Potato and Chickpea Stew

My friend Nate has what I call a kitchen ministry. He gathers people around his table and showers them with affection and food on almost any night of the week. More than once I have gotten a “dp?” text message (meaning “dinner party”) that has pulled me out of the grooves my routine and into [...]

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News Buzz: Healthy Food Financing Initiative

Forget trying to wrap your head around a complicated bipartisan healthcare plan. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, along with Michelle Obama are doing something that actually makes good common sense. They are launching a $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) that will bring decent grocery stores into the inner cities. [...]

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News Buzz: Food Channel Cravings

I have been without cable for more than a decade so I haven’t yet fallen into the consuming habit of watching people make food on television. Across the United States, however, viewership is on the rise. When the season finale of “The Next Food Network Star” aired last August, 4.7 million viewers tuned in to [...]

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Uncomfort food

One of my swim team mates sent me this link today (I’m pretty sure he only thinks of food as fuel). Remember all those weird jello and soup dishes that were designed to sell as many boxes of gelatin-sugar and cans of Spam as possible? Food blogger Robin Wheeler mined cookbooks of yesteryear and chronicled [...]

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Foodie Quote: Paul McCartney

“It’s meat-free Monday all around the world!” – Paul McCartney Paul and his daughters, Stella and Mary, have started an environmental campaign to encourage people to eat less meat with the aim to cut down on carbon emissions. You can read more about it on their website, Meat Free Monday, and you can also become [...]

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Foodie Quote: Ruth Reichl

“American are the most open-minded eaters in the world, constantly looking for new flavors and experiences. The way we eat has changed constantly throughout history, but now, as we welcome a new generation of cooks, we are thinking about food in a particularly interesting way.” – Ruth Reichl, “Gourmet Today“

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Foodie Quote: Deborah Madison

“During the many years that I have taught cooking, I have noticed that of my students, all are enthusiastic, many are quite sophisticated, but more than a few regard cooking as a quirky process that’s hard to grasp. Unnerved, they fail to notice that indeed there are unpredictable things about food, most of the time [...]

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News Buzz: Junk food ban in high schools and movies

Assault on junk foods The Obama administration is leading a charge this week with soon-to-be introduced legislation that will ban candy and sugary substances from many schools. The aim is to reduce obesity levels among children. On Tuesday, Michelle Obama launched the “Let’s Move” campaign to promote more exercise and healthier eating for kids. Parents [...]

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Foodie Quote: Alice Waters

“Cooking creates a sense of well-being for yourself and the people you love and brings beauty and meaning to everyday life. And all it requires is common sense – the common sense to eat seasonally, to know where your food comes from, to support and buy from local farmers and producers who are good stewards [...]

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Cookbook review: “Stir” by Barbara Lynch

Reviewed by: Leigh Montgomery “Of all of this year’s Christmas gifts – this is one that has been getting a lot of use in recent days. Boston star chef and restauranteur Barbara Lynch deserves all accolades, for her divergent styles that all have a kind of primacy. She’s also very pragmatic. While locals know you [...]

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