Category: Food

Round out Your Summer With Two Tomato Recipes!

Tomatoes, in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors nestle in baskets on the kitchen counter all summer long for eating out-of-hand, slicing for sandwiches, dicing for salads. When their ripeness starts to get away from me, I line up halved tomatoes on baking sheets for roasting into concentrated goodness. Roasted tomatoes, and their cousins,…


A Soup to Beat the Heat

Gazpacho is a warm-weather soup. In other words, it’s a cold, slurpy, thirst-quenching soup, spiked with chile heat to make you sweat and, hence, cool you down in the summer heat. The Spanish vegetable soup is tomato-based and mixed with a cornucopia (or in this case, a sheet pan) of chopped vegetables. Many preparations suggest…


This Cooling Summer Drink Is Loaded With Antioxidants

I don’t know about you, but the moment the sun comes out, I crave a refreshing drink to cool off. A well designed summer drink can do wonders for the mind and body, imparting calm, cool, and homeostasis everywhere. (Courtesy of ButteredVeg.com) By “well designed,” I mean a drink that is packed with cooling energies…


Peach Cake Is a Baltimore Delicacy, but What Makes It so Special?

By Jacques Kelly From Baltimore Sun Baltimore—The recent death of beloved baker George Simon, who had shops in Cockeysville and previously Taylor Avenue and Loch Raven Boulevard, came at a time of year when he would have been eliciting smiles with his peach cakes. As longtime Baltimoreans know, the peach cake is one of the…


How to Improve Your Energy and Live an Active Lifestyle

The past few years have taken a toll on so many people and their energy—physical, emotional, and mental. We are suffering from emotional stress, fear, anger, unexpected lifestyle adjustments, feelings of uncertainty, loss, and losing control–you can probably add your own items to the list. For many people, it is time to take inventory, adjust…


Preparing for Food Shortages? Bulk Up the Pantry—but Also Your Mind, Community, and Spirit

Right now, hard times are knocking at the door of many American households. Inflation is breaking the budgets of poor and middle-class families. The cost of gasoline and groceries has mushroomed, forcing some consumers to abandon their vacation plans or change their eating habits. Broken supply chains have pushed up prices for many items, when…


Avocado and Hatch Green Chile Cheeseburger on Brioche

At this point in the summer, it’s likely you’ve done your fair share of grilling. You’ve made ribs, steaks, chicken, sausages and hot dogs. Beyond all of those there’s one summertime staple you may be sick of by now: cheeseburgers. There’s only so many times you can top a grilled ground beef patty with American cheese, ketchup, mustard, onion, tomato and lettuce and…


Grilled Watermelon Steaks with Walnut Gremolata

As the final months of summer draw closer, you’re probably trying to fire up the grill as much as possible. But don’t rush out to the grocery store if you’ve run out of steak and burgers, watermelon is a great substitute for any grilled protein. Not only is grilled watermelon a great alternative to perfectly grilled steaks, it’s also…


Pot o’ Gold (1941)

Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle’s worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band that constantly practices. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content:…


Chicken Salad Sandwich Recipe: Make it Zesty

During the dog days of summer, it’s important to have a variety of cold recipes in mind that won’t heat up you or the house. But that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice cooked proteins — this zesty chicken salad sandwich is packed with flavor and can be made using leftover chicken. Chicken sandwiches are among the most popular…