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“So,” wrote my friend Joy about the Halloween party we’re co-hosting. “What activities should we do?” “Oh,” I emailed back, “weren’t we just going to give them sugar, then grab a beer and sit back and watch them trash the house?” Just call me Martha Stewart. Of course, the…
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Resembling tiny green tomatoes wrapped in a corn husk, tomatillos have a citrusy sourness and silky texture. The flavor of the Mexican mainstay is tart, but “not as strong as a lemon; it’s kind of unique,” says Randy Bailey, tomatillo grower and owner of Bailey Farms in Oxford, N.C. In Mexican cooking, tomatillos are used raw, boiled, or roasted to make salsa verde and other sauces for dips, baked entrées, and stews.
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Not all loaves are created equal. Here’s what you need to know
Kate Hahn loves bread so much that on occasion her boyfriend has kept quiet after buying a loaf just to be sure there would be enough for lunch the next day. It’s a lifelong fondness for Hahn, who grew up baking homemade bread. Now in her 30s and navigating the busy life of a writer in Los Angeles, she’s content to buy it. Whether she brings home rustic rolls or her favorite loaf of sourdough, one thing is certain: “It will be eaten,” she says, laughing. “If there is good bread in the house, it’s usually gone that night.”
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These tiny grains are good for digestion, heart health, and more
In ancient Egypt, flax was considered a gift from the gods for the abundance it provided. The waist-high crop yielded stems that could be spun and then woven into linen and fishnets.
Physicians in ancient Greece used flaxseeds as a remedy for inflammation and intestinal troubles; and now researchers are shining a bright light on what ground flaxseeds can do when incorporated into your diet (grinding unlocks the benefits).
For starters, ground flaxseeds show promise as a treatment for constipation and irritable bowel syndrome. In 2003, the journal Nutritional Genomics & Functional Foods published a study in which subjects with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome who were given ground flaxseeds suffered significantly less constipation, bloating, and abdominal pain than those taking psyllium fiber.
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Take a culinary tour of the Far East with these authentic stir-fry creations
Want to get more global flavors into your everyday meals? Stir-fries are an ideal place to start. Recruiting a wok or large skillet and the right combination of ingredients can take your taste buds on a trip to any country on the eastern Pacific Rim. With the following recipes as your passport, let the authentic seasonings and fragrant aromas whisk you away.
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Simple tips and smokin’ hot recipes to get you all fired up about grilling
For a long time, barbecue was considered a meat eater’s domain. “At best, vegetarian grilling was an afterthought,” says Andrea Chesman, author of The New Vegetarian Grill: 250 Flame-Kissed Recipes for Fresh, Inspired Meals. “People threw a couple of veggies on a skewer and that was all you got as a vegetarian option.”
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Vegan cooking, in very general terms, is plant-based cuisine. Veganism, a subset of vegetarianism, is based on consuming no meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, or eggs.…
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"Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn."
—Garrison Keillor
Golden yellow, silver-white, bicolor, red, or blue—choosing the perfect ear of sweet summer corn has more to do with personal preferences and regional availability than with the quality of one variety over another. “Bicolor corn seems to be the most popular with our customers these days, but some other varieties are just as good,” affirms Tonya Martisko, owner of Gaeddert Farms in Buhler, Kan.
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The beneficial
properties of this medicinal plant go more than skin deep.
If you’ve ever squeezed the gel from an aloe vera leaf onto a burn
or bought a cosmetic with aloe as one of the main ingredients, then
you’ve experienced the topical benefits of this common house and… Read More »
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Delectable spring delicacy or fun finger food? Asparagus is both.
Asparagus is a study in contradictions. A snap to prepare, it was such a delicacy in Victorian times that individual tongs were used to allow diners to eat it without messing up their hands.
Patience and speed are required to grow asparagus: crowns take three years to produce the first spears, but at peak season, stalks can shoot up so fast that they have to be harvested every 24 hours. And while fresh asparagus need no embellishment, they hold their own when shaved, blended, grilled, baked, or slathered in a spicy marinade.
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