Sep
22
2008

I have to admit, I like spicy foods. Mind you, I don’t like to cry while dining, or break a sweat, but a good kick is always appreciated (I don’t think I’d ever survive eating in England!).
Late summer is a great time to get to know chiles, whihc are Latin Am,erican fruits, by the way.
Chiles [...]
Sep
15
2008

At first glance, a pomegranate might look more like a gourd and less like a fruit, but with a little hands-on effort and patience, you can enjoy the fruits of your labor.
How To Pick ‘Em
Go by feel–the ones that feel heavy for their size, and color–rich red and supple skin that isn’t dry.
Get To The [...]
Aug
28
2008

Remember when dorm food meant cooking on a hot plate? Times have changed. At many colleges, school-sponsored housing means a furnished apartment with a full kitchen — and the opportunity to eat healthy.
Chef Michael Roll recalls his dorm room hot plate and thinks today’s students have a sweet deal. Roll is a chef instructor at [...]
Mar
18
2007
1. corked
2. cooked
3. oxidized
4. sediment
5. sulphur
6. refermentation
Even with modern winemaking, storage and shipping technology about five percent of all wines arrive at the table bad to some degree. Here are some tips about how to spot them.
CORKING
It all begins with a cork… Even in this day of high-technology plastics, many bottles are still stoppered with [...]
Mar
08
2007
Tales of the origin of Camembert abound, all of them full of romantic drama. One popular version attributes its invention to Marie Harel, who allegedly named the cheese after her native village. She, in turn, (or so the story goes) gained the recipe from a priest fleeing persecution during the French Revolution in 1790. Marie [...]