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  Orange, starchy sweet potatoes are great mashed, cut into fries or just roasted whole. But you likely haven't considered grinding them into a flour and baking them into your next batch of cookies -- or at least, not yet! Recent research published in ACS Food...

  I learned to make this light and tasty dish while living in Pozzuoli Italy, just outside of Napoli. Cooking class was informal in Maria's home and always with some local wine. Once you try this you will never go back to the breaded version. Serves 4 1...

The garbanzo bean mash came about when for some strange reason I had a glut of garbanzo beans. Since I love hummus it was only natural for me to mash them up and serve the hot.  It worked!   Serves 4   1 pound/450g Chorizo 1 tablespoon/20ml plus 1 teaspoon olive oil 4...

  Dr. Germ reveals the dirty truth about what might be lurking in your kitchen. By  Alessandra Bulow   "In most cases, it's safer to make a salad on a toilet seat than it is to make one on a cutting board," says Dr. Charles Gerba (aka Dr. Germ), a...

    Ingredients 1/2 head small purple cabbage very thinly sliced 12 large Lacinato dinosaur kale leaves, sliced into ribbons  2 tablespoons / 30ml olive oil divided  1-2 tablespoons / 15-30ml apple cider vinegar order here 1/4 cup / 60ml crumbled blue cheese...

  A classic Cuban dish, and one of the most popular. In spanish, the translation is means "old clothes", because the chuck roast is shredded until it resembles old rags of clothes. It is traditionally served with white rice. Serves 6 3 pound/1.35kg chuck roast 1...

  We all have wellness goals we'd like to reach, but it can be challenging to keep them in mind and prioritize our health daily. From sticking to that perfect diet to maintaining a clutter-free home (and mind), it can seem overwhelming to get started....

  I am not sure of the origin of the name or where this recipe came from.  It has been a staple of my Mother’s for many years. It is served every Christmas Eve during our Italian/Polish Celebration   serve 4-8   1 pound/450g egg noodles  8-10 large eggs 1/4...

California's salmon face a range of environmental challenges. By  Elisabeth Sherman   A new study from UC Davis and the nonprofit CalTrout, predicts that oil spills, climate change, and droughts, could reduce the California salmon, steelhead, and trout species by...

    Serves 4   8 ounces/225g dried corn fettuccine or spaghetti 2 cups/450ml/225g snow peas 2 ½ tablespoon/37ml hoisin sauce - see recipe below 3 tablespoon/45ml rice wine (sub dry sherry) ½ cup/125ml vegetable broth or water 1 teaspoon/5ml canola oil 2...

  RECIPE COURTESY OF    CLARISSA DICKSON WRIGHT AND JENNIFER PATERSON   Ingredients:  Chicken livers, trimmed  Butter  Cayenne pepper  Prunes, stoned  Rashers of streaky bacon, cut in half    Directions: Gently saute the livers in butter, then cut into thin...

Here are a few great tips, we cover these and more in our cooking classes. Food & Wine Test Kitchen Manager Kelsey Youngman has laid out her favorite tips: 1. For a better rise, use cold butter—or even frozen butter. The colder the better, and that extends beyond...

  You can use a variety of apple types if you like. Remember that if you use all tart, you may need to add additional sweetener.   Serves 8-10   5 large organic apples, cored and cut into bite size pieces 1/2 cup/125ml local honey or REAL maple syrup Juice of 1/2...

  serves 6   1 stewing chicken 4 pounds/1.8kg 1 onion studded with cloves 1 carrot cut into chunks 2 ribs celery cut into chunks 2-3 garlic cloves 10 peppercorns 1 bouquet garni   Place chicken, onion, carrot, celery, garlic, peppercorns and bouquet garni into a large...

      serves 6-8 Preheat the oven to 350F/176C/Gas 4 1 chicken cut into 6 pieces (legs, wings, breasts) Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Melt the 3 tablespoons/15ml of lard in a large, ovenproof casserole. Working in 2 batches, brown the chicken over medium...

    Adapted from Sor Andrea de la Asunción from the Santa Rosa Convent   Serves 10-12 1/4 cup/60ml/55g lard, vegetable shortening or vegetable oil (Reserve the seeds from all chiles) 1 1/2  ounces/43g chiles anchos, 3-4, stemmed and seeded 1 1/2  ounces/43g...