I recently left Ohio and spent a week in Europe, and what I immediately noticed was that apartment dwellers, at least where I was, in Belgium and The Netherlands, didn’t brew their own coffee. I found this to be amazing, given that in Ohio, I have been grinding beans and using a Chemex to brew … Read more
As mentioned in my previous rant on Instant Coffee, I wanted to put together an article about how to easily brew bistro quality coffee using very basic equipment. So here it is! This thing is, you don’t need to have fancy equipment to make some of the best coffee anyone has ever tasted. And you don’t … Read more
Rosemary, sage, thyme, and basil surround a green smoothie. There are endless combinations of produce, grains, and nuts for creating smoothies for taste and for more purposeful uses; commonly touted smoothies are designed to detox, build the immune system, shed weight, clear skin and so forth. If you’ve ever wondered whether rosemary, basil and other … Read more
Smoothies are all about health, nutrition, and feeling good. For many, it’s a no-brainer to incorporate herbs into their smoothie for flavor and functionality. While in past centuries herbs were a common feature of medical texts, such has not been the case here in the US since the 19th century. So what follows is simply information … Read more
source: gbgindonesia.com On the food calendar, there are days for celebrating chocolate in various forms: dark (February 1; the whole month is devoted to chocolate and has multiple observance days), cake (January 27), candy (December 28), to name a few. This Friday, October 28, is a general yay-for-chocolate day. In recent years, cocoa has been … Read more
This past week while visiting the little town of Kersey, PA as part of a volunteer ministry outreach, a trip to the local super Wal-Mart highlighted an annual conundrum – what to do with all those many pumpkins between one holiday and the next. Not that the end of November is likely to see a … Read more
On soup: “The transformation that occurs in the caldron is quintessential and wondrous, subtle and delicate.” – I Yin, 239 B.C.E. Spring is technically here although temperatures feel more like early summer than spring. But, hey, when is weather ever reasonable here in the Mid-Atlantic? In the seventies this week and maybe snow next week… … Read more
Spring sprang past and everything’s running to catch up. Flowers are blooming and invitations are starting to flow for garden parties, graduations, weddings, and the like. For some, flowers will be featured on the menu as well as on the decor list. In the 19th century, edible flowers were pretty common in recipes, especially for … Read more
The large jack-o-lantern pumpkins we carve in the fall do not make great pies. For that you need to Harvest them when they are small. But there are wonderful additional uses for your carved pumpkin leftovers! Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe Nothing beats homemade roasted pumpkin seeds. Half of the reason I carve a pumpkin each year … Read more
Butternut squash is in the Cucurbita moschata family. Acorn, buttercup, carnival, delicata, hubbard, spaghetti, and pumpkin are also in the family. They are called winter squash because, planted in summer and harvested in autumn, they are available throughout the winter months. It generally grows abundantly here in the Mid-Atlantic, a good thing made better with good … Read more