Put Your Best Fork Forward for National Nutrition Month® 2017

Mango Boat Chicken Curry   This year’s theme for National Nutrition Month® is “Put Your Best Fork Forward.” Whether your tool is a fork, spoon, chopsticks or your hands – nourish yourself well. One way I do this is by exploring new foods and cuisines. Recently I picked up little knobs of fresh turmeric and was […]

A Sicilian-Style Rainbow of Vegetables

Rosemary-Fennel Peperonata My fondest memory of peperonata was making it at a beach house we rented in Siracusa, Sicily one summer. The point of renting a house was so we could cook with local foodstuffs and give our small children some time to play on the beach. All my expectations of Sicily were met when […]

Lentils for Luck

 Lentils with Rosemary and Red Wine I often start January with a series of “good luck” foods.  The Christmas cookies, champagne and caviar are long gone and it’s time to get down to the business of resolutions and a fresh, healthy start to the year.  Since a trip to Umbria in 1990 where I sampled the […]

Taste Sweden

Like many food-centric people, I log my travel experiences by tastes.  Here are some of the memorable bites I enjoyed on a recent visit to the gorgeous and diverse country of Sweden.   Swedes are serious about breakfast.  As it was “included” in our lodging, we partook daily.  Swedish pancakes with lingonberry or golden cloudberry jam is […]