Kick the flu and colds to the curb with these fabulous foods
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Love it or Loathe It: The polarization of cilantro
Cilantro (aka Chinese parsley or coriander) is probably the most-loved, while at the same time most-hated, herb on the planet. The cornerstone of Middle Eastern, Latin American and Southeast Asian cuisines, cilantro has caused culinary divisiveness among families and nations. Here’s the nitty-gritty and a little PR boost on this much-maligned Biblical botanical.
Exotic nutmeg can be so naughty … and so nice!
Nothing rings in the holiday season like a sprinkling of fresh grated nutmeg in a frothy glass of eggnog, in a gingerbread cake, in an apple strudel or in a pumpkin tort. Nutmeg has been coveted since antiquity for its enchanting properties, making it the object of a grizzly and greedy tug-of-war. Here’s the vice and the nice on this captivating spice.
For fun and flavor, make it a holiday full of ginger
Gingerbread is the quintessential treat for the holidays. A Christmas without this seasonal delight is like New Year’s without bubbly. Whether your sugar-and-spice and candied-sweet vice comes in the form of the adorable Gingerbread Man, decorated cookies, crispy snaps, rich dark loaves or an enchanting gingerbread house, you’re in for a divine sensory experience.
Turkey tips just in time for your Thanksgiving Day feast!
Thanksgiving is, hands down, the holiday when both seasoned and rookie cooks create unprecedented (and quite humorous) gustatory gaffes. Here’s some humdingers that’ll provide both teachable culinary moments along with a few chuckles. Gobble, gobble!
Kitschy cocktails salute Halloween and a decade of Kitchen Shrinking at the La Jolla Light
This week marks my 10th anniversary as your Kitchen Shrink. How fitting to celebrate with Halloween’s good and plenty offerings of sassy spirits.
Even though All Hallows’ Eve (an ancient Catholic custom) has swelled into a $3 billion-a-year trick-or-treating candy extravaganza, big kids can have a blast, too. Jet-black beluga and belinis washed down with Jack-o’-Lantern martinis will get things movin’ and shakin’. Valet park your broomstick at these local hot spots for a scary soiree or throw your own bloodcurdling bash at home with these spine-tingling spirits.
Fig out this fall!
The eason is short and sweet for fresh and fragrant figs. So grab a basket at the market while they last — rich and luscious dark purple Black Missions, golden nutty-flavored Calimyrnas or greenish yellowy-skinned Kadotas.
In the Battle of the Bulge, slow and steady wins the diet race
We have become a nation enamored with fad and trendy diets for decades. Think Dr. Atkins’ exclusive carnivorous smorgasbord, the Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer “Caveman” Diet, The Zone, The Martini Diet, low fat, low salt, low sugar, low carb, low food. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has the latest stats on the weight-loss scene. Here’s the skinny on the most effective diet regime.
Breakfast’s an epiphany, so discover marvelous morning meals
Food gurus, school administrators, teachers, athletes and smart moms realize that breakfast, hands down, is the most important meal of the day for fueling the body and shifting the brain into high gear. September is National Breakfast Month, just in time for the back-to-school crowd.
Go wild for National Blueberry Month!
July brings bumper crops of plump, juicy indigo berries to farmers markets and u-pick fields throughout the land. Get the most from these precious purple gems while they are fresh and seasonal in July, aka National Blueberry Month.
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North Coastal News
- Meeting to be held on Carmel Country Road ‘Merge’ project in Carmel Valley May 25, 2013A petition with 87 signatures from residents of Highlands Village was presented to the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board on May 22. […]
- Del Mar named to beach ‘Honor Roll’ May 25, 2013Heal the Bay placed 11 beaches in Oceanside, Carlsbad, Cardiff-by-the- Sea, Del Mar and Point Loma on its 35-beach Honor Roll. San Diego County had more beaches on the Honor Roll than any other county in the state, according to Heal the Bay. […]
- Solana Beach senior enjoys experience on Torrey Pines High School’s winning surf team May 25, 2013Solana Beach resident and Torrey Pines High School senior Kyle Timm first learned to surf when he was around 10 years old. “My brother and dad always surfed,” he remembers. “I would always go to the shore to hang out with them. I’ve been surfing every day since.” Kyle took after his older brother Dale, and when Dale joined the surf team at Torrey Pines High […]
