We’ve all seen the posts – kitschy platters covered with questionable food stuffs, coated lovingly in lime jello or aspic. Most people love to laugh at these kinds of outdated food displays, and assume that the whole thing must have been disgusting, and why would you put jello on meat anyway? Meanwhile, aspic has […]
Edible flowers can add a beautiful splash of color to your salads and plate presentations, and can be delicious to eat! You can eat many herbs and flowers, including amaranth, basil, borage, chamomile, chickweed, chive, cilantro, clover, cress, dandelion, French marigold, white ginger, hyacinth, hyssop, lilacs, mint, marjoram, nasturtium, pansy, peach blossom, plum
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April 22nd is Earth day. Consider this astounding piece of history : “The idea came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he realized that if he could
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D is definitely for dehydrating, drying, and dried foods. Dehydrating is my favorite food preservation method. It creates a smaller, lighter, shelf-stable version of the food you put into it, and often concentrates the flavors making fruits sweeter and meats meatier. My local farmer’s market boasts a fabulous peach vendor every year and I stock
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C is for Citrus! Here is a great citrus recipe from my cookbook Easy Gluten-Free Entertaining, using seasonal pink grapefruit! The end of winter and the beginning of spring are the peak of the grapefruit season. As a child I remember getting presents of bags of oranges and grapefruit from friends and family that had
Humans share the ability to discern several types of taste. We used to think there were 4 basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. Then the Japanese came along and introduced us to umame or savory. There has been recent research showing there may be a 6th and more tastes out there, as well as talk
It seems April is Blogging A-Z month! I’ve decided to give it a whirl since I’ve been slacking on my blog posts recently. Every day of the month except Sundays. We’ll see how it goes, and don’t be surprised to see a few letters smooshed together! A is for Aphrodisiacs. No really. Myth
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I am honored to be a featured Guest Blogger on the blog Loosing It and Loving It! Check out my 2-part entry on Elimination Diets here: Part 1 http://losingitandlovingit.com/blog/10550/elimination-diet-tips/ Part 2 http://losingitandlovingit.com/blog/10553/food-sensitivities/
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Check out my radio interview with Corbie Mitleid tonight on Empower Radio! We’ll be talking about Spring Cleaning, Inside and Out! Live Broadcast 8-9 PM EST., Thursday February 20th, 2014 Available for podcast immediately after. Be sure to listen to the end for details on how to get Corbie’s Spring Meditation!
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