I recently had the good fortune of spending a Saturday morning cooking lunch with my good friend and fabulous chef, Martha. I’d asked her if she would cook up something with me once a month that I could share with my readers. So this is my first “Cooking with Martha” blog and I hope there
To stay excited about eating, I save up my pennies and go out to eat once in a while in places that know how to make really good food. It helps me remember to be a more creative cook, and it helps me remember how incredible food can taste from the hands of a really good chef.
Every time I mention kale to my mother she groans and rolls her eyes saying “I don’t like kale.” Talk about a role reversal. I tell her (like a mother would), “I just don’t think you’ve given it a chance or had it prepared the right way.” Personally, I’ve just learned how to massage my
For a few months now, every Monday night I have been getting together with a couple of girlfriends to have dinner. We meet at one of our houses and everybody brings something to share. It is a wonderful way to cut down on how much cooking one person has to do, you get a fabulous
This week in my Eat for Life class I asked people to explore the world of food in order to so have more pleasure in their eating experiences. You know how you can get in a rut with food–eating the same thing for breakfast, lunch, dinner day in and day out. This week I implored
The Slow Food Movement has had people blogging on their website about how they accomplished the $5 meal challenge. Please check out their page for sharing recipe ideas (and pictures) here:http://5challenge.tumblr.com/ and let your own creativity about meal planning grow and prosper. When I looked a little further for $5 meals I came across the $5
As I promised earlier, I would report to you the results of my own $5 challenge (cooking a fresh, local, healthy meal for $5 or less and sharing it with others that was initiated by the Slow Food Movement). As it turns out, I cooked my own meal and shared it but I also participated
I am honored to be able to send you this press release about the new cookbook created by a friend and Slow Food companion, Bernadette Dryden, called “Cooking Wild in Missouri.” I’ve seen the book and it is a “must have” even if you don’t cook. It is a book put together with love and bursting
Someone recently sent me the link to the Happy Meal art project by New York artist, Sally Davies. I couldn’t resist sharing it with you—people I care about—in hopes that I can convince more of you not to eat at fast food restaurants. I had heard anecdotal reports about the fact that McDonald’s food doesn’t
I recently had the pleasure of eating at The Harvest, a restaurant that is also a member of the Slow Food Movement. Located on the Capitol Square in Madison, WI, Harvest is, as their website notes “passionately devoted to bringing Madison a unique dining experience, and a menu enhanced by seasonal locally-grown, and organic ingredients.”
