From the monthly archives:
We all know milk does a body good, but did you know some types are better than others? Milk that comes from happy cows (i.e. those who dine on grass instead of feedlots) produce milk that is up to five times more healthy!
According to an article by ABC Science, drinking “healthier” milk can lower the risk [...]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
If you’ve read anything by Michael Pollan or seen movies like Food Inc., you may – like me – be a little skeptical about corn. After all, it’s America’s largest crop, one of the most industrialized vegetables in history, and found in nearly any processed food via corn syrup, corn starch, corn oil, corn meal, etc. But rest [...]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
When I thought up, made, and then presented this pizza for dinner I was feeling mighty proud of myself. It looked gorgeous, was the epitome of Spring, and tasted fresh and light. Kele, on the other hand, thought that it was good but that it did NOT belong in the pizza category due to the [...]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Did you know that pesto means paste? It’s not just limited to basil plus all of those yummy aromatic ingredients like garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan and olive oil. I didn’t realize this either, until I read Mark Bittman’s recent article the NYT.
So, that means practically anything can be transformed into “pesto”. Think arugula, sun-dried tomato, [...]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Besides olive oil, lemons, and chili pepper flakes, garlic holds a serious stake hold in my kitchen. Rare is the meal where it is absent. And yet, all this time, I have steered clear of green garlic at the weekly market for fear of not knowing how to cook with it or what it might [...]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
A few weeks ago, I spent a glorious evening alongside Chef Thomas McNaughton of flour + water learning how to make homemade pasta. flour + water happens to be one of my favorite restaurants in the city, so of course I nearly fell off my chair when I found out Thomas was going to teach [...]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }