Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Duck, duck, gooseberries!
Have you seen those little papery fruits in the plastic clamshells at the supermarket and wondered what they were? They’re actually gooseberries. The papery kind is one variety of 50 or so that are found from China to Canada and many points in between. Enjoyed most often as a dessert ingredient for their tart flavor, […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Mary had a little (grass-fed) lamb
Lamb meat comes from a sheep that is under a year old, whereas “mutton” is sheep older than 2 years old, and any age in between is referred to as “hogget.” Lamb is definitely sweeter and more tender than those other older meats. If you have a hard time with the idea of eating a […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Squash Blossom Season
Tis the season for squash blossoms, and if you can get your hands on them, I highly recommend you scoop some up. Squash blossoms are the male and female flowers of squash plants. The female blossoms produce the little baby squashes and the male flowers exist simply to aid in the fertilization process. Squash blossoms […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: The luck of the Irish (moss)!
Irish moss isn’t really moss. It’s actually a seaweed found along the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean. In Ireland, this seaweed was once used to feed cattle and to stuff mattresses. Then a great famine in the 19th century left the country’s residents starving. They turned to the shores and Irish moss became a key […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: The appeal of plantains
How many times have you walked past the plantains at the market, not sure about what to do with them if you took them home? Well, I encourage you to pick one up the next time you’re out shopping and take it home to see what it’s all about. Plantains look like bananas. The two […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Please pass the lemongrass
For centuries, lemongrass has been used as an herb in kitchens across the world for its citrusy fragrance and flavor. Lemongrass lends a wonderful mild lemon taste to Pad Thai and other Asian dishes. It’s fabulous in vegetable stocks and delightful in curry. But the kitchen isn’t the only place where lemongrass is used. If […]
Chicken with Lemon Lychee Glaze
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Lemony Dragon Fruit Juice
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Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Who wants wasabi?
Nothing can clear the sinuses quite like a good bite of wasabi! Wasabi belongs to the same family as cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli so we know it must be a healthy food. The sawa wasabi plant grows naturally in China and Japan, in the gravel beds of mountain streams, or in swampy areas. You might […]