I first experienced the tender stems of white asparagus on a bike-barge tour from Amsterdam to Brussels in April of 2011. Like the gorgeous expanses of flowering tulip fields, white asparagus heralds the beginning of Spring and is revered as the ultimate Spring delicacy in Germany and The Netherlands where the traditional specialty of White […]
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Homemade No Knead Bread: Four Hour French Country Bread
During quarantine, baking bread has become the zen at-home activity for many. Like yoga, a walk on the beach, and cuddling with your kitty, baking bread can be therapeutic AND, unlike other zen moments, you get to eat it afterwards! A quick 4-hour no knead bread recipe is a great start for non-bakers and an […]
Maple Glazed Sesame Chicken from the #MigraineReliefPlan
Did you know that 1 in 4 American households includes a migraine sufferer? With these kinds of numbers, I am sure you or someone close to you suffers from migraine headaches. Finally, there is relief in sight with The Migraine Relief Plan. The Migraine Relief Plan is an essential lifestyle guide to reducing headaches and other […]
Healthy Food Trends at the 2017 Winter Fancy Food Show
While the 2017 food trend lists vary somewhat, two days of walking the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco supported much of what Eating Well, Health.com, Bon Appetit, Today.com, Self, etc. have predicted. Alternate flours and snacks continue to gain momentum as avoiding gluten remains a popular pursuit. Zócolo Peru Organic Grain flours: Kañiwa, […]
Carrot Pineapple Ginger Detox Soup Redux
A refreshing soup that revives the spirit, detoxes and fights jet lag; I’ve tweaked my original adaptation and revived the recipe with new photos. Jump to Recipe A healthy, vibrantly orange soup with all the sweetness and nutritional value of carrots plus the anti-inflammatory properties of ginger and tropical allure of pineapple juice that’s unbeatable. […]
Grilled Whole Red Snapper and the Year of the Rooster
While the Gregorian calendar New Year has passed, many people around the world are preparing for the Lunar New Year, more commonly referred to as Chinese New Year. The most important holiday in Asia is a two-week celebration filled with ancient and modern new year traditions and symbolic Chinese New Year food to prepare. 2017 […]
25 Whole Food Recipes for Thanksgiving
Here in California, we’re fortunate to have an abundance of fresh produce in markets year round and we food bloggers like to make the most of it! If you are hosting the biggest eating day of the year, you want to create a memorable feast, and one sure way to do that is using fresh, […]
Thai Green Papaya Salad
Thai dishes are known for their sublime balance of all five tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami, usually achieved with palm sugar, lime, tamarind, and fish sauce. About once a month, members of our “foodie family” visit the Buddhist temple Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep in Chino Hills to experience the food court/farmers market they […]
Learn From the Pros: Cooking Classes at Kitchen Gardens
October brought the launch of Kitchen Gardens at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad (North San Diego county) – cooking classes in Carlsbad by culinary cohorts, Chef Mary Platis and Debbi Dubbs. With cooler days and fall produce tugging at our culinary heartstrings, the theme for the day was “Falling for Apples”. Every Wednesday, food enthusiasts […]
How To Make Bone Broth
You’ve probably heard all about chicken soup as a health remedy for a cold or flu, but you might not know that the secret ingredient is the nutritious broth! Brodo, the annex to Chef Marco Canora’s Hearth restaurant in NYC’s East Village, can’t keep up with demand for the restorative bone broth as evidenced by the […]