Archive for May, 2010
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13 is lucky! My 13th cookbook hits the shelves
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Yes, 13 is not known for its charms, but I am indeed very fortunate to have a 13th book considering the competitive market for cookbooks. My new work is a collaboration with Dr. Neal Barnard of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) located in Washington DC.
Our book is entitled the Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook: [...] -
Strung out? A messy culinary technique just got clean ~ Recipe: Arista de Maiale
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
I’ve stuck my hands up chickens and down garbage disposals. As a culinary instructor, you take a credo to touch and feel your way through everything in the kitchen no matter how gross it may seem. But I’m well aware that my own students may like to keep things a bit more pristine.
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Do you bamboo? A green solution to an age old kitchen question ~ Recipe: Grilled panzanella
Monday, May 24th, 2010
So here’s a question as old as the earth: What’s the best cutting board surface? For years, we didn’t have much choice; it was either plastic or wood. (For those added glass to that choice needed a re-education anyway!).
Being brought up in the hotel business, my playground was a huge Kosher kitchen, and I [...] -
Bacteria be gone
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Seems like we have just about enough sprays, potions, wipes, squeegees, bleaches and powders to destroy all the bacteria in every household kitchen across America. We are bacteria killers, that’s for sure. Nothing wrong with that, but what if our cooking equipment were smarter than our aerosol, and allow us to use them less? After all, how [...]
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Moroccan spice ~ Recipe: Israeli couscous salad with Moroccan mustard dressing
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
When visiting Israel last year, the Moroccan influence was palpable when it came to food. I was so inundated with preserved lemons, rose water, cinnamon sticks and golden raisins, I think I might not need to plan an actual trip to Morocco after all (kidding, it’s on the calendar for 2012).
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A jam worth not making ~ Recipe: Farmhouse French almond fruit tart
Monday, May 17th, 2010
I just completed an article for a magazine on the joys of preparing homemade jam. Jars and jars later of blueberry, cherry, peach and strawberry sweetness convinced me that while jam is fun to make, if I could find jarred jam that met my picky requirements, I might give up the sterilized jars forever.
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Winning the wine wars
Friday, May 14th, 2010
There is so much volume on the world of wine. Tomes give birth to bigger tomes on the subject of vino. You could spend a lifetime reading about the pleasures of the vine or you can have fun in one evening playing Wine Wars, a card game brought to you by the makers of Foodie [...]
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Ramp up your palate ~ Recipe: Spring asparagus with ramp vinaigrette and pine nuts
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
It’s always something with us food people. We make one food all the craze , then drop it like a hot potato. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Sometimes it takes overkill to bring a new food trend its glory, but I think it’s a great way to introduce something new to the [...]
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When it comes to food, the Italians get it right every time ~ Recipe: Salad Nicoise
Monday, May 10th, 2010
You can take two versions of the same exact food and have an entirely different culinary experience. Case in point: canned tuna. As a nutritionist, you might guess that I’d only recommend water packed tuna. But when it comes to flavor, I’m not that daff to suggest water packed tuna is a tasty delight. So [...]
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Drumroll please…our grand prize Gold Medalist winner is…
Friday, May 7th, 2010
Sonja Pavlov, from Los Angeles California is our Kitchen Olympics Gold Medalist with her recipe for Meyer Lemon Scented Farro and Asparagus Salad!
When searching for the very best recipe to represent the Kitchen Olympics it had to be one that encompassed all that this blog is about: 1) profiling a great product that may be [...]