FOOD 101: Cooking History

Be grateful for your stove and microwave! Photo courtesy Sirgy.com.   Do you like sashimi and steak tartare? Man has been wandering Earth for some 200,000 years, but the general use of fire began only about 40,000 to 50,000 years ago. Until then, man ate his food raw.* Neanderthals discovered how to deliberately create fire.…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Rice Pudding Day

Here’s a fun take for National Rice Pudding Day: rice pudding tartlets. These are made in rustic style by Frog Hollow Farm. You don’t need tartlet pans that turn out fluted, rigid tart shells. Instead, just roll the dough and fold the edges over the filling—the style known as galette. Rice pudding replaces the traditional…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Turn Leftover Pasta Into Antipasto Salad

For lunch or a light dinner: antipasto salad. Photo courtesy Melissas.   Turn your leftover pasta into an antipasto salad. You can boil the pasta from scratch, but whenever we make short cut pasta for a hot dish, we make extra for a cold pasta salad later in the week. You can customize the recipe…
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