Coconut oil: A favorite recipe
I haven't had time to do much cooking for, oh, the last two years. As
I haven't had time to do much cooking for, oh, the last two years. As
Happy Monday! If you haven't caught my latest On Nutrition column, "No surefire recipe yet
Happy Tuesday! I'm freshly back from Las Vegas (and feeling fresher now that I'm out
As I mentioned, I went to see Michael Pollan talk about his new book, "Cooked"
Are you planning to partake in Food Revolution Day? I was, and was looking forward
Last weekend, while I had my nose to the grindstone on this project and that,
Under the heading of "better late than never," last week I went to a talk
Last weekend, I got to play at being a single lady, since Jeff was off
I know I've mentioned the Oldways website before, but it bears mentioning again. I love
Easiest (healthy) dinner ever:Cook enough pasta for two people (I used a hair over 3
I loved this video montage of "real food hangouts" that landed in my inbox from
I'm a fan of Mediterranean-style diets in general, and the Oldways website specifically ("Health Through
Lentils are the best. They are nutritious, inexpensive and quick-cooking (compared to most other legumes).
I absorbed a number of great educational sessions at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics'
Do you can? We love to can...or should I say Jeff loves to can, and
I'm chastened to say that I would not have known that yesterday was Julia Child's
Some of the work I've been doing during my three-week community dietetics practice experience rotation
Several months ago, I let my Full Circle produce delivery subscription lapse. As convenient as
Since I try to eat seasonally as much as possible, there are certain foods and
I love a good pancake, and while there is something delightful about the traditional fluffy
I've mentioned here and there that my eating habits for the last nine months (the
For the last nine months, I've been so heavily invested in the nutrition side of
...otherwise known as a podcast and a video. First the podcast, a nice WNYC conversation
I'm finally getting around to sharing one of the two great new recipes I made
I mentioned yesterday that my weekend cooking plans got derailed a bit. Saturday afternoon, I
Greetings! I had intended to post a few recipes this weekend, but my cooking plans
Even though many of us cook and eat on the fly, at least some of
If I had to shop every week for everything I eat in that week, I
This is an update of an earlier post in which I tried to limit myself to selecting five cookbooks from my library that I thought would be good for newbie cooks. I didn’t quite hit the mark, as you can see. And I’m adding one more that I’ve recently acquired. What can I say, other than, “Hello, my name’s Carrie and I’m a cookbook addict.”
My "On Nutrition" column in yesterday's Seattle Times talked about the loss of fundamental cooking
Hello everyone. The weather is just gorgeous in Seattle this weekend...I hope it's nice where
Hey, guess what? It's National Nutrition Month! I suppose that means I'll be writing about
It's bad enough to never have enough time to peruse all the wonderful cookbooks out
I enjoy a lot of whole grains, but I get excited about farro. And I
Nigella Lawson has 4,000 cookbooks.What have I been doing with my time (and money)? I
A few quick things before I head off to watch my beloved Oregon Ducks play
I'm working on a little project about food in film, so naturally I'm replaying in
You know the whole "six degrees of separation" thing with actor Kevin Bacon (i.e., think
I've found a new (to me) food site: Food 52. It "had me at hello"
Hello, my precious...I was tortured, tortured I tell you, reading about Trader Joe's fig butter
I heard that the medical journal The Lancet published a large series of reports on
Uh, yeah...about that weeklong fall detox I was planning to do? Not gonna happen. All
I seriously don't know what I was thinking when I planned to cook a roast
Happy Labor Day! I hope most of you are having a nice three-day weekend (I
To celebrate learning that I don't have tuberculosis (not like I thought I had it...another
I didn't quite convey what a whiny baby I was about getting shots the other
I love school. I really do. Maybe not every bitty moment of it, but overall,
That's exactly what I was doing the other day...considering a peach. Considering, contemplating, admiring, enjoying.
OK, I was going to try to stick to FIVE cookbooks from my library that
In pondering my ardent support of home cooking, I started thinking about why I feel
Did you see? Did you see? I've finally posted my cookbook library! Well...a big chunk
Happy Friday! I'm postponing writing about the latest chapter in The Slow Down Diet until
You read that right. Amaranth isn't a grain. Like quinoa, it's a pseudograin. Or you
What a difference a day makes. Sunday positively felt like fall, with gray skies and
Last evening I staged my own little food revolution in my kitchen. A revolution of
So my summer Molecular Gastronomy class started this week. Our primary "textbooks" are Harold McGee's