Selecting how you cook your food is as essential as what you eat. The debate between steaming and boiling is not just about consistency, but it is also about nutrition, digestion, and sustainability.

Steaming asparagus is the best method for developing sweet flavor and tenderizing the fibrous stalks. Plunging steamed asparagus into an ice bath can help you keep them vibrantly green. Roasting or ...

In the Dec. 24 "Seafood by the Season" column, we told you that lobster was great cooked in the microwave. As quick as the beep that sounds at the end of a cook cycle, hundreds of beeps went off in ...