I was recently given a bag of microwave popcorn as a thank you gift. My frugal self decided to make it. I should have listened to my scientist or food snob self instead. We love popcorn and make it as…
Quinoa, pronounced “keen-wa” not “kwin-oh-ah”, is an ancient grain that has been gaining in popularity in the past decade. It is not a true grain, but a pseudocereal, actually more closely related to beets and spinach than barley or corn….
Today is March 14, i.e., 3-14, Π day. Because we are science geeks, we celebrate with pie. This year I made cherry pie and pumpkin custard. You guessed it – I had some frozen Hubbard squash puree and I needed to…
As part of my crusade to get all of my readers to eat more fish, here are 7 specific side dishes that are wonderful with fish. I’ve listed the fish recipes and their accompaniments (including links). If you follow the…
Research on 448,568 men and women from 10 different European countries shows an association between processed meat consumption and death from all causes. This large study was published in the journal BMC Medicine, and you can read the full paper…
Tuna is a cheap way to increase your fish consumption, as long as you have a few good ways to prepare it. Back when we were poor and receiving government assistance in the form of WIC (women, infants, and children…
My aspiration to be more like Andrew Zimmern and try new foods came to a screeching halt last night. For many years, even decades I have heard from fellow food afficiandos that beef tongue is a wonderful meat – flavorful, not…
Even those of us who are good cooks, have one or two dishes that we consistently fail at. My downfall is roast chicken. I have finally found a fool proof (yes, I freely admit to being that fool) method for…
As a reader and friend recently commented on Facebook, the experts (that includes me) are always recommending eating fish twice weekly. But what if I don’t like fishy tastes? And what if I don’t have a slew of recipes and…
Today, March 3rd is Alexander Graham Bell’s birthday. He was born in Scotland March 3, 1847. I’ve been leading the “Let’s Talk” badge in my American Heritage Girls Troop, and we just talked about him this past Friday. How apropos!…
