A few months ago, my husband and I purchased chicks to raise for the eggs. A couple of weeks ago, those chickens started laying eggs – and hoo, boy, did they start laying! They’ve been laying an average of a dozen a day, so we’ve been eating a LOT of eggs around here. In honor of the multitude of eggs, I decided to post the recipe for a popular Mexican breakfast dish – Huevos Rancheros. Essentially, it’s fried eggs over [...]
My friend Diana (@adamsconsulting) recently told me about the work of Lee Price. Lee’s paintings, several of them self-portraits, are almost photorealistic depictions of the relationship some women have with food. As Diana said, “It’s hard to tell in these paintings if the women are eating because they are happy, sad, depressed, lonely or just hungry… nobody knows. I can relate to this a lot. I’ve eaten many meals, alone in my house, completely naked.” As a male I’m not [...]
Today we discovered the garden at the local middle school , which is open to the public three days a week. Not only is everything organic, but the deal is that if you pick it yourself, you don’t have to pay for it. Gotta love a price plan like that! We picked up some green beans, cucumbers, and FREE carrots (the kid picked them himself!), which I made into a really easy, herbed stir-fry. When the carrots are this young [...]
“Food is disgusting. It’s what they make sh*t from.” ~ Cex 189.1 lbs. I’m now 3/4ths through the starvation phase of this project. Only 25 days to go! Of course, I’ll have to ramp up my exercising as I start eating real quantities of food again so I don’t blimp up. I was reading a news report the other day about how, over time, the food depicted in The Last Supper has grown from a simple bread and water affair [...]
Growing up in Queens, NY was truly a global experience. It seemed citizens from every culture in the world had settled within its borders – Koreans, Russians, Italians, Chinese, Puerto Ricans, and many, many more. One of the tastiest benefits of this was that it granted us access to dishes from around the world: Sushi, Jamaican patties, gyros, pizza, pierogies, and empanadas – especially empanadas. Empanadas hold a special place in my heart, because they come from my mother’s homeland [...]
In my many years of cooking, I’ve discovered that most people can be classified as one of several “types”. Whether you love making your family’s traditional recipes or prefer trying new dishes, techniques, and ingredients, you probably fall into one of these types. Read on, and see where you fit: The Traditionalist. These are the people who used to cook with their moms, or grandmothers, or aunts; they value their family’s long history of cooking for their family, and they [...]
It goes without saying that we should all be drinking water whenever we can, but the reality is that we’re going to be drinking lots of other things besides. So when you’re choosing that beverage, do you know how healthy (or unhealthy) that drink is? Recently, Lifehacker featured an article from Men’s Health called “The 20 Worst Drinks in America”. It ranks drinks based on sugar content, and features everything from flavored water, to energy drinks, to milkshakes. It’s probably [...]
With summer comes more. More activities, vacations, fairs, and barbecues. Unfortunately, with it also come plenty of opportunities to forget about eating healthy, and just eat what’s around – all-too-often that means corn dogs, ice cream, barbecued pork, and more. This kind of food is fine in moderation is fine, but too much of it and all that hard work of staying fit will go to waste. So how do you stick to a healthier eating plan this summer? Here [...]
“Just try it.” “No.” “But you might like it!” “NO!” This is a typical conversation in my house most nights. That is, on those nights that I don’t cook one of the five or six dishes my son can reliably be counted on to eat: Chicken nuggets, pasta, hot dogs, grilled chicken, and a few other foods round out my six-year old son’s list of preferred foods. He does like a few other things: Cucumbers, carrots, lettuce, most fruits, and [...]
It’s May. Birds are singing, bees are buzzing, flowers are blooming, and the gardening bug has bit. Don’t worry, it’s perfectly normal for this time of year. The important thing is to give you the help you need to get you through it to the wondrous moment known as harvest time! If you’ve never planted a garden before, here are some important steps for you to consider: How much space do you have? If you live in a house in [...]
Late in 2009, an advertising campaign by the New York City Health Department received a lot of attention, and generated even more controversy. The advertisements showed realistic human “fat” flowing into glasses filled with ice cubes. Much of the reaction to the campaign was visceral and negative, but one thing can’t be denied: It got people’s attention. For some people, the controversy overshadowed the goal of the ads, which was to encourage people to reduce (or eliminate) sugary drinks. That’s [...]
It seems that the trend in diets over the past few years has been to worry less about exact calorie counts and grams of fat, and more about simply eating more fresh, unprocessed food. And that’s a good thing. After all, it’s much easier to eat more fresh food and less processed food. Everyone can agree that fresh food is a healthier choice – it’s naturally lower in sodium, chemicals, and preservatives. But just how fresh is “fresh” food? If [...]
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