Cooking smart means more than perfectly poaching an egg. It also means maximizing your kitchen time and dollars. And mastering a basic beef stew. Beef stew has impeccable comfort-food credentials.

This recipe, adapted from one of cookbook author Pam Anderson’s, is about as basic as beef stew can get. The wine helps tenderize the beef as well as adding flavor; pick a full-bodied wine such as ...

Cooking smart means more than perfectly poaching an egg. It also means maximizing your kitchen time and dollars. And mastering a basic beef stew. Beef stew has impeccable comfort-food credentials.

Cooking smart means more than perfectly poaching an egg. It also means maximizing your kitchen time and dollars. And mastering a basic beef stew. Beef stew has impeccable comfort-food credentials.

American style, based on Wright’s basic beef stew: Add 1 pound potatoes (red, white, Yukon gold), peeled cubed; 1 1/2 carrots, scraped, diced; 1 large parsnip, scraped, diced; 1 medium turnip, peeled, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Beef stew has impeccable comfort-food credentials. A few ingredients to add to the base include carrots, rutabaga, potatoes, and ...

For the sake of education, we’ve got some tips on how to make the best basic beef stew. We scoured cookbooks from “Joy of Cooking” and “The Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking School Cookbook” through ...

When you look out the window and see piles of snow or you contemplate the still silence of leafless trees, it's stew weather. Time to stay inside, keep warm, have a cup of tea and cook up a ...

When you look out the window and see piles of snow or you contemplate the still silence of leafless trees, it's stew weather. Time to stay inside, keep warm, have a cup of tea and cook up a ...

Heat oven to 300 degrees. Season the meat with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat; add half of the meat. Cook, turning, until browned on all sides, ...