food
Information about food, meaning anything solid eaten for sustenance - solid to distinguish it from beverages.
Food trivia
Feed your mind with odd facts and unusual anecdotes about food.
Beans and pulses
Cooking beans is good for the budget cook, because are not expensive, and it is good for the gourmet, because there are many varieties. In spring, young and tender, beans are the perfect vegetable. In winter, when fresh produce is harder to come by, dry beans reign in the kitchen.
Sweet and hot peppers
Capsicum, the vegetable group to which all kind of peppers belong, are part of the treasures Columbus brought back from the New World. Now there are varieties growing in virtually every part of the world.
Spring on your summer table
Fresh vegetables for the barbecue, healthy salads on the side, herbs for rubs, marinades or dressings and fruit desserts, show it off! Come the summer issue, we will organize a true garden party where a good part of the menu came from containers or plants intermingled in the borders of your backyard.
Quick and easy dinner recipes
You are tired. The family is hungry. You need dinner and you need it now. Here are some ideas for a quick and easy dinner.
Cumin
Pungent, fragrant, somewhat bitter flavor, it flavors fish, meat, couscous and vegetables in Middle Eastern cuisine, essential ingredient in most Indian curry powders or in chili powder from Mexico, where it also makes an stellar appearance in sauces, with chicken, pork and enchiladas.
Emblic
The astringent taste of the emblic might surprise you for such a bite-sized ball, but the health benefits and cooking applications are incredible.
How creative is your butternut squash?
If you are looking for butternut squash recipes to take you past soup, Erin M. Phelan brings some recipes and ideas to help you get creative with butternut squash.
Blackberries without the seeds
There are recipes that let you enjoy the flavor of blackberries without the seeds. Blackberries are one of the healthiest berries. Discover new ways to eat them!
Kumquat
The kumquat trees and fruits, a relatively modern adquisition for the western countries, have been cultivated in China for centuries. The kumquat fruit resembles miniature, oval orange.