Cambridge | Somerville

How do you cook for a lot of people in a home kitchen? A little math, some careful measuring, savvy and splitting and the right storage.

When you use the broiler setting on an oven, do you leave the door ajar? This question opens up a lot having to do with this high-heat cooking.

This week we're faking things: tomato soup when neither tomatoes nor basil are in season, and a flour-based sauce without flour, for those avoiding gluten.

It started with an idea for a sandwich and how it might be executed. But first I feel I must start with roasting a chicken.