Until recently, consommes were relegated to sickroom fare, the kind of thing your maiden aunt might sip sitting in her rocker when her liver was acting up. Then a funny thing happened: Chefs began to ...

Dear Lisa: When a recipe calls for beef consommé, is that the same as beef broth? Do you recommend using canned broth or the cubes you dissolve in water? - Linda Dear Linda: In classic French cooking, ...