It seems to me that there are two kinds of rice pudding in the world–the creamy, stovetop kind and the more dense, baked-in-the-oven kind. Both are delicious, old-fashioned foods. If you prefer the creamy, stovetop kind, this recipe is excellent and has never failed me (although I cut the sugar in half). This creamy, stovetop [...]
From now until March 3rd, you can watch this entire movie for free using this link. I highly recommend you take an hour of your time to watch this movie, starring some of my favorite people on the planet, Joel Salatin and Michael Pollen. It will inspire you to find and get to know your [...]
Virtually every culture on earth incorporates some kind of delicious fermented food into their cuisine–sauerkraut, kimchee, lacto-fermented pickles, cheese, beer, yogurt, sourdough, to name a few. Fermentation is magical and awesome. Fermenting food is of course a natural way to preserve food, but I’d also argue that humans possess an innate instinct to practice traditional [...]
“Nutcakes” sound like something a hobbit would pack for a journey, or Jemima Puddle Duck would serve with hot tea. Really what they are are pancakes, but made with rich, finely ground almond flour instead of flour. We have been making these for breakfast and find them to be much more filling, satisfying and less [...]
Snacks. Hang out with a group of moms for a few minutes, and sooner or later the subject of snacks always comes up. We moms are always trying to figure out what to feed the hungry little shorties that is fast, easy and healthy. Also of course they have to actually like it, so some [...]
Yesterday as I was driving to work, it occurred to me why Paula Deen’s statement “I’m your cook, not your doctor” bugs me so much. Although it is initially funny and plucky like Ms. Deen herself, the statement is so deeply flawed and backwards that it has taken me a while to figure out exactly [...]
I’ve got a movie recommendation for you. Fat Head is a low budget documentary done by one dude that was annoyed by the movie Super Size Me. Now, I don’t know about you, but I never thought much about the movie Super Size Me. I just took it as absolute truth and used it to [...]
It is citrus season and the lemon trees are heavy with fruit. This is a fantastic recipe from Couscous and Other Good Foods from Morocco to use up your extra lemons. You can use Eureka lemons or Meyer lemons; I love making preserved lemons with Meyers but both are very good. I have not changed [...]
For most of my adult life, I’ve tried to follow conventional nutrition advice. I’ve cut portion sizes, exercised, cut the fat, cut portion sizes more, exercised even more and cut the fat even more. I’ve eaten my whole grains and veggies and drank my lowfat milk and eaten boxes of cereal that taste like the [...]
I was browsing through my beloved Time-Life Good Cook series and I found this recipe. I am so taken with the name that I had to make it. Isn’t Chicken Greater than the Sum of its Parts such a perfect description of cooking? Gather a few humble ingredients, put them together in the right way [...]
As some of you may have surmised from my recent online temper tantrum, our family has recently switched over to raw milk. I had no idea when I did so that the raw milk movement attracts such educated, vocal, organized supporters. During the recent unwarranted, unnecessary recall of Organic Pastures Dairy products, hundreds of supporters flooded [...]
My kids love homemade muffins for an after school snack. Unfortunately, after careful observation I’ve come to realize that feeding ordinary muffins to my daughter to appease her hunger is like throwing a lit match on a pile of dry kindling to put out a fire. Muffins only make her more hungry. She will want [...]
