Recipe: Feijoada (Brazilian black bean stew)

Meet Evelin. (Pronounced ‘Eva-leeen.’) She wanted me to show you what she looked like “normally,” right away. Because, as you’ll see, she looked pretty unusual the day she came over and cooked a full Brazilian meal in my tiny kitchen. Make that 2 days. Actually, the whole event spanned 3 days. More on that in [...]

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Movie review: “Fresh”

The two repeating drumbeats being sounded by sustainable food advocates are: 1. Industrial farming has grown too quickly to produce safe and humane food. 2. Inner-cities with their lack of access to fresh, locally grown food have become food deserts. If this is a topic that you have been following, and have seen “Food, Inc.,” [...]

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Cookbook review: “Seasonal Fruit Desserts” by Deborah Madison

Everyone has experienced the disappointment of buying a lovely looking piece of fruit only to discover it is as appetizing as cardboard. Deborah Madison hopes to redeem the paradise-lost pleasures of truly ripe fruit. The cookbook guru has written a bit of a love letter to summer’s jewels with her new “Seasonal Fruit Desserts” (Broadway [...]

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