By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven Increasing fiber, vitamins, calcium, anti-oxidants, and protein, in our diets, is a goal most of us share. At the same time, we know it’s a good idea…
Category: Recipes
Drive away the rainy (and windy) day blues with green garlic
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “Until recently, green garlic never appeared in the market and was largely unrecognized by cooks.” Alice Waters Things are beginning to look up; I reek like…
Kitchen Maven: ADDED VALUE MEALS – Part 2
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven Breakfast is my favorite meal, and my nostalgia meal. I remember Sunday morning breakfasts of fried eggs, bialy rolls or bagels with cream cheese, ham or lox…
KITCHEN MAVEN: Added Value Meals (#1 in a 3 part series)
By Judith Yamada, the Kitchen Maven A while ago, I was warned to watch my sugar intake. It’s interesting because, a short time before that moment, I found myself feeling a bit…
Hamming it up for Easter
By Dana Zia “The Easter ham holds the same place of honor on the dinner table that milady’s hat does in the Easter Parade.” Mary Meade My earliest memories of Easter are…
Celebrate St. Patty’s Day with a bit of Shepherd’s pie
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet Ahh Saint Patty’s day…. Where everyone gets dressed up in silly leprechaun outfits and gets a bit “sauced” shall we say. No one really knows why…
The mighty little seed that captured the world
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet There is a little, tiny, round seed that has the mightiest of history and prowess. This wee seed has had powerful conversations with Alexander the Great,…
Kitchen Maven: YOU’VE GOT SOME CRUST!
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven If you’ve followed Kitchen Maven, you may have seen articles about “pie” in the past. I have a thing for pie. It may be one of my…
KITCHEN MAVEN: Comfort in the Kitchen
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven With so much sickness and sorrow in this world, it’s pretty hard to focus on exquisite dinner entrees or scrumptious desserts. In the big picture, writing about…
KITCHEN MAVEN: MARDI GRAS TRIVIA and RECIPES – Crab Cakes & Jambalaya
Compiled and Recipes by Judith Yamada “Laissez les bon temps rouler” is heard at family gatherings and plentiful festivals–”Let the good times roll”. “Joie de vivre” is literally translated as “Joy…