Mary Collette A Little Inspiration for Everyday Cooks Ever feel like good meals are as likely to show up on your table as $1000 checks in the mail? Meal making has been made out to be so hard, so difficult and so impossible. More than cooking skills, new gadgets and more recipes, I sometimes think what we … Read more
Discover the Savory Side of Rhubarb Accustomed to seeing rhubarb in fruit desserts, it may come as a surprise to learn that it is actually a vegetable. This is good news, however, as it presents a whole raft of additional uses for this exotically red food that is so abundant in spring when the foodscape … Read more
Mealtimes that are easier tastier and more fun Seasonal eating gets a lot of press these days. Usually it’s in the context of eating locally, since the two go hand in hand. Sometimes it’s in the context of saving money, since seasonal produce is less expensive than produce grown in greenhouses or shipped from different … Read more
The ill consequences of our couch potato culture aren’t limited to flabby abs and saggy triceps. All the homogenized foods that comprise the bulk of our diet have gradually eroded our “tasting muscles,” too, making it harder to enjoy and be satisfied with foods we feel good about eating.
Deals and Convenience Await Those Who Make Friends with this Wonder Appliance I’m always singing the praises of the freezer pantry, and in September’s newsletter I alerted readers to a frozen fruit and fish buying opportunity. Apologies in advance for being an “I told you so” person, but I’m now reaping so many benefits from … Read more
We’ve been told that bacon is unhealthy,but is it really as bad as they say? Check out how that question got answered in the previous post, Bad Boy Bacon VS. The Cheese Danish. Then enjoy the incomparable flavor of (a little) bacon in this dish that’s perfect for spring and autumn, when spinach is in … Read more
What a way to stir up controversy, angst and anxiety: At a health fair last week, we demonstrated Spinach Sauteed with Pears and Bacon. Yes, you read that right. We made a dish featuring none other than bad boy bacon. Not turkey bacon, not a vegetarian imitation, not a special lean variety, just good old … Read more
8 Ways to “Healthi-fy” Mexican Favorites Recently I’ve had a couple people ask if there’s a way to make Mexican food healthy. Of course there is. To the extent we think of Mexican food as unhealthy, it is generally the Americanized version that is a problem, not the cuisine in its simplest form. In fact, … Read more
Easy, Fun, a Little Fancy + Vegetarian and Gluten Free So you’re bored–with restaurant food (see previous post) as well as your weekly rotation of 5 standard meals. If you can saute and deglaze, two simple Cooking Basics we learn about in Whole Kitchen classes, you can break out of that rut in a heartbeat. … Read more
If eating out is supposed to be so great, why are people increasingly disappointed about “eating out too much?”