It’s hard to say whether the current status quo is due to an onslaught of commercials featuring kids eating carrots while playing in valleys or whether Americans have a group-mind when it comes to dressings, but one thing is clear: Ranch is just about everybody’s favorite dressing. I love the concept, too — you can’t [...]
Eat, don’t spray! No need to buy fancy spring specials at the market when your lawn is full of free, fresh greens and herbs. I’m talking dandelion greens, purslane, and wood sorrel; wild alliums like chives, ramps, and scapes. Instead of spraying Roundup and contaminating our water supply — when it rains, all those herbicides, [...]
Duck eggs are getting lots of buzz lately. Apparently, ducks are hardier than chickens and therefore easier to raise in urban backyards in the Midwest. Assuming you have a pond, of course. (Inner-city urban farmers in Detroit are saying that ducks are the current Big Thing. Both water and empty lots are copious in the [...]
As much as I adore raw food (no grains means no gluten — yay!) and especially the dehydrated main courses like meatball subs and falafel wraps, I’m not wild about the typical dehydration period of anywhere from 12 to 20 hours. That’s too much planning and waiting even for me. Plus, although dehydrators run at [...]
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If you want to enjoy an unadorned fish filet, it’s best to choose wild salmon or tuna — they have so much innate flavor that it would be a shame to not let it shine through. But if you’d like to dredge a fish filet in crumbs or flour and add a few spices to [...]
When I was in my favorite seafood market last week (that would be Superior Fish in Royal Oak — seafood lovers in Metro Detroit, you might want to check it out!), I wandered over to the far wall where the store stocks their frozen seafood offerings. Much to my delight, I found some frozen langostinos [...]
‘Tis the season for squash: zucchini, crookneck squash, butternut squash, squashes of every shape and color. You might be feeling overwhelmed by it all. (Even if you don’t have a garden, a well-intentioned neighbor may have given you some of her rampantly growing squash.) But don’t worry — squash is delectable when roasted. And as [...]
When temperatures soar and we’re in the waning dog days of summer, it’s time to reach for dishes that are crisp, cool, and fresh. Enter brined mozzarella: while it may not be crisp, it definitely fits into the “cool and fresh” category. And like all fresh cheeses — as opposed to aged cheeses, which tend [...]
“Eat your greens!” people like to say. They’re right — you should. Mostly because they’re tasty (inexpensively so) and because they’re good for you. Usually people mean dark leafy veggies like spinach and kale when they say “greens.” But what about the other, untapped greens that are even more likely to be growing just outside [...]
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Mangoes ARE summer: they’re sweet, they’re smooth, they’re a vibrant color, and they make you think of [fill in your favorite tropical setting here]. They also come in more than one variety — ever seen those little baby mangoes nestled in next to the big ones? They’re called “champagne” mangoes. I also think of them [...]
