Seems like the latest trend for food companies and restaurant chains is for them to tell you what they’re not putting in your food.
Panera joined Chipotle, Tyson, and Diet Pepsi in announcing they would be phasing out artificial ingredients.
We receive quite a few questions about cooking oil, especially olive oil. I understand the questions. Most recipes simply call for olive oil, yet the grocery store shelf offers an array of options, from extra virgin, virgin, pure, and even light olive oil. Is there really a difference? And if so, what is it?
Egg and soldiers — the only breakfast as classic as a nursery rhyme, invoking Humpty Dumpty, the king’s men, and an unfortunate accident to a delicate scalp. Few breakfasts offer the childlike satisfaction of cracking open a soft egg: eating with your hands, dabbling those fingers of bread in the golden yolk, nudging the white away from the shell with the tip of a miniature spoon.
If a soft-boiled egg is your idea of a good story, here are a few ways to get your egg and soldiers on the table more often.
The predictions have been around for a while now — we could be facing a future without chocolate. Or if there is any left, it will be exorbitantly expensive.
I’m not sure when halva first crossed my radar — it might have been mentioned in some of the many food blogs I scan every week, in a food magazine, or on a restaurant menu, but I’ve been wondering what it is for a while. I knew it had sesame in it, and since I love sesame desserts, I put it on my to-try list.
I recently was able to get my hands on some, and here’s what I thought of this Middle Eastern confection!
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• King Arthur Flour – The Baker’s Catalogue
Does your breakfast need a little something something? A bit of spice, a dash of flair? The answer to everything is, well, everything bagel spice. That’s right — this mix of seeds, salt, garlic and onion is a dynamite topping for so many of your breakfast moments. Here’s a closer look:
Somehow, history lessons are just better when they involve a cocktail or two.
This video drops some cocktail knowledge on viewers by highlighting the most popular drinks by decade starting in 1915 and going all the way to present day.
Some of us are morning people, but many of us are not. For those of us who aren’t, mornings can be downright rough. But whether you’re an early bird or not, there are ways to smooth your way into the day.
Earn yourself a free pass to be a little bit lazy in the morning. Here are some ways to do what has to be done in the kitchen — just not first thing in the morning.
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A mom has many responsibilities, large and small, and invariably they involve food. Whether your mom is a food-lover with a sophisticated edge, or the most comforting of home cooks, or simply the one who taught you to bake the cookies you’re now known for, she deserves a great card, and I have ten good ones here — all with a foodie flair.
When you get stressed out, reaching for something sweet — a candy bar, a cookie, a bowl (or pint) of ice cream — may be your first inclination. And a small study has shown that there’s a reason why.
It turns out that sugary food and drinks actually can “quiet the stress signals in your brain.”
