FOOD HOLIDAY: National Pasta Month & Pasta History

Potstickers and other dumplings are types of pasta, a food invented by the Chinese 4,000 years ago (photo courtesy CBCrabcakes.com).   October is National Pasta Month; pasta is one of America’s favorite foods. Who invented it? The Chinese! While Thomas Jefferson introduced pasta to the U.S. in 1787, upon his return from Europe where he…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pasta & Breadcrumbs

For crunch, toss breadcrumbs on your pasta (photo © Monkey Business | Fotolia).   In southern Italy, toasted breadcrumbs, instead of grated cheese, are often sprinkled over pasta. You don’t even need a sauce for this authentic recipe—just toss the pasta in extra virgin olive oil. The custom survives in the U.S. largely as macaroni…
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PRODUCT: Goat Cheese

An easy-to-make goat cheese-apricot canapé. Photo courtesy Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery. We hear quite a few people say that they don’t like goat cheese. While taste is a very personal thing, goat cheese is our favorite. If you think you don’t like goat cheese, try one of the fresh chèvre, the French word for…
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Video Of The Week: Make Easy Thai Salmon

  This salmon dish, from Martha Drayton of Whole Foods, packs a lot of flavor into one tasty dish. It takes less than 30 minutes to prepare. Salmon is marinated in a coconut curry sauce that takes just a couple of minutes to prepare, then steamed and infused with Thai flavors. For more Thai flavors,…
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NEWS: Watercress, The “New” Superfood

Watercress is good-looking, good-tasting and really good for you. Photo courtesy B&W Quality Growers. Watercress the super food is now watercress the cancer-fighter. A study published in The British Journal of Nutrition this week reveals experimental findings that show the consumption of a three-ounce portion of watercress reduced the presence of tumor growth in participants…
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