Category: Food

Top Pastry Chef Ebow Dadzie on How Grandma’s Lessons Guided His Journey to Success

In the kitchen of a small, two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment, a young Ebow Dadzie watched his grandmother cook. At times, he was instructed to pass a spice or stir a pot, and sometimes he was taught an entire recipe. Usually, he just observed as Dorothy Mitchell prepared dinner for her family. No matter what he was…


Huckleberry Everything: It’s the Season for the Beloved, Stubbornly Wild Berry of the Mountain West

“I’m your huckleberry.” One of American cinema’s most famous lines is probably better known than the unassuming little mountain fruit it rests upon. Val Kilmer’s declaration in “Tombstone”—which his character Doc Holliday apparently did indeed say to Johnny Ringo at the OK Corral in October 1881—yields 4.2 million results in a Google search.  Nonetheless, growing…


Easy Strawberry Mousse (3 ingredients)

Simple strawberry mousse ready in only 5 minutes using three whole food ingredients for a healthy and decadent dessert experience. Whipped desserts such as this healthy chocolate mousse are some of the fastest and easiest to make. Despite the simplicity, mousse is also elegant and universally delights both family and guests who may stop by…


Mushroom Soup Immunity, Iron, and Vitamin D (Recipe)

Mushrooms are strange creatures. Neither plant nor animal, these fungal fruits are in a class all their own. Some species are psychotropic. Others are deadly. For many ancient cultures, even perfectly edible mushrooms were suspect. The Chinese, however, embraced mushrooms early on. One of the most important specimens in Chinese culture is shiitake, which has been a…


The Rise of Plant-Based ‘Milks’ in Australia

With the amount of aisle space dedicated to plant-based milk alternatives in Australian supermarkets, it’s clear that they are in high demand. But why are they gaining such popularity? According to experts from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), there are multiple reasons why many consumers are favouring soy, almond, oat, rice or coconut…


This Dessert Is Part Pancake, Part Custard, and All Delicious!

This custardy dessert comes from France, where the verb clafir means “to fill.” In other words, clafouti is a dessert filled with fruit. Because a clafouti is basically a combination of a custard and a pancake, it’s important for it not to have too much flour (it would be too pancake-y) or too many eggs…


Summertime Meatloaf

We’re officially in the dog days of summer. The heat is insurmountable, our clothes are sticky with sweat and going to the beach or pool is pretty much the only thought that crosses our minds. But even when temps reach 90 degrees, making dinner is still an obstacle that plagues us all. When you need something…


Celebrate Tomato Season With Tasty Summer Chicken Recipe

By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service Ripe tomatoes are in season. Here’s an easy way to use them. To keep their fresh flavor, the tomatoes are not cooked. Their juice and seeds are blended into a sauce and mixed with mayonnaise. The remaining tomato pulp is cut into cubes and added to the sauce….


Perk up a Simple Yogurt Cake With Cherries and Apricots

I’d never tried using yogurt in a cake, so I thought I’d give it a try. It works similarly to sour cream or buttermilk and adds a moist texture to the cake. I fooled around with the original recipe I had saved years ago and came up with this summery, light and fruity yogurt cake….


Tequilas to Savor: Carefully Crafted Spirits Meant to be Sipped Straight

Pop culture has done a disservice to tequila, from the idea that one lines up shots with lime wedges and salt to the myth of worms in the bottle (that was mezcal, not tequila, and a marketing gag at best). But tequila-making is an art, and its production has strict guidelines both in ingredients and…