AN ITALIAN BREAKFAST Emmy Award-winning personality Giada De Laurentiis was born in Rome, and grew up in a large Italian family where the culture of food was a staple in and of itself. The granddaughter of film producer Dino De Laurentiis, Giada began her professional training at Le Cordon...

Author and food critic Ruth Reichl visits Mexico with Ian Knauer to discover the secrets of authentic Mexican cooking with Magda Bogin of the Tepoztlan cooking school, Cocinar Mexicano. Video, courtesy of Gourmet.com On the Menu: Cilantro Soup with...

Maxime Bilet, Co-author of the Modernist Cuisine, shows you how to cook Salmon Sous Vide in your kitchen sink. Watch the video courtesy of Chow.com THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media The Creative Network: www.ldcmediacreative.com For free daily alerts on what you need and want to know,...

Food critic and writer Ruth Reichl and chef Dean Fearing visit The Yangshuo Cooking School in China, where Kelly Huang and Leo Wu reveal the secrets and techniques to cooking traditional Chinese food of the region. Video courtesy of Gourmet.com. On the Menu: Yangshuo...

CHILLED AUBERGINE SOUP Daniel Patterson is an American self-taught chef who opened his first restaurant at age 25. A leading advocate of Californian cuisine, he has a reputation for combining seasonal foods with innovative techniques, such as aromatherapy, molecular gastronomy, and making his...

Author and food critic Ruth Reichl, and actress Lorraine Bracco, travel to Marrakesh, Morocco, with international food expert Peggy Markel (pictured) to discover the secrets of traditional North African cuisine in the Atlas mountains. Video courtesy of Gourmet.com On the Menu: Chicken...

You don’t need an ice cream machine to make great ice cream. Jeni Britton Bauer of Jen’s Splendid Ice Creams shows you the easy way to make ice cream in your food processor. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home recently won the James Beard Foundation top prize in the Cookbooks:...

Gourmet.com food editors Maggie Ruggiero and Ian Knauer compete to show you how to create original savoury and sweet dishes with avocado. SAVOURY Guacamole Noodles Avocado with Chilli Fried Egg on Shrimp Toast SWEET  Creme Brulee (pictured)  Avocado Marshmallow   The Pulse is...

SOFT PRAWN TACOS Australia‘s Curtis Stone is known as a ‘young gun’ in the food world, and one of the new generation of chefs. Classically trained in London under Marco Pierre White, Curtis is an author and presenter of the globally successful cooking/lifestyle programme, Surfing...

Mireille Guiliano revealed in her book, French Women Don’t Get Fat, that although they eat bread and pastry, drink wine, and regularly enjoy three-course meals, the secret is quality and variety. Marion Issard talks to Wendy Bounds on WSJ‘s Lunch Break about the smart and joyous...

POT AU CHOCOLAT Australia‘s Curtis Stone is known as a ‘young gun’ in the food world, and one of the new generation of chefs. Classically trained in London under Marco Pierre White, Curtis is an author and presenter of the globally successful cooking/lifestyle programme, Surfing...

PRET A DINER stages dining experiences by Michelin-starred chefs with art and music in different settings around Europe. This month London is the destination and the focus is on Italian cuisine: Italians Do It Better. Headed up by Giorgio Locatelli, he will also set five other Italian...