Consider giving the food lovers in your life a delicious surprise that will arrive at their doorsteps throughout the year. From fresh organic fruit to artisan coffees, these specialty food subscriptions make gift giving easy for those on your holiday list.
Distinct, delicious and amazingly versatile...and it's unusual for a flavor powerhouse to be so powerfully good for you too.
What advice do you have for those of us in "mixed culinary relationships"?
You know the rule about pairing white wines with fish or white meat and red wines with red meat? Here’s a simple rule that works with most vegetarian foods...
How do you like to cook with hemp? Enter your delicious recipe in the Cook Your Heart Out Recipe Contest, presented by Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods!
The people of Spain deserve a muy grande gracias for coming up with one of the best things known to cooks anywhere: smoked paprika. Smoked paprika is typically made from mild red peppers, which are dried over an oak fire in special smokehouses. This is what gives the pimentón ahumado its deliciously haunting depth of flavor. I buy the deep-red powder in colorful 2.6 oz-tins at my local Spanish import store, but I’ve also found it in mainstream supermarkets. If you’re unable to source it at a store near you, you can find smoked paprika at Amazon.com and other online retailers.
The traditional pairing of chocolate and romance on Valentine's Day is a perfect union, as the simply act of consuming chocolate evokes a multi-sensory, sensual experience: its intoxicating aroma, the way it melts slowly and softly on the tongue, its rich color, its heavenly flavor. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner—it’s time to decide which decadent, chocolaty indulgences to gift to your special someone or pick up to treat yourself to. But before your reach for that traditional heart-shaped box, you should know that not all chocolates are created equal, especially if you're shopping for a vegan valentine.
