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Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492. It was unofficially celebrated in a number of cities and states as early as the 18th century but did not become a federal holiday until the 1937....

  What makes apples so great? In 2004, USDA scientists investigated over 100 foods to measure their antioxidant concentration per serving size. Two apples’Red Delicious and Granny Smith’ranked 12th and 13th respectively. Antioxidants are disease-fighting...

All people, whether male or female, are born with some breast cells and tissue. Even though males do not develop milk-producing breasts, a man’s breast cells and tissue can still develop cancer. Even so, male breast cancer is very rare. Less than one percent of all...

  Adapted from recipe created by Steve Betti Serves 6   1 medium eggplant, diced into ½ inch/1.27cm pieces 2 tablespoons/30mls olive oil 2 ½ teaspoon/2mls paprika ¼ teaspoon/1ml ground sage ¼ teaspoon/1ml salt (or salt substitute) 1/8 teaspoon/.5ml pepper 1/8...

  Here are today’s 5 thing to know about Pumpkins: The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake. In early colonial times,...

General gift certificates can be used towards any chef service we offer: catering, personal chef, dinner party or private cooking classes. This is the most popular gift certificate, as it allows YaDa Chef to work with the recipient to create something that fits their...

  Key lime pie is a staple in southern Florida and especially in the Keys.  When I first visited Key West I OD’d on everything key lime from fudge to cakes, shakes and more.   Serves 4-6 2 cups/241g pecans (substitute any non-salted nut you prefer) 2-3...

Five Food Finds about Cider The cider industry uses 45% of all apples grown in the UK. The UK cider industry grew nearly 200,000 tonnes of cider apples in 2010; Bulmers alone has 10,000 acres of cider apple orchards under its control. There are more than 300 varieties...

Five Food Finds about Coffee Coffee is only grown near the equator, from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn, within a 1,000 mile limit. 1,200 different chemical components are in coffee.  More than half of these components make up the distinguished flavor...

Today food trivia: Key Limes are uniquely sour because they have less moisture in their peel. This makes the juice much more acidic Here are today’s five thing to know about Key Lime Pie: The dish is named for the small Key limes that are naturalized throughout the...

  • National Cheeseburger Day (100 Hamburger Variations  --  Hamburger Trivia)• St. Winnoc, patron of millers. • National Farm Safety & Health Week (Sept 17-23, 2017) [Nat'l Education Ctr for Agricultural Safety] • Canada: National Organic Week (Sept 16-24, 2017)...

September 14 is National Cream Filled Donut Day! Whether you enjoy chocolate, vanilla, lemon or ganache filling in your donut, today is the perfect day to enjoy these sweet treats! Donuts came to the United States in the mid-1800s through Dutch settlers that were...

  The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council has designated July as Hot Dog Month and for 2017 Wednesday, July 19 as National Hot Dog Day.  Over 25 million hot dogs are sold at baseball stadiums each year. Whether they are grilled, boiled, broiled, pan-fried, rotisserie...

    Afternoon tea is a traditional British meal taken in mid-afternoon. It consists of a pot of tea plus finger sandwiches, scones with jam and clotted cream, cakes and pastries. Here are two noteworthy points about afternoon tea. The concept was inadvertently...

  Grunt: There are 2 surprisingly different definitions of grunts in cooking: A type of fruit cobbler or pie, traditionally served on America's east coast that is a combination of a pie and a cobbler. It consists of fruit, most often berries, which are cooked beneath...