Getting Creative with Broccoli I love a culinary challenge, which is why I decided to eat broccoli every day for a week, but in a different form each time. I made a soup, a stir-fry, a casserole, a salad, a quesadilla, a drink and a dip. Should you eat broccoli every day? It is a powerhouse vegetable, so it would be a health-savvy thing to do.

Calling All Garlic Lovers Do you have a food obsession? I have an addiction to dark chocolate and share another passion enjoyed by many: I adore garlic.

Fresh Herbs Make A Great Sauce Recently, I created my own refreshing herb sauce, perfect for warm days. Serve this bright green sauce with grilled, broiled or poached fish or chicken, or try my recipe for "Chilled Shrimp with Green Sauce."

Marinated Artichokes Fit For a Star If you have only experienced bottled or canned artichokes, you must try the fresh version at least once. Understanding that you may hesitate to wrestle with fresh artichokes, we've created directions that simplify trimming away their tough outer leaves and spiky tips. Includes recipe for Marinated Artichokes.

A Super Steak Salad Americans love beef. Eating most foods is fine in moderation, and this includes a nice piece of juicy beef. And what tastes better at a summer barbecue than grilled steak?

Tangy Citrus Chicken Features Tender Cutlets If, like me, you have resisted pounding chicken cutlets, trust me, it is worth the effort. Besides helping the chicken cook evenly, pounding tenderizes it. This helps cutlets come out as delicate in this Citrus Chicken, my version of picatta, as they are when served in the most exclusive restaurants.

Canned Salmon is a Good Choice Research keeps offering more reasons for eating fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids, particularly salmon. Canned salmon is a great choice because most of it is wild fish and costs perhaps one-tenth of what fresh wild salmon does. Includes recipe for Salmon Cakes.

Marrying Two Middle Eastern Favorites Using ingredients associated with Mediterranean roots can compensate for reduced fat content and add flavor in the process. These include puréed beans, garlic and yogurt. Baba ghanouj is a spread or dip made with roasted eggplant and tahini, which is ground sesame seed paste.

Spring Brings Sweet Vidalia Onions Thanks to today's system of shipping, almost every kind of fresh produce is now available year round, from strawberries to asparagus. Still, a sure culinary sign of spring is the arrival of the year's new crop of sweet Vidalia onions from Georgia.

An Easy Dinner In a Packet In Latin America, fish are baked in banana leaves. In France, they are baked in parchment. This technique seals in moisture and flavor. Home cooks anywhere can do the same thing with aluminum foil. Includes recipe for Oven-Baked Salmon With Snow Peas.

Tomato Soup Good For Body and Soul Inhaling the aroma of a steaming bowl of canned tomato soup, while gazing at its velvety orange-red color, recalls for many people comforting childhood memories. In fact, tomato soup ranks high on the list of American comfort foods.

Is There a French Paradox? How can the French eat a high-fat diet, yet face lower than expected rates of heart disease? Some people have thought that wine is such a beneficial drink that it can undo the damage of a rich diet. But research shows that much more than wine drinking affects the health of the French.

A New View of Peanuts Peanuts have been a cocktail or bar snack for decades, and are often referred to as almost a joke, as in "that's worth peanuts." But for ages, health- and diet-conscious adults have avoided peanuts because of their high-fat content. Includes recipe for "African Chicken Stew."

Fusion Cooking For Everyday Today, "fusion cooking," the marrying of ingredients and techniques from different culinary cultures, is featured in many restaurants as if it were a new phenomenon. Learn about the origin of this style and try the featured "Shrimp with Asian Pear, Red Peppers and Peas" recipe.