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, 2010Gifts and Treats for You and Yours CITRUS FRUITS AND FRESH HERBS ARE BELOVED big-flavor ingredients in Mediterranean cooking. When I...
Basia HellwigDecember 13, 2010MEDITERRANEANISTA’S Shaved Fennel and Apple Salad is on this week’s menu at Meatless Monday. I’ve written before about this nonprofit public health campaign...
Basia HellwigDecember 13, 2010Gifts and Treats for You and Yours We’ve made some wonderful discoveries this year during our travels around New York City’s...
Basia HellwigDecember 11, 2010FENNEL 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[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, 2010INTERESTING 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, 2010IF YOU’RE STILL LOOKING FOR IDEAS for the un-meat part of your Thanksgiving meal, Meatless Monday has invited its favorite chefs and cooks...
Basia HellwigNovember 22, 2010[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, 2010WHOLE 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