Imagine yourself in Paris, hungry, sans reservations, but with a serious hankering for veal blanquette. If such a happy fate befalls you -- and you can’t rustle up a Left Bank native for a bistro ...

Whizzed-up breadcrumbs from the end of a loaf can be stored in the freezer. As long as they’re very dry to begin with, you ...

Linguiça, a smoky, spicy Portuguese sausage available at most grocery stores, is the key ingredient that gives this quick and easy braise personality and depth. A short saute of the linguica, along ...

Note: From “The Bistros, Brasseries and Wine Bars of Paris,” by Daniel Young. Young calls for skin-on cod fillets but The Times’ Test Kitchen used the more widely available skinless. Bristol Farms ...