2013 Food Trends; Chickens Treated With Oregano Oil; Flame Retardants; Farmwashing

2013 Food Trends:
Fermentation, Line Caught Fish From Lakes And Oceans, Chef's Play With Ramen, Sea Foraging, Alternative Milks Like Naked Oat, Blue Curacao, Panama City, Barrel Fermented Hot Sauce, and Top-To-Bottom Sunflower. More at Food and Wine, Forbes, and NYT.

2013 Top Restaurant Trends:
Extravagant Bread and Butter offerings, Tacos, Skin (chicken, duck, pork), Smoked Everything, Bycatch (what fisherman normally throw back) and there's more.

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Tune in Friday morning to WCAX-TV Channel 3 at 6:50am, I'm cooking a new holiday recipe for you. 

Next Cooking Class: Winter Soups 1.26.13 

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13 Year Old Girl Wants Easy Bake Ovens To Be Marketed To Boys (I happily signed the petition)

How To Make Punch Without The Trash

Winter Farmers Market This Saturday and I'm A Vendor!

The Five Corners Farmers Market is having its first Winter Market this Saturday.

Along with fresh produce, outstanding breads/pastries, and maple syrup, I will be selling my flavored salts!  Currently four fabulous flavors will be available: Tuscan, Greek, Caribbean, & Roasted Garlic! Stop by my table and say hello. The market is a great place to enjoy lunch, pick up a few holiday gifts, or to stock your pantry with winter foods. 

Top 5 Recipes To Fill Your Cookie Jar

Fig and Date Swirls

Let's Cook Together

Hoping your Thanksgiving holiday was filled with memorable moments along with delicious foods. After a challenging few weeks helping my dog recover from surgery, we decided to have a relaxing Thanksgiving at home with two close friends. Prince Charming and I cooked from Wednesday 2:00 to Thursday 2:00. A funny moment was early Thursday morning when I discovered that a chipmunk had eaten our pumpkin pie. Another was made and was quite possibly better than the first. Our dinner was divine (a few photos below).

Let's cook together! Below is my current Class Schedule: 
(click on links to view menus and details)

Roasted Cauliflower with Gremolata

Roasted Cauliflower with Gremolata

Serves 6

3 pounds (about 2 large heads) cauliflower

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 teaspoon coarse salt

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

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Will Tabasco Flavored Jelly Beans End Up In Your Christmas Stocking?

Do You Have Mayophobia?

Top Five Things Restaurants Should Never Serve Again (wasabi mashed potatoes, bourbon glazed anything, truffle oil, raspberry vin., and lobster mac and cheese).

Sam Sifton's Thanksgiving Turkey Guide Will Help.

Vegan Pumpkin Pie Goes Viral. 

A Kitchen Staple Turns Into A Holiday Gift You'll Want To Make (Video)

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You'll be surprised how elegant and divine these quick and easy flavored salts are to make. On December 1st a friend and I will be teaching a fun class on how to make these pungent salt blends.
  Join us!

Top 12 Holiday Kitchen Gifts Under $50.00

  

Burma: Rivers Of Flavor is a new cookbook shining light on Myamar's cuisine celebrating the flavors we all crave, ginger, lime, lemongrass, coconut and more (NYT review). 

Once you try Peter Van Dykes sun-dried CA Sulfured Blenheim Apricots you will wish you discovered them long ago. For the best foodie gift, buy a pound, transfer to a nice LARGE glass jar like these vintage blue ball jars, attach a few recipes, and don't forget to add a note on how to order