Russ Parsons on his close friendship with an icon of American food writing and broadcasting - and what she really thought about th(...)

With these simple storecupboard staples you can transform your cooking, if you know how

When it comes to gamey perfection, don’t overcook the meat. Instead, think pink

Russ Parsons: I was in a state of profound potato ignorance when I arrived in Ireland

Making this amazing building block to flavour takes time, but you'll end up with edible gold

Russ Parsons: The selection in California was great, but we’ve found real quality here

Russ Parsons: I came to Ireland with three knives and an instant-read thermometer

Ireland adopting Thanksgiving is as incongruous as the US honouring St Brigid’s Day

It's not always a bad thing to cook vegetables for a long time, broccoli and cauliflower can be transformed in this way

Russ Parsons: I’ve fixed them enough different ways to make a week’s worth of dinners

Patience is all you need to ripen fruit such as peaches at home. And a bit of vigilance

Embracing the ritual of cooking will do more good than following tons of tricky recipes

The stands selling Wexford strawberries seem to be popping up everywhere right now

Russ Parsons: Customers don’t come just for the meat, they come for the personal touch

The Los Angeles Times’s former food editor on a year of discovering the way Ireland really eats

Russ Parsons: I would bet most sprout-haters have only experienced ill-prepared offerings

Russ Parsons: After I was hacked I realised realised just how important the platform has been to my Irish existence

Russ Parsons: This truly does make the moistest, best-tasting turkey you’ve ever cooked

Thomas Keller: Covid-19 is hurting younger chefs who are still building their careers

‘Sometimes you have to do things wrong to decide how you want to do them again’

In the second of his monthly columns about his move to Waterford, Russ Parsons, former food editor at the Los Angeles Times, gets (...)

The first in a new monthly column by Russ Parsons, former food editor of the Los Angeles Times, who is currently living in Waterfo(...)

Russ Parsons, former food editor of the Los Angeles Times, leaves California behind and discovers Ireland’s great ingredients