Plump, perfectly ripe tomatoes are one of summer’s biggest highlights. So cut one up, put it on a plate, sprinkle with some sea salt, drizzle with olive oil, and enjoy as you consider these juicy tomato facts. 1. Fruit or vegetable? You can stop arguing whether a...
A few simple ingredients can make all the difference when it comes to having incredibly delicious food that is also healthy. Here are my top 3 healthy flavor boosters that get you there, nearly effortlessly: 1) Fresh Herbs A simple sprinkle of fresh herbs like...
Grilling can be one of the tastiest and healthiest ways to cook, but any time you cook meat at a high temperature, cancer promoting compounds called Heterocyclic Amines (HCAs) can form, particularly in the blackened/charred areas. Don’t throw out your grill just...
Sprouted grains and beans are shooting up all over the grocery store as ingredients in products like breads, cereals and snacks, and as sprouted whole foods like mung beans, lentils, rice and quinoa. Touted for their nutritional superiority, I thought I’d dig through...
The surest way to know if your meat is cooked properly is to test it with a meat thermometer. But if you find yourself without one (as I did at my summer vacation rental), you can find an easy guide to meat doneness, literally at your fingertips. (See the chart below...
Question: At a restaurant, I was recently asked what temperature I wanted my fish cooked. How do I know? Answer: Chances are, you ordered salmon or tuna, because most other types of fish, like flounder, sole, snapper, tilapia and shellfish are simply cooked through...
