I think you would need to be returning from a 50 year roundtrip to Mars to not know that whole grains are superior to processed grains. We all must have gotten the news by now that our bodies experience measurable benefits from eating whole grains and NOT eating processed, depleted...

Let me tell you, this and one other post has been in the pipeline so long now its sort of crazy. It seems like just yesterday though when we sat down to eat this meal, it was that delish. I had the opportunity to review the Anheuser-Busch Cookbook: Great Food, Great Beer by August A.,...

This book of 288 pages filled with inviting photography and information-rich chapters is an excellent source of inspiration for all of us, not just the "House Beautiful" types. You can pick and choose the details that you feel comfortable with, its really all in the little touches, the details that tell your family and guests that you have been...

[This post first aired on the Paper Palate blog, a member of the Well Fed Network] [I have included a small glossary of terms at the bottom of this post for some of the words that we may have heard a 100 times but never really took the time to look up.] I recently had...

No disrespect to Martha and those who aspire to her homemaking pinnacles I just have to be honest about this – my act doesn’t include perfect house cleanliness nor coordinated napkin rings. Our table is more likely to be set with Ball canning jars and mis-matched plastic plates (antique ones marked on the back from...

We are just at peak fall color here, mother nature has decided to cool off, the kids are wearing their Halloween costumes all day long, and it feels like fall to me, finally. We were expecting lows of 29 F last night so I had to put row covers over the spinach, bell peppers, beets,...

If you have come here by way of Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger Birthday Giveaway, you will find details on my prize at this post – “ProBlogger Birthday Bash event: Nikas Peppermint Marshmallow Puff Pastries“. (Stir-fried Caramel Chicken, carrots, and sweet onions) I know I have been reviewing up a storm lately. I do not get anything...

(Dosa stuffed with two onion potatoes. I know its too much but I love that stuffing!) Roll the drums, what you see above is my first ever masala dosa. Sure, its not the size of a small ox but its mine, all mine! I feel so empowered now. I can make my OWN dosa and...

(Spicy eggplant, micro purple dragon carrots, young yellow beets, microgreens, served over basmati rice.) (Naan and pappadum lay in the background) (Copyright 2007 Nika Boyce Studios) If you read here often you will remember my recent post “Cant stop raving about Tiger Tiger Indian Sauces” where I gushed on about Tiger Tiger‘s delightful sauces that...

  (This post will appear on the Paper Palate blog, a member of the Well Fed Network)   Book review of Camilla V. Saulsbury‘s Panna Cotta: Italy’s Elegant Custard Made Easy I had never heard of panna cotta before I saw it made on Iron Chef a few years ago. I obviously do not frequent...