By Maria Do From TheKitchn.com A seafood boil never fails to please. With ingredients like shrimp, crab legs, and lobster, seafood-lovers will be RSVPing real fast to your boil. For a perfectly cooked seafood boil, the order of when to add ingredients is everything. As a Louisiana girl, I’ve got this pacing down to a…
You Can Weather the Storm
Perhaps the fact that I have never lived in a hurricane state gives me a pass for thinking hurricane season had arrived early when more than 2 feet of rain soaked Fort Lauderdale, Florida, recently. Truth be told, hurricane season officially begins June 1 and runs through Nov. 1. Being prepared to “weather the storm”…
Don’t Call It Champagne
I cut my finger on the metal capsule covering the cork while opening a wine bottle the other day, so I washed the wound, put some vaseline on it and, lacking a band-aid, I used a small piece of scotch tape. The previous sentence is a fundamental illustration of why brand names are so vital…
Why China Is More Prepared for Food Shortages Than America
Food is essential for survival, which is why you’d think food security—including long-term emergency food storage—would be more of a priority for our national government. Especially after how quickly we saw our food supply and supply chains almost come to a halt as a result of the pandemic. While you’d think what we went through…
Grilled Mahi-Mahi Is My Secret to Speedy Weeknight Meals
By Patty Catalano From TheKitchn.com My secret to adding more quick-cooking meals to my dinner queue might not be what you would expect. Instead of relying on prepared produce or shortcut sauces, I put fish — specifically mahi-mahi — front and center. Here, mahi-mahi fillets are rubbed with a simple spice mixture then cooked hot…
It’s No Toss up — This Salad Is the Best
By Carolyn Casner From EatingWell This is the broccoli salad you will get special requests for when you’re cooking. The combination of bacon, sour cream, mayonnaise, scallions and cheddar is hard to resist. And the addition of rice vinegar or cider vinegar sharpens all the flavors. Loaded Broccoli Salad Serves 6 Active Time: 25 minutes…
The Fat Scam of Industrial Ice Cream
Many will agree that ice cream is the most delicious food on the planet—creamy, rich, and sweet. And Americans eat a lot of ice cream! Only the citizens of New Zealand consume more ice cream than Americans do. We each average 20 pounds or about four gallons per person annually—and that’s the average. Many folks…
The Average Family Wastes $1,500 in Food Each Year + Potato Skin Crisp Recipe
By Lynette Hazelton From The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia—Take an onion, Jonathan Deutsch explained. Spend some time with it, thinking carefully what you could do with it. Or with fish bones. Or broccoli stems. “Think about the potentiality of every item,” Deutsch said. This is not a culinary Zen exercise. It’s a start to handling your…
Pappardelle With Artichoke Hearts and Mushrooms Is a Quick Veggie Dinner With Taste of Italy
By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service Enjoy a little taste of Italy with this quick vegetarian dinner. It’s made with pappardelle. These are large, very broad, flat pasta noodles, similar to wide fettuccine. They originated from the region of Tuscany. Marinated artichoke hearts, meaty mushrooms and fresh tomatoes create a rich sauce that is…
The Surprising Benefits of Spinach
Considered a superfood, spinach boasts a wealth of essential vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and bioactive substances. This versatile leafy green graces our tables as a culinary staple and offers health benefits such as improved vision, brain function, and bone health. It also helps prevent the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer. It is…
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