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Ask a Food Blogger: Corn Pudding

Question: Do you have any good recipes for corn pudding? I love it but can’t find a recipe I like. When you’re looking into local cuisine on a trip (or in our case in a different neighborhood) it’s good ‘street sense’ to watch where the natives go. For example, when we go into Chinatown we don’t look for a place popular with the tourists, but instead opt to follow the locals down into what seems like a little dive in a hole in the ground for some of the best egg rolls, lo mein around. If it’s good enough for … Continue reading →

Ask a Food Blogger: What Are Free Range Meats?

Question: I keep seeing in my grocery store certain meats being advertised as ‘free range.’ They are much more expensive than ‘regular’ meat. Can you tell me why this meat is called ‘free range’, why it’s so much more expensive, and if it’s better for my health? This is an excellent question! Since you’ve really asked three questions. . .I’ll have to give you three answers. What Is Free Range Meat? Free range meat is a cut of meat from an animal that is allowed to roam in unrestricted pastures. Sort of. The USDA defines the term ‘free range’ such … Continue reading →

Ravioli Soup

Okay so you can call me a weather freak. I love the changing of the seasons. I love that New York actually gets four seasons and that each is distinctive. I just saw this weekend the very first set of golden and crimson leaves and so I started to pull out my fall recipes along with our fall and winter clothes. This soup is delicious and it wins my kids’ seal of approval. Even my husband, who claims that soup is not “chewy” enough to qualify as a meal has decreed that this soup has what it takes to make … Continue reading →

Tis (almost) the Season for Pumpkins!

I recently went back to school shopping (yes, homeschoolers need ‘school supplies’ too) and was in utter shock as I went through the store. There is was, right next to the back to school supplies aisle: the Halloween candy aisle. Now it wasn’t in its full glory as it will be in another four weeks but am I the only one who realizes that it’s still August? Well, I was in for another shock because when I went to go pick up my produce later that day the first batch of pumpkins for the season sat staring me in the … Continue reading →

Let’s Celebrate Sneak Some Zucchini On Your Neighbor’s Porch Day!

Are you going to do it? The holiday (which is an actual holiday in the sense that people actually celebrate it) was created by Tom and Ruth Roy and is held annually on August 8th. You can probably figure this out, but this is the time of year when zucchini is harvested and depending on your garden you can sometimes have zucchini in abundance. I have read in blogs that some people actually deliberately plant excess zucchini in their gardens for the purpose of celebrating this day. There are some very creative ways that have been suggested to go about … Continue reading →

Two Cold Fruity Summer Soups

I have to admit that I have yet to convince my family that a nice cold fruity soup is the way to go in the summer time. But every year I try. Every year my concoctions are met with more than one raised eyebrow. In fact last year my son asked me point blank why I ruined the strawberries! My husband on the other hand insists that there’s simply not enough chewing involved in eating soup for it to qualify as a meal. Oh well. I, however, love cold fruit soup in the summer time. If I could get my … Continue reading →

5 Life Lessons I Learned From Angel Food Cake

I love angel food cake. It is my favorite type of cake. When I was younger and just beginning to explore the realms of possibilities in developing my culinary expertise, I decided to conquer the Angel Food Cake first. When you are an experienced cook you learn that there are some things that are very forgiving. This means that if the recipe calls for 1 clove of garlic but you want two–it really won’t affect the overall outcome of the dish–except to make it more garlicky. Then there are other recipes that are so delicate you treat them as fine … Continue reading →

Spicy Orange Sole

I admit that we don’t eat a lot of fish. I had horrible childhood experiences with trying to de-bone endless amounts of trout (because if you live near the Rocky Mountains–that’s what you get is trout) and frankly, I think it spoiled me on the whole eating fish thing. Every time I look at fish in the grocery store, I think of hours of de-boning, gutting and dumping pails of fish heads. However, as I get older and begin to seek healthier ways to cook for my family, I am more and more interested in eating fish. The problem is … Continue reading →

The Families Cookbook Winter ’06 Oats to Oregano

I’m introducing a new feature here at families.com. Have you ever wanted to find a recipe based on an ingredient you have on hand? If so, you’ve likely encountered the same problem I have when looking at the categories to the right–there are simply too many recipes to find what you’re looking for. So I created these cookbooks so that you could easily search for your ingredient and easily find all the wonderful recipes here at families.com! (Check back periodically; this is a work in progress!) Note: Kitchen staples are not categorized. You will not find flour, sugar, salt, pepper, … Continue reading →

The Families Cookbook Winter ’06 Paprika to Red Wine Vinegar

I’m introducing a new feature here at families.com. Have you ever wanted to find a recipe based on an ingredient you have on hand? If so, you’ve likely encountered the same problem I have when looking at the categories to the right–there are simply too many recipes to find what you’re looking for. So I created these cookbooks so that you could easily search for your ingredient and easily find all the wonderful recipes here at families.com! (Check back periodically; this is a work in progress!) Note: Kitchen staples are not categorized. You will not find flour, sugar, salt, pepper, … Continue reading →