Tag: Food

All in Good Taste: Vera Stewart on Etiquette, Entertaining, and the Life Lessons They Carry

Vera Stewart has a motto: “Whatever you do, do it in good taste.” For the Augusta, Georgia, entrepreneur, caterer, TV host, and cookbook writer, that applies to considerations from the palate to presentation, serving, and behavior. Stewart’s personal life and business model are based upon this rule, one that she began cultivating in herself from…


Tortilla Strips a Colorful Addition to Taco Salad

By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service Here’s a new take on one of America’s very popular Tex-Mex dishes: the taco salad. It has the flavors of a handheld taco but with a new twist. Instead of using tortilla chips, I use tortilla strips. When I found multicolored ones ready-made at the market, I decided…


Orange Ice Cream

View the print-ready version of this recipe. When I say this Orange Ice Cream recipe is “award winning”, it’s the truth! When I was a young girl, my Aunt Judy entered it into a contest at Lagoon, in Utah and won the first place ribbon!  She shared the recipe with my mom and it was…


Abra Berens’s Food Is a Celebration of the Midwest’s Bounty—and a Love Letter to the People Who Grow It

“What are you most excited about?” That, says Abra Berens in her new cookbook, is the single best question you can ask a farmers market vendor—or a restaurant server, or even a grocery store stockist—and is your surest path to a delicious discovery. These people are skilled workers with the most intimate and recent knowledge…


Zero-Waste Cooking

There was a time when every scrap counted, and nothing went to waste. During the Great Depression and both World Wars, food was scarce and prized. Families learned to make do with less and make the most of what they had. Stale bread became breadcrumbs and bulked up meatloaf, sausages, and meatballs. Thrifty home keepers…


The Art of Companion Planting, Part 2: Vegetables and Herbs

Think of your garden as a family, and plant it similarly to seating guests at a Thanksgiving dinner (which will hopefully feature some of your fall harvest!). You can seat Aunt Samantha anywhere and she’ll liven up the table. You want to put Aunt Olivia near the nieces she never gets to see so they…


[Premiering 5/03 at 2PM ET] The Shocking Truth About mRNA Vaccines in Our Food (Part 1)

Unbeknownst to most people, there’s a push to scale up the use of both mRNA technology and gene therapy on the livestock that winds up on our supermarket store shelves. Meaning, that whether it’s beef, pork, lamb, chicken, or turkey — the meat that you’re purchasing from the store could very soon contain the remnants…


The Shocking Truth About mRNA Vaccines in Our Food (Part 1)

Unbeknownst to most people, there’s a push to scale up the use of both mRNA technology and gene therapy on the livestock that winds up on our supermarket store shelves. Meaning, that whether it’s beef, pork, lamb, chicken, or turkey — the meat that you’re purchasing from the store could very soon contain the remnants…


[Premiering 5/03 at 2PM ET] 5 States Push Laws to Limit mRNA-Based Vaccines in Our Food | Facts Matter

Unbeknownst to most people, there’s a push to scale up the use of both mRNA technology and gene therapy on the livestock that winds up on our supermarket store shelves. Meaning, that whether it’s beef, pork, lamb, chicken, or turkey — the meat that you’re purchasing from the store could very soon contain the remnants…


A Wholesome Grain Salad

There is something intrinsically gratifying about a hearty grain salad. Fresh and chewy, brimming with greens and chopped vegetables, it’s nutritious, versatile, and satisfying. This bulgur salad is tumbled with lemon, spices, and fresh herbs, along with chopped peppers and grated carrot for juicy sweetness and crunch. It’s spread over a bed of greens and…