My choice for Food of the Year is Ultraprocessed Food. UPFs are getting a lot of bad press lately. Every day brings more handwringing about the dangers of eating these products. They’re blamed for every health problem from cancer to heart disease, depression, obesity, Type …

When you think of holiday foods, what comes to mind? And… nuts? Nuts for baking, for snacking, for gifts. With the glut of sweets this time of year (see list), nuts can be a welcome relief. Nuts are the seed of various trees and bushes, …

In my opinion, the main reason to cook a full blown roast turkey dinner is the leftovers. On many occasions, after I spent Thanksgiving at someone else’s home, I cook my own turkey the next day, for the leftovers. Also for the fabulous aroma of …

Thanksgiving dinner can be summed up with three words: Well I exaggerate. Nevertheless these are pretty essential to the traditional dinner. When Native Americans and European settlers celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621, fresh cranberries, cooked pumpkin and squash, and wild turkey were on the …

A few weeks ago, I needed to make a birthday cake. Chocolate? I was strangely not craving chocolate. How about something different? Coconut! The recipe I found used canned coconut milk, but when I opened the can, all the fat had separated and risen to …

Brown rice isn’t always on my radar screen, mainly because I only like short grain brown rice. I know, fussy, fussy. But the run-of-the-mill long grain version, widely available in grocery stores, just isn’t that compelling. Short grain brown rice is harder to find, but …