Here's a recipe that is quick and easy, and very tasty thanks to the ginger and sesame oil. I love this with shiitake mushrooms, but any type of mushroom will do.I included a hard-to-find ingredient for fun: kumquats, sliced in half lengthwise. They ...
caOne night this week I had no plans for dinner and no time to go to the grocery store. We've all been there, right?Luckily, I had a couple of special springtime veggies in the fridge from a visit to the market last weekend: a small amount of morel m...
The annual San Pellegrino "World's 50 Best Restaurants" list was announced Monday, to much fanfare. Number one for the second year in a row was Noma, in Copenhagen, Denmark.How did U.S. restaurants fare?Two American fine-dining meccas made the top te...
I had a couple of very good dining experiences over the weekend.On Friday, I met my friend Melissa and her 10-year-old daughter at Virgil's in Bellevue, KY, for lunch. Top photo shows my "pizzette" (okay, but cooked almost to a crisp) and the excelle...
From Smart Planet, news about where to shop for seafood that we can feel good about eating.It’s getting warmer, which means more of us will be dragging out the barbecue and more of us will be visiting the seafood counter in our local grocery store fo...
With warmer weather upon us -- hooray, hooray, hooray -- it's time to lighten up our before-dinner drinks and think about such things as sangria, daiquiris and mojitos.Check out this set of recipes for such treats as Thai-basil sangria, lemongrass ma...
From Ray Isle of Food & Wine magazine, check out this piece highlighting an array of great wine deals, including the luscious Joseph Carr Napa Valley cab for about $20 -- not a cheap wine, but Napa cab of this quality at that price is pretty rare.Als...
Season 2 of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution starts tonight at 8 PM (EDT) on ABC-TV.This time, Jamie goes to Los Angeles to try to teach kids and parents about healthy eating. Last season, it was Huntington, WV, where he had a fair amount of success. A...
We all know that staying active (aka exercising) and eating right are major components in maintaining good health. Getting enough restful sleep is just about as important, too. Here's an interesting piece from an excellent food blog called The Daily ...