Some Like it Really Hot: Habanero

orange habanero

Are you a bona fide chili freak like me? Then habaneros surely rank high on your list of favorite foods. Check out this post to learn how to pick, chop and enjoy habaneros.

June 2013 Newsletter

farmers market

Summer is a great time to get cooking outdoors, and enjoying good times with friends, reconnecting with extended families and making great summer memories. Check out the June newsletter for great information on barbequing, local farmer’s markets and more…

5 Fun Ways to Enjoy Blueberries

Blazin' Blueberry

Do you remember your parents telling you to eat your spinach for muscles like Popeye or munching on carrots will help your eyesight? Well, “blueberries help your memory” is absolutely true and here are five clever ways to get more blueberries into your diet!

How to Pick and Store Produce

How to pick and store produce

cking produce isn’t an art, it’s a science! Once you learn theses simple tips, you’ll be a pro around the produce isle. The best place to get the freshest produce is always your local farmer’s market, where it’s simple to eat seasonally.

5 Cool Things To Do With Goji Berries

Chocolate and Goji Covered Banana

Goji berries have 20 times the antioxidant power of prunes (that already rank extremely high in antioxidants) and contain over 3 times more than blueberries…. but do you know what you could do with gojis?

Kale and Oxalates

Is Kale a Food High In Oxalate?

“I have just been told that kale is extremely high in oxalates and that they can be very dangerous to one’s health if one’s body doesn’t have the healthy gut flora which break oxalates down for elimination. Any info on this topic?”

5 Delicious Ways to Use Cherries

dark-cherries

Dark sweet cherries and tart red cherries are two of my favorite fruits because of their intense flavor, aroma, and tang. Both fresh and frozen cherries are easy to cook with, but here a five fast no-cook options to get more cherries into your diet.

Why We Like the Foods We Like

Why We Like Some Foods

A new article in the Smithsonian Magazine discusses recent research and experiments that might explain why we love certain foods and why we hate others. Listen in to Leonard Lopate sitting down with journalist Tom Vanderbilt discussing anything from pickles, eggplants, coffee, and spinach to chocolate…