HomeFront, where weâre shoveling snow, counting down to the winter solstice on Monday, and hanging on every word of the news about vaccines â or, as we like to think of them, get-out-of-jail-free cards magically crammed into little glass vials. The year that warped time is finally winding down, and that means looking back at an unprecedented 12 months. Weâve missed out on a lot of communal activities in 2020 (youâre up, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Yearâs), but one thing even a pandemic canât take away is the bonding experience of arguing over arts and entertainment criticsâ year-end lists.
5 savory thank-yous for all the cooks tied to the kitchen this year
Itâs wonderful to give sweets, but folks you know making daily breakfast, lunch, and supper deserve real food in their stocking
By Sheryl Julian Globe Correspondent,Updated December 15, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
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Quiche Lorraine.Sheryl Julian for The Boston Globe
We all know cooks at home who are so swamped that theyâre leaving the kitchen only to help their kids do school work or laundry or tidy the house or take out the trash. They do not need cookies this year. They need a meal, or something to get them through another dinner, or an accompaniment to what theyâre already making.