Tag: food

Farm To Table Israel is transforming the traditional dining experience into a hands-on journey.

This is a luxurious recipe that requires a taste for exotic flavors, and willingness to see it through its...

Eating dark chocolate can keep you looking young. Make your own healthy hot chocolate mix

Qatayef - also spelled katayif or qatya’if - is traditionally eaten at Ramadan (get our Ramadan vegetarian ideas here), but it’s a treat anytime. In fact, it’s a treat that’s gone through history. A recipe for qatayif appears in a tenth century Arabic cookbook by the writer Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, who compiled recipes going back to the eighth and ninth centuries. People have been eating qatayif for a very long time.

Winter is citrus season, and the markets are full of golden oranges. Don’t even try to resist them. What could be more heavenly than the sweetness of a good orange? As juice, in salads, cooked with chicken or fish, or eaten out of hand, oranges are delicious, and provide a good hit of vitamin C as well.

Even meat labeled organic may contain injected saline, because FSIS lists salt and water as organic. The FSIS allows selling injected meat as “natural” and “fresh” unless the added solution changes the product’s nature in ways that require different labeling. If you want to make absolutely sure that product is free of added salt and water, look for a statement on the label reading “no artificial ingredients,” “minimally processed,” or similar.

Sea moss became the new super-food when Kim Kardashian started talking about blending it into her smoothies. Fans following...

For an easy, luscious appetizer, wrap a semi-firm white cheese like Brie or feta in grapevine leaves and bake...

If you’ve only ever eaten grapevine leaves as dolmades, you’ll be surprised to learn that those tangy grape leaves...

Berkeley-based startup Copper has raised $28M to scale its battery-equipped induction stoves, offering a practical, plug-in alternative to harmful gas cooking. By cutting indoor air pollution, eliminating costly retrofits, and doubling as energy storage, Copper’s innovation helps households shift to cleaner, healthier kitchens and a greener energy grid.

From Ma'amoul to Couscous, why not try a new vegetarian dish from the Middle East and North Africa region...

This bit of Turkish home cuisine is called Arap Koftesi, and I discovered it in Özlem's Turkish Table. We can call them burgul balls.