The recent cool evening temperatures have inspired me to prepare one of my favorite rustic-style foods from the French countryside. Pieces of beef, slowly simmered in an aromatic mix of beef stock, burgundy wine, carrots, pearl onions, and mushrooms create the legendary stew we know as …

I always enjoy looking in cooking stores. I can get sucked right into a Williams-Sonoma or Sur la Table in a heartbeat. Walking through the store my mind wanders thinking of all the wonderful things I could make if I only had one of these, or …