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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)

Spicey Raw Tomato Soup

posted August 17, 2010 in Raw Food Recipes

recipe from Raw Radiant Health Ingredients: 7 Italian tomatoes 1 small cucumber (skin & seeds removed) 1 celery stalk 1/2 red bell pepper 3 cloves garlic (crushed) 3 tbsp olive oil (extra Virgin, cold pressed) 1 tsp Celtic sea salt 1/8 tsp Cayen (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)

Learning About Japanese Food Dishes

posted August 14, 2010 in Recipes for the Family

Japanese food dishes are based on combining their staple foods typically rice or noodles, with a soup and okazu,  dishes made from fish, meat, vegetable, tofu and the like — to add flavor to the staple food. These are typically f (read full article)

Betty Crocker Grilling Made Easy: 200 Sure-Fire Recipes From America’s Most Trusted Kitchens

posted August 12, 2010 in BBQ Party

Related Posts:America’s Best BBQ: 100 Recipes From America’s Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and RestaurantsBarbecues & Outdoor Kitchens: Fresh Design for Patio Living, Complete Guide to Construction, S (read full article)

{ review } Zatarain's Creole Seasoning Blends

posted August 11, 2010 in MyGourmetConnection

Zatarain's Big and Zest Creole Seasonings are a blend of salt, red pepper and other zesty ingredients that ramp up the flavors of grilled meats, fish, chicken, veggies, soups and salads. (read full article)

Fruits and Vegetables to enhance your meals

posted August 10, 2010 in niyas's world

FennelAlso known as sweet anise, fennel has a sweet, mild licorice flavor. The feathery fronds can be used as an herb, like dillweed, to flavor soups and stews. The broad, bulbous base is treated like a vegetable and can be eaten raw or sliced and di (read full article)

5 Days of Veggies: Onions

It's Day 2 of our 5 Days of Veggies series and today's veggie is everyone's eyewatering fave - onions! A great addition to numerous dishes, onions pack a punch of flavor. Check out our tips and recipes below!There are quite a few different types of (read full article)

Creamy Zucchini, Garlic & Chive Soup - or Zucchinicremesuppe - Austrian Style

posted August 08, 2010 in Tasty Trix

Before I visited Vienna, the last thing I would have associated with the schnitzel-loving city was,  of all things, excellent  vegetable soups.  But in restaurant after restaurant, I had some of the best cream soups of my life, from ka (read full article)

Review: Steak with Friends

posted August 07, 2010 in 100 Miles

Steak with Friends: At Home, with Rick Tramonto.  Rick Tramonto with Mary Goodbody.  Andrews McMeel Publishing.  $35.00.  (304p)  ISBN: 978-0-7407-9257-1 First off:  this is a really BIG book, and I mean that in the nicest possible way.  Seco (read full article)

MODERN ROSE WINES.

posted August 06, 2010 in Winesworld\'s Blog

Refreshing, dry, cool roses are in, and millions enjoy it throughout the summer. Although, at least in North America, roses fell by the wayside in the last 20 years, now they seem to have staged a comeback. Sweet, fizzy roses packaged in attractive (read full article)

A True Oasis in the Desert: BJ’s Brewhouse

posted August 06, 2010 in The Chile Underground

I was making the fairly lengthy trek home from the Frozen North vicinity of the Oklahoma border, north of Fort Worth, when I decided I needed to tank up. How did I discover this? Well, there were these deep, bass grumbles that were getting so loud i (read full article)

Vegetarian Restaurant Review: 4Square Deli & Gifts, Little Rock, Arkansas

posted August 05, 2010 in Veggin'

Little Rock boasts only one vegetarian restaurant. Yes, you read that right. One. There are, of course, vegetarian friendly menus scattered around town, but there is only one with an entirely vegetarian menu – 4square Deli & Gifts. It was (read full article)

Spicy Roasted Cauliflower Sealed with a Kiss

posted August 04, 2010 in My Man's Belly

Spicy Roasted Cauliflower When Craig goes out of town, it’s time for me to clean up my diet (and that means a short clean detox week).  It’s not like he complains about what I cook, or don’t cook, but having a bowl (read full article)

Croatia: Cool People and They Make Minestrone

posted August 04, 2010 in Hampshirecook

Summer Minestrone Recipe Summer Minestrone Soup My hub gets a bit anxious about my allergies whenever we go anywhere odd/ vaguely exotic.  I joined him on a business trip a couple of years back, and he had one of his staff in Singapore translate my (read full article)

Let's Get Corny!

posted August 04, 2010 in A Foodie's Quest

Aahh corn! It is, for me, the quintessential summer food. More so than any other fruit or vegetable that abound at this time of the year. Even... gasp... tomatoes -don't get me wrong: I love tomatoes; but I grow my own from seed so I basically  (read full article)

summer fest 2010: corn chowder & ice cream

posted August 04, 2010 in In Jennie\'s Kitchen

Remember yesterday I mentioned the vacation countdown? Well, hope you don't tire of hearing about it. Seems every day brings a new reason to need to get away. Today is the middle of week three of construction right outside our apartment. It's necessa (read full article)

Food Tips: Sun Dried Tomatoes.

posted August 03, 2010 in haddock in the kitchen

Sun dried tomatoes are a store cupboard staple these days. However, once the jar is emptied, the oil is often discarded. Keep the oil and use to gently fry onions, garlic and other vegetables to add a deep tomato backdrop to your sauces, casseroles (read full article)

White Almond Garlic Gazpacho with Green Grapes

posted August 03, 2010 in Savour Fare

With the dog days of summer still to come, it’s useful to have a few recipes up your sleeve that require NO cooking. Not three hours in the oven, not 30 minutes on the stove, not boiling water, not a toaster oven. There are times when raisin (read full article)

Mushroom and Spinach Pie with Baharat Spices

posted August 03, 2010 in Gourmet Worrier

Baharat is an exotic North African spice blend that is also used in Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and Jordan. This popular spice blend is added to recipes in much the same way, as Indians would use garam masala. Getting the balance of spice is important in (read full article)

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