5 Fresh Herbs You Should Be Cooking With
5 Fresh Herbs - Fresh Is Best! As we Spring into a warmer season, our taste buds start to crave bright, new flavors. And with it, the outdoors! Several month of cold Winter weather have me yearning for sunshine and dirt. Speaking of which, one of the first things that...
Why Are There So Many Shapes of Pasta?
Why are there so many shapes of pasta? If you've ever wondered into the Italian isle at your local grocery store, you may have found yourself staring, bewildered by the seemingly endless array of pasta options. Which one to choose? And where did they all come from?...
Ricotta Dumplings
Ricotta Dumplings - aka Malfatti Everyone, I think, has their favorite dumpling. If they don't they should. When I think about the model dumpling - the dumpling that which other dumplings should evolve from - what pops into my head is the Tuscan dumpling Malfatti....
Feature Food Innovator: Gail Watson
Gail Watson is a veritable culinary powerhouse. Not only does she blog at the Saveur recommended website A Stack of Dishes, she's also recently started A Healthy Hunger, a meal planning service aimed at taking the taking the work out of creating delicious, creative...
St. Patrick’s Day: Make Green Food New
Ah St. Patrick's Day! March 17th is the one day of the year you can don shamrock everything, eat green food without getting sick and run around pinching people without penalty. It's a good day. Speaking of green food, are you as tired as me of green fingers (green...
Endive Makes Great Eating!
The Intrigue of Endive Endive is delicious! I see endive or chicory in the store a lot and in the past I would pass right by it. You know, the white elongated bulb looking things that you don't know what to do with? Sure we have all seen on the food TV where they use...
Of Choux Paste and Pastry Cream
Choux Paste and Pastry Creme There are a lot of pastry doughs out there in the world - pie crust, puff pastry, phyllo... All of them can be used for a variety of applications. There is one dough - a paste, actually - that should be in all of our repertoires - Choux...
Cooking with Booze: 7 Ways to Get More Alcohol Into Your Meals
The only thing better than drinking booze, is cooking with booze. From wine to beer to spirits like vodka, bourbon or rum, sherry or even something more exotic like sake or rice wine, alcohol lends incredible aroma and flavors to dishes. Being creative in the kitchen...
Feature Food Innovator: Amanda Schroeder
She loves to cook. Loves to eat. And loves to share tongue-pleasing recipes with anyone who will listen. Seriously - "tongue-pleasing". Amanda Schroeder works in a hospital by day and gets creative in the kitchen by night. In the Fall of 2010, Once Upon A Recipe, a...
Behold The Power of Beef, Sauce and Noodles-Chopped Steak!
Behold The Power of Beef, Sauce and Noodles-Chopped Steak! When I think of a hearty meal a few things come to mind - beef, sauce and noodles! These three things play so nicely together. Think about all the ways these come together in the food world -...