If you are a regular reader of our blog (and we hope you are) you know that we write not only about the fruits and vegetables in season right now, but also about healthy-living-through-food-related topics such as the benefits of water, and when to choose organic. Recently, I’ve been attending classes with one of my favorite chef-authors, Meredith McCarty, and learning a lot about the role bacteria plays in keeping us healthy. So I was excited to read about the results of a study that is mapping the genetic material of bacteria in healthy people, and changing the research landscape in this field. It inspired me to dedicate today’s post to the brilliant little microbes that keep us on track: healthy bacteria. Come and cook with us! Continue reading “What is a Microbiome and Why Should I Care?”
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All the Way from Italy
This is a special week for me as my husband Dan and I are headed off to Northern Italy for a belated honeymoon. Yay. We picked Northern Italy for two reasons: first, Dan, who is a winemaker, makes a wine in the style of that region. The label is called Massican and it’s delicious, so I was game for a honeymoon in the region. But the second reason has to do with my friend and blogging partner Kathrin. She introduced me to Northern Italy when she invited me to attend her wedding in her home town in Sudtirol. I am forever grateful to her for bringing this part of Italy into my life and heart, so for this week’s post I’ve asked her to share her two or three favorite recipes from the region. She’s cooked them all for me and I can attest first hand they are delicious. Come and cook with us (in Italy)!
Asparagus with Bozner Sauce
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Hot Love Raspberry Dessert
Not Too Sweet!
We’ve all been there before: you (or your kids) are hungry and dinner won’t be for another few hours. You grab something quick, and “healthful”, like a blueberry muffin, a granola bar, a fruit roll-up, or even a flavored yogurt. The snack satisfies the hunger, and even feels healthy, but before you know it, you (or your kids) have consumed a decent share of your daily caloric intake through added (hidden) sugars. So, why is this bad? Continue reading “Not Too Sweet!”
We’re Eating Less Meat. Why?
Meat consumption has declined over the past five years for a whole host of reasons that include a focus on better health, eating more vegetables and the recession. Mark Bittman writes about it in the New York Times. Read it here:
January 10, 2012
We’re Eating Less Meat. Why?
By MARK BITTMAN
Americans eat more meat than any other population in the world; about one-sixth of the total, though we’re less than one-twentieth of the population.
But that’s changing. Continue reading “We’re Eating Less Meat. Why?”
Happy Thanksgiving
“The funny thing about Thanksgiving, or any huge meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it and then chopping and cooking and braising and blanching. Then it takes 20 minutes to eat it and everybody sort of sits around in a food coma, and then it takes four hours to clean it up.” ~Ted Allen
Here’s to a Happy Thanksgiving and to the other 364 days when meals take 30 minutes or less. Thanks for reading our blog this year!
~Kathrin & Jess
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