healthy eating
Enough with the Ratatouille. What’s for Dessert?
I’d like to say “a plate of figs” but that’s the kind of answer that apparently can lead to culinary combat. (After taking pot...
Basia HellwigAugust 20, 2010
RECIPE: Briami, or Greek Vegetable Casserole
BRIAMI IS ONE OF MANY ratatouille-like dishes found around the Mediterranean, each with its own distinctive taste and slight variations of ingredients. Served with...
Basia HellwigAugust 16, 2010
Ratatouille By Any Other Name…
When you talk about a Mediterranean diet, it’s hard to imagine that 20-plus countries bordering one sea could have anything identifiable as a...
Basia HellwigAugust 16, 2010
Another Salvo in the Ratatouille Skirmishes
Salon is reigniting the Great Ratatouille Debate. Is it a simple “what-the-hell-are-we-going-to-do-with-all-this-stuff kind of [stew],” as writer Francis Lam puts it (and was...
Basia HellwigAugust 9, 2010
At the Farmstand This Week
Mediterraneanista has been traveling so there’s not much cooking or food foraging to report in NYC—but plenty of summer sights and tastes to enjoy...
Basia HellwigJuly 9, 2010
Lunch Karma—It Was Mine!
So Mediterraneanista was into her second day of hard labor at The Storage Room, the extra room of our Manhattan apartment that we...
Basia HellwigJune 19, 2010
Dinner Tonight: Ratatouille Niçoise
Summer vegetables are just beginning to appear at the farmers’ market—red peppers, zucchini, onions—and so my thoughts turn to ratatouille niçoise. I brought...
Basia HellwigJune 16, 2010
It’s All Greek to Me
When I visited Titan Foods in Astoria last week, I also stopped by United Brothers Fruit Market, a wonderful greengrocer (with great prices)....
Basia HellwigJune 15, 2010
Cycling Superfuels à la Méditerranée
[caption id="attachment_1050" align="alignnone"]Roasted Root Vegetables including beets, fingerling potatoes of various colors, sweet potato, turnips, red onion, plus butternut squash[/caption] “Five great...
Basia HellwigMay 7, 2010
Lazy Mediterraneanista
I THINK ONE REASON I LIKE THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET is how simple many of the dishes are. Just a few ingredients and a...
Basia HellwigMay 4, 2010