Try Vietnamese Salad Rolls It’s National Nutrition Month® and the theme is “Shape Up Your Plate.” It’s one thing to be familiar with the ChooseMyPlate graphic telling us to fill half of our plates with produce – it’s another thing to carry out the recommendation and enjoy it. That’s where we need to get creative […]
Move Over Halibut
February 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Lime-Glazed Cod with Triple-Pepper Tomato Sauce I used to turn up my nose at cod and other more humble types of whitefish (1) in favor of halibut, but wild fish have their seasons, and winter is time for cod. It’s a downright bargain, too, in terms of both the price (2) and nutrition: A 3-ounce […]
Super Food for Super Bowl
February 3, 2012 by 3 Comments
Taylor’s Chili Clearly Super Bowl is more about food than football, constituting the second biggest eating occasion after Thanksgiving. According to the Calorie Control Council , “Americans will eat 30 million pounds of snacks and enough fat to equal the weight of 13,000 NFL offensive linemen this coming Super Bowl Sunday.” The good news is […]
Eat Well and Honor the Year of the Dragon
January 23, 2012 by 2 Comments
Chinese Stir-Fry in Lettuce Wraps January 23rd launches the Chinese New Year, also called the Lunar New Year because it starts on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar. Food plays a key role in festivities, symbolizing hope for long life, prosperity and good luck. Lovers of food would not […]
Lentils for Luck
January 11, 2012 by 1 Comment
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 […]
Nothing Beats a Homemade Crab Cake
September 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
Crab Cakes Nothing makes me crabbier than ordering crab cakes in a restaurant and getting a couple of oily lumps that tastes like bread and mayonnaise. It’s the kind of experience that sends a cook to the kitchen. So, I came up with my own version of a traditional crab cake, seasoned with fresh thyme, […]
Why Eat a Plain Burger?
September 23, 2011 by 1 Comment
Smoky Sun-Dried Tomato Turkey Burgers Autumn will be here in a couple of days and I waged a small culinary protest to the end of summer by heading out to grill a batch of burgers. Not that weather ever stops me from grilling. I go out in boots and raincoats as needed; it’s just so […]
Inspiration at the Farmer’s Market
September 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
Farmer’s Market Frittata I love to share my enthusiasm for egg cookery and had a chance to do so last week, as I demonstrated Farmer’s Market Frittata to a class. The recipe was inspired by the bounty of summer produce in the markets now and the vegetables spilling out of my subscription box to a […]
A Cup of Rice and…
August 30, 2011 by 3 Comments
Fried Rice This week I had the pleasure of working with a group of Nutrition Assistants to develop culinary and food demonstration skills at the Seattle Culinary Academy. These women have an important role in society. They are first-line educators, whose job is to teach the women receiving food assistance [as part of the Special […]
Layer and Build Flavors
May 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Pasta with Marinated Chickpeas, Grilled Vegetables and Sausage This spring I had the pleasure of working with senior students at the Culinary Academy of Seattle Central Community College. The project required them to prepare a meal that meets strict limits on calories, sodium, fiber, fat and saturated fat, use seasonal and nutrient-rich ingredients and employ […]
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