healthy eating
Best Med Diet Dish at…Lupa
MEDITERRANEANISTA SEEMS TO HAVE SLUMBERED her way through January. Snow, snow, snow. Merry house guests gone. Memories of communal cooking and countless feasts...
Basia HellwigFebruary 10, 2011
Mediterraneanista’s Holiday List, Part 3
SIX COOKBOOKS I ESPECIALLY LIKE These are the books I find myself turning to again and again, despite all the temptations on bookstore...
Basia HellwigDecember 15, 2010
RECIPE: Shaved Fennel and Apple Salad
FENNEL MAKES ITS FALL APPEARANCE at the farmers’ market along with apples—a great tart/sweet flavor combo, especially when set off by a...
Basia HellwigNovember 30, 2010
Meatless Monday Cure for Thanksgiving Feast Hangover
[caption id="attachment_1192" align="alignnone"]Today’s lunch—Shaved Fennel and Apple Salad. With its crunchy freshness and citrus dressing, it's the perfect post-Thanksgiving dish.[/caption] AFTER THE...
Basia HellwigNovember 30, 2010
At the Market This Week—Gathered from the Wild
INTERESTING ARTICLE IN YESTERDAY’S New York Times on chefs using unusual wild ingredients in their dishes. Nova Kim of Wild Gourmet Food (included...
Basia HellwigNovember 24, 2010
UN Adds Mediterranean Diet to Intangible Cultural Heritage List
[caption id="attachment_1185" align="alignnone"]Sardinian olives for making olive oil, a staple of the Mediterranean diet. The countries around the Mediterranean produce 95% of the...
Basia HellwigNovember 21, 2010
At the Market This Week
WHOLE GRAINS, FLOURS, BREAD—it’s Greenmarket Grains Week—cauliflower, winter greens, squash and…Peter Hoffman, chef/owner of the restaurants Savoy and Back Forty, doing a cooking demo...
Basia HellwigNovember 20, 2010
Move Over, Turkey
MUCH AS I LIKE ROAST TURKEY at Thanksgiving, I’ve always liked the side dishes even more, especially when combined in a crazy spill-off-the-plate...
Basia HellwigNovember 13, 2010
Husbands Who Make Soup Are, Well, Just Wonderful
[caption id="attachment_1175" align="alignleft"]Sweet potato soup with feta and zaatar oil.[/caption]I DON’T KNOW HOW Mr. Mediterraneanista (or BC, as he prefers to be called)...
Basia HellwigNovember 9, 2010
Best Med Diet Dish at…Maoz Vegetarian
[caption id="attachment_1172" align="alignleft"]My latest takeout from Maoz—falafel sandwich with veggie toppings and a side order of falafel.[/caption]HERE’S SOME FAST FOOD WITH MED CRED,...
Basia HellwigNovember 8, 2010