It's time to eat up all the ripe citrus you can get your hands on - it's grapefruit season! Grapefruits sometimes get a bad rap because of their tart and occasionally bitter flavor, and for those of us not living in Texas or Florida where grapefruits are most commonly grown, getting an eh grapefruit is fairly common. But good news: eating them in season greatly increases[...]
It's a rare, glorious time in St. Louis. If you've ever lived around this part of the Midwest, you know how cruel and fickle our weather can be. Ordinarily, we have relatively mild winter weather (temperatures average in the 30s) that seemingly shifts straight into full-blown summer with absurd humidity and lots of heat and then slams back into winter again. Those sweet, cool, breezy spri[...]
Check out that cauliflower. It's yellow. It's curry time! Grilled vegetables are a no-brainer when the grill is already fired up for meats. Asparagus, zucchini, onions, and mushrooms are musts. But did you ever think to grill cauliflower? Yeah, me neither. Until I found out that you can slice them into "steaks" and they will remain held together by their sturdy core. You can usual[...]
I love the Winter Olympics but they aren't helping my withdrawals from the mountain views and year-round fun in Colorado. St. Louis just doesn't have much going for it in February. When I lived in Vail and worked at a local athletic club, one aspect of my job had me working closely with the restaurant on our property planning nutrition seminars for our club members. These seminars w[...]
Something new I've been playing with is freshly ground flour. My grain mill can turn grains and beans into flour in seconds, and products made with freshly-ground flour taste better and behave more like white flour (a bread baker's dream!). Now, you do not need to go out and buy yourself a grain mill in order to have great whole grain products. If dense products h[...]