Rachel Wharton

Getty Images Tuna-mac is a great weeknight dinner, but plenty of casseroles -- like shrimp jambalaya or beef enchiladas -- are stellar enough to take to a potluck, serve to company or just please the family on a leisurely weekend evening. ... Read More

JupiterImages Even if you don't have your own Italian grandmother, these homey, authentic Italian favorites – like rosemary-flecked focaccia, savory meatballs, walnut-parsley pesto, rich cannelloni -- will have your dinner guests fooled. Mangia! ... Read More

Adam Nadel, PolarisPlenty of kids sell lemonade on a street corner for extra quarters, but there are some who take culinary capitalism to an entirely different level: launching their own television cooking shows at the age of 5, say, or distributing their own line of pickles to nearly every ... Read More

Getty ImagesWhy encourage even the smallest children to move into the kitchen? Because they can help you get dinner on the table, says Sandra K. Nissenberg, the Chicago author of "The Everything Kids Cookbook." And as she says "helping out at an early age, means helping out at a later age," we ... Read More