RECIPE: Watermelon Salad With Thai Basil & Feta Cheese

[1] A refreshing watermelon and strawberry salad with feta, goat cheese, or bocconcini/mozzarella balls (photo © Good Eggs). [2] Yellow watermelon is a special treat (photo © DP Seeds). [3] Greek feta is the best: no overly salty like others (photo courtesy Murray’s Cheese). [4] There are more than 19 types of basil you can…
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RECIPE: Tilapia With Gingered Rhubarb Sauce

Fish and rhubarb? Absolutely! Photo courtesy McCormick. The eighth of McCormick’s 2010 flavor trends is a pairing of roasted ginger & rhubarb Ginger is a wonderfully pungent spice with a long history of cultivation. In China, where the plant originated, as well as in other Asian countries, the spice is used in a multitude of…
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GIFT: Chicken Soup & The Fixings

Sick friends, stressed students, new parents and others who need a pick-me-up would be very happy to receive a shipment of chicken soup. Chicken soup is great comfort food for whomever needs a Spoonful of Comfort—which is the name of one of the two chicken soup gifts we tried recently (the other, not surprisingly, is…
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