As the holiday shopping season enters its frenzied final days, there will inevitably pop up on your shopping list friends or relatives for whom you have to get a gift, but no idea what to buy them.
Since Louisiana is so close to the Lone Star State, it makes sense that we tend to share things: our men go to LSU, their ladies come to Texas, it's all in the family.
Making a gluten-free Linzer cookie is easy. You can use a basic flour mix, which does the job well with a few added grains.
Late last week, my sweet neighbor came downstairs with a big mug in her hand. A cup of coffee? No! It was actually a mug of hot lemonade that she had made just for my sore throat.
While most parents are trying hard to exercise their personal responsibility to teach kids' the benefits of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean meats, McDonald's pushes something quite different.
If your own hero's journey takes you no further than the dining room table, it can still be profound.
Barely sweet, feather light chestnut mousse filling, its nuttiness perfectly matched to the sweet chocolate buttercream cradled in tender, moist vanilla sponge.
A number of seafood-centric writers and scientists recently gathered to tackle a not-so-common question: Can New York seafood be local again?
It amazes me that people do not take advantage of the many cooking gadgets and tools are out there for the "everyday cook." Here is a list of ten that I would not be without. Each one makes it easier for me to actually cook at home.
When most people think about "raw" they associate it with vegan/vegetarian, but it actually isn't about animal or not, raw means raw proteins. Raw proteins are virgin proteins.
All told, more than 15,000 farmers, advocacy groups, and businesses submitted written comments. Hundreds of people attended each of the five public hearings held around the country since March.
Ten years ago, hardly anyone was talking about how well the wide array of beers now available compliment different foods but the craft brewing renaissance has changed all of that.
Save the recipe for any cold dark night -- Janssons Temptation deserves to be eaten all through the winter, served as it is without any accessories, or together with a few good barbecued bangers.
When I think of roasted goose, I think of the holidays of yore, when the only light was from the fireplaces and candles, and we were all living in tune with the rhythms of nature because there was no other way to live.
I think of my long-gone grandmothers as I bake the Norwegian cakes and cookies. Something they would have enjoyed? The Urban Farmer's Market in Altadena.
Here are some of the coolest tools I've tested over the past year. If there's an outdoor cook in your family, put any of these under the tree and you will eat better as a result.
Why would a restaurateur take one of their primary profit centers and turn it over to a salesperson?
Every family has a dish, or more than one, that speaks volumes of family history. The aroma brings back memories so powerfully that a single whiff can bring a nostalgic tear to a grown man's eye.
We are not able to accurately say that we've made progress in food safety in the last decade.
EconomyBites, 2010.12.21
Maria Rodale, 2010.12.21