December 2010
20 posts
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Greek Mac and Cheese
Last night for dinner I was desperately in the mood for comfort food. I had been feeling kind of blue all day, stressed about the holidays and silly things like visas and returning to England in January, and just wanted to curl up. Plus, we went to see Somewhere on Monday, and I have been digging the idea of homemade Mac and Cheese since the moment Cleo asks the concierge at Chateau Marmont to...
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Pizza!
When I first began this blog over a year ago I posted a recipe inspired by my favorite pizza from Zinc Cafe. I suggested that the pizza be made using Trader Joe’s Pizza dough for $1.99. Times have changed greatly since I posted the recipe… I have begun baking my own bread, simmering my own chicken stock, and making pasta from scratch… so naturally I now make my own pizza dough!...
“The first printed recipe for guacamole published in English in the United States...”
– Interesting fact from Saveur on a day when I am reminiscing about last summer’s Guac Off!
Weight Watchers Changes their Points System →
Weight Watchers is one of the most popular weight loss regimes in the world. The whole program is successful because of it’s simplicity. Foods are assigned numerical values and weight loss is dependent on sticking to a specific point regiment. In general the mantra is on point nutritionally…. vegetables good, chocolate cake bad… but there have been deviations from that that...
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Quick Asian Chicken Salad
It is incredibly easy to feel bogged down by food choices in the winter months. Root vegetables are in season and it’s cold outside, making it easy to do roast after roast. Not to mention the abundance of baked goods and “holiday cheer”. This week our bodies were not so subtly telling us they had had too much and it was time for something much lighter for dinner. I scrapped up...
Driven by Flavor: A Conversation with Dan Barber →
I have been trying to upload just the audio, but I can’t figure it out— so here is the link. Check it out! I love listening to Dan Barber speak… it inspires me about the future of the food revolution!
Nate Appleman at Chipotle? →
I don’t normally write about celebrity chefs or restaurant gossip. In general the tabloid-esque aspect of restaurant buzz has no baring on anything that I care about in food, but this is somewhat interesting. Nate Appleman, the award-winning chef who opened San Francisco’s A-16 and then left for a turn at opening a Keith McNally restaurant- Pulino, has now left to work for Chipotle....
Obesity a Greater Threat to National Security than... →
Click to read this super interesting article about obesity versus don’t ask don’t tell in the military. Where do you think we should be focusing our attention?
Sarah Palin Should Stop Grinding Her Sweet Tooth →
This is an incredibly important article about why it is so important that Sarah Palin and the tea partiers need to stop criticizing the Obama administration’s support for healthy child nutrition.
“I think it’s worth mentioning that one of the reasons the Obamas, Mrs. Obama in particular, has taken on healthy eating is that so many Americans are not only overweight, they are...
Juliane Recommends: Updated!
Sorry for leaving you hanging after posting about my new recommendation portion of the site. It is finally up and running and will be updated often! Check it out!
My Kitchen Counter Recommends...
The responsibility of making reservations when traveling has recently been passed down from my mom to me. From the perspective of everyone else on our family vacations, we “have great luck!” when traveling, as we “never have a bad meal”. Only my mom and I really understand that luck has nothing to do with it. We collect recommendations from friends we...
Sesame Street adds new Super Food muppets! →
“The fork is your most powerful tool to change your healthy and the planet; food...”
– Mark Hyman, MD
Why the School Lunch Bill Matters
The New York Times features research from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, sums up in a simple way how this legislation will reform school lunches going forward:
Whereas before lunch may have consisted of a fried chicken patty, white roll, canned green beans, whole milk, and a package of snack cakes (likely from a vending machine), kids can now look forward to lunches that...
