I absolutely loved a little article in a recent IDEA publication, entitled “Serving Up Veggies = Serving Up Love”. According to the piece, in a recent study, published by Public Health Nutrition researchers discovered that meal preparers were rated higher on qualities such as “loving,” “thoughtful,” “attentive” and “capable” when they included vegetables with the […]
Read More ›Why is it that we automatically throw the greens on the top of a strawberry, the stalks of broccoli or the sweet, tender stems of Swiss Chard away? Well, I used to do that, to be completely honest. I have no idea who I saw just eat the red of the strawberry or the ‘tree’ […]
Read More ›For some veggies, like a hearty bunch of broccoli, we can wash it by placing it in a colander in the sink with cool running water while we’re doing the rest of our mise en place. For others, like wild arugula, it’s two or three rinses and spins in the salad spinner. Enter the leek, […]
Read More ›Don’t get me wrong… I love, love, love wild salmon- raw, cedar-plank roasted or grilled, but if you’re thinking it’s the only healthy fish out there, get ready to stand corrected. Think Black Cod. Also known as Butterfish (and they are, indeed, oh-so-buttery in terms of texture) or Sablefish, and coming in from the not […]
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