Fri, January 27, 2012

Cooking With Italian Grandmothers: A Review

Posted 1 year, 3 months ago

Everyone eats.  This lends food a uniting ability as obvious as it is unique.

Aromas become calling cards.  Recipes beget introductions.  The storytelling potential of mealtime has driven many narrative cookbooks.  ‘Cooking With Italian Grandmothers’ (2010, Welcome Books) continues this…

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“Low Fat Is Not a Dirty Word.” The Faster Times Interviews Irene Joe, High School Food and Nutrition Teacher

Posted 1 year, 9 months ago

Despite their mainstay on prime-time television–in Glee, Friday Night Lights, the new 90210 and the eternally syndicated original–high school students are rarely spotlighted in school food campaigns. Let’s Move, the First Lady’s laudable childhood obesity reversal initiative is focused on…

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Loving the Leftover: Manishevitz Redux

Posted 1 year, 9 months ago

It’s been exactly one week since the Maxwell House haggadahs have been put away. You have reunited with batards and beer and it’s already hard to remember the days and nights without them. Now, if only there was something to do with that leftover Manishevitz…

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