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5 Days of Cheese: Parmesan

It's Day 2 of our "5 Days of Cheese" series and today we're featuring Parmigiano-Reggiano, or Parmesan as we usually call it. Check out our tips and recipes below!Origins: Created in the Middle Ages, it is named after the producing areas in Emilia-Ro (read full article)

Call for Guest Posts: My Best Vacation Ever!

posted August 16, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

Good morning! Holy. Cow. It was 62 degrees when my Mom and I left for our morning walk! Those two crazy women walking around with their arms stuffed into their t-shirts so only their hands were visible? Yeah, that was us. It was ch-ch-ch-chilly! Ch (read full article)

5 Days of Cheese: Cheddar

If you're a fan of cheese, and if you've been following our "5 Days of ..." series, you're gonna love this week's theme: 5 Days of Cheese! It hardly seems fair to restrict such fabulousness to only five days, but we'll do the best we can to cover som (read full article)

Sunday Night Blues

posted August 15, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

The heat never came! We’re sittin’ pretty at 83 degrees right now, and the cool breeze plus mild temps (compared to what we’ve been experiencing,) lured me out under the umbrella on my back deck to read all afternoon. Eclipse, nat (read full article)

Kind of Excited for Fall?

posted August 14, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

Happy Saturday! My Mom and I woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed, and headed off to the Farmer’s Market for the morning! The week long heat wave seems to have FINALLY passed, and a thick layer of clouds helped it almost feel like an earl (read full article)

Bagel Thin Sandwich

posted August 14, 2010 in Taste

Have you all tried these newish bagel thins made by Thomas?  About a year or two ago they came out with sandwich thins (super thin buns) that I love, so I was thrilled to see the bagel thins.I am not a low carb kind of person, but I do like to w (read full article)

Summer Veggies and Sun Dried Tomatoes over Egg Noodles

posted August 12, 2010 in Pots and Plots

I made stroganoff the other day and there were leftovers, but not quite enough for two.  So my response was to make enough egg noodles for both of us, and whip of a saute of summer veggies to throw over mine.  It was a quick, tasty use of assorted (read full article)

This Panini Steak Sandwich could easily be my best ever!

posted August 11, 2010 in My Easy Cooking

I'm a sucker for a good sandwich! What do you mean "it can't be" Of course it can,  I mean really, it has all my favorite ingredients....bread(in whatever form or shape), butter, fresh lettuce and whatever else I fancy to slap on. Have you, fell (read full article)

Summerfest 2010 - Green Beans with Tarragon Vinaigrette

posted August 11, 2010 in A Communal Table

Green Beans  with Tarragon Vinaigrette Are you ready for the next installment of Summerfest 2010??? I hope so, because here it is!!This week's theme was beans, herbs and greens and I decided to make green beans.  I absolutely love fres (read full article)

08.08.10: dinner (tomatoes, prawns, rocket and pasta–oh my!)

posted August 10, 2010 in The Manhattan Food Project

Grilled Prawns with Rocket and Campari Tomatoes When I mentioned our then-upcoming trip to England to colleagues and the like, the general consensus from them was along the lines of “well, England’s great but the food was pretty disappoin (read full article)

Robiola cheese wrapped in bresaola

posted August 10, 2010 in mangiandobene

One of the greatest food experience anybody could have is to go to Italy or France and explore the huge variety of cheeses available. The appealing aspect of this adventure is that when you travel specifically through these two cou (read full article)

Yogurt is So Good

posted August 09, 2010 in Women's Health and Lifestyle

Yogurt made from milk that has fermented bacteria. Beside cow's milk, yogurt can also be made from goat's milk, buffalo milk, including soy milk. The trick is to insert a type of bacteria into the milk at certain temperatures. The bacteria break down (read full article)

Take Us Back to Pulinos, Puleaze!!

posted August 09, 2010 in Harriet Magpie

Nothing is better in New York than good food, good wine, or good company. And last night we had the perfect combination of them all. We Magpies were looking for a trendy restaurant to go to that was popular and hopefully not too pricey. We decid (read full article)

mooli’s + yu-foria

posted August 07, 2010 in gourmet traveller

Before you say anything – yes, I am possibly the last food blogger to eat at/blog about Mooli’s in Soho. I’ve passed its lime green shopfront on Frith Street countless times, but unable to resist the siren call of noodles at neighb (read full article)

Menu Planning

Check our easy meal plan for this week: .nobrtable br { display: none }MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYBaked Potato and Broccoli SoupChef Pasta SaladMexican Miracle ChickenTHURSDAYFRIDAY Grilled Steak with Goat Cheese SauceItalian Sausage & Spinach Pizza& (read full article)

For Kids Only! Popsicles Then & Now

posted August 07, 2010 in Susannah\'s {Kitchen} Aprons

Saturday PhotoHunt: Theme—ColorfulExcerpt Quoted from The Food TimelineIce cream, ices and other frosty treats were sold in cities, amusement parks, boardwalks and resort areas in the during WWI by a number of portable vehicles. These ranged from h (read full article)

Stuffed Pork Loin

posted August 06, 2010 in Guilty Kitchen

Summer to me is lazy days, hot temperatures, fans blowing the hot air around and walks to the lake with my boys (and new girl) to go fishing for perch and small mouth bass. Sometimes we are even graced by the presence of a delicious rainbow trout, (read full article)

Strawberry, Roasted Corn & Avocado Salsa – Summer Fest & OC Fair

posted August 06, 2010 in Family Fresh Cooking

Strawberry, Roasted Corn & Avocado Salsa about 4 servings (1/2 cup per person) NOTES All recipes created by Marla unless otherwise noted. Source organic ingredients when available. Shop for ingredients at the Family Fresh Cooking Amazon Store Adj (read full article)

Simple Ways to Enjoy Strawberries

Yesterday I told you about the nutritional benefits of strawberries. To follow up, here are some of the ways I like to include my farmers market strawberries into meals (you can do the same with strawberries from the supermarket too!): Top whole gra (read full article)

The Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival, Part One: A Review

Sounds like a simple thing to do, but after four days of constant movement (mouth and feet), I needed a little bit of time to put the whole Food and Wine Festival experience into words. In fact, this is Part One of four different posts that we will (read full article)

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