16th August, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
We are now in the middle of Eat Local Month – how’s everyone doing? When making the commitment to eat local, the first place we tend to look is at the vegetable gardens in our backyard and whatever’s spilling off the table at the grower’s market. However, eating local does not mean a month of » Read More
28th June, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Many chefs are also very talented gardeners – which makes sense. If a person wants to have total control over as many of their ingredients as possible, growing their own is the logical conclusion. Kitchen gardens have a long and proud tradition and we are lucky enough to live in an area with a long » Read More
6th June, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
If you are ever in the mood for simple, flavorful food that also looks beautiful, check out Sweden. They have elevated the basic sandwich to an art form and made it its own culinary group – which is the least you would expect from the people who gave us Ikea and Abba. The weather has » Read More
17th May, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Back in the land of really flat states, beef is the go-to protein for any meal that’s not chicken. Soy products and tofu are looked upon with something akin to suspicion – people who eat these things and enjoy them are considered colorful at best and possibly socialists at worst. Because of these attitudes, I » Read More
11th May, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
The benefits of eating an organic diet are widely known, the part that’s never talked about is how to afford it. Organic food is more expensive that non – and there’s really no avoiding that fact. When deciding how to spread the grocery budget around, the way to get the most bang for your organic » Read More
26th April, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
When I was in college, I fell in with a rough crowd of vegetarians. They had an interesting outlook on food – after giving up meat for a variety of perfectly valid reasons, they then filled their diets – not with fruits and vegetables – but with various fake meat products. Eating with them was » Read More
19th April, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
A friend of mine, who should really know better, recently discovered that she doesn’t know how to cook. Turns out, boiling water and opening a box doesn’t really help with, say, baking. It’s also not good when trying to switch to a diet with less processed foods and processed foods are the only kinds you » Read More
12th April, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
The weather has been toying with us: sunny during the day, chilly at night, not winter, not yet spring. Blah. It’s not warm enough for an entirely cold menu and still cool enough that having the oven on is a nice idea. Combine that with the fact that chicken has been ridiculously cheap lately and » Read More
5th April, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Spring is in the air – finally – which means that the vegetables are getting ready to explode. Some have already started turning up and my favorite is one of them: asparagus. Someone started a rumor that the very skinny pencil-thin asparagus spears are preferably to the thicker versions. Not really. They cook up in » Read More
28th March, 2011 - Posted by admin - 1 Comment
Fried chicken regularly makes the list of favorite American meals. It’s been with us for a few centuries now and it’s hard to improve upon the basic recipe: Flour, oil, chicken. Cheap, tasty and all you need to make it is a deep skillet. I’ve made fried chicken many times and the part I always » Read More
