Unsure of what to do with those stale, random pieces of bread floating around at the end of the week after your family has used the "good" pieces for avocado toast and sandwich recipes? Or have a few ...

French toast is often best when using slightly stale bread, but you don't necessarily have to wait. When using fresh bread, ...

Bread crumbs are the new kale. Well, maybe not — but they are pretty terrific. Toasted with garlic and olive oil, they can lend a textural and flavorful crunch to a variety of foods. You’d never know ...

Spice up a simple, fresh pasta with homemade breadcrumbs for a dish that will satisfy the whole family. "This is one of those elemental yet marvelous pastas made from almost nothing but a cook's ...

Pasta with garlicky bread crumbs, eggplant and tomatoes is everything you want in a colorful weeknight dinner. By Melissa Clark My teenage daughter, Dahlia, likes to snack on flakes of sea salt, ...

For a pleasant change of pace, we toss crisp, golden breadcrumbs with the pasta instead of the usual grated cheese. If you don't have orecchiette, replace them with shells, bow ties, rotelle, or ...

Buying precooked beets, which I see at more and more grocery stores these days, makes this soup incredibly quick and easy to throw together, but you can use your own home-cooked beets if you like by ...