I bet you thought this post would be all about zucchini! While that idea did cross my mind, I quickly dismissed the green squash because I already dedicated an entire post to zucchini in July 2011 (scroll through my archives and check it out if …

Sweet potato or yam? That is the question. Which one is which? When you see them piled high in the grocery store, are their labels even correct? And what’s the difference between the two anyway? Well, I’m glad you asked! I’m going to attempt to …

The English language is certainly limited in the number of words that begin with the letter X. And when it comes to food, there really are, well, none. Without resorting to foreign languages for food name translations, the only food item that I could conjure …

Here we go again with one of those foods whose name is rather un-telling of its actual composition: Wild rice. While many people think that wild rice is a variety of rice, it is in fact not a starchy rice, like the kind with which …

It’s unfathomable how a small part of a flowering plant can magically transform the ordinary into the extraordinary with one complex taste. If ever vanilla bean were a book, the chapters entitled “clean,” “sweet,” “floral,” and “perfumy” would boldly open the novel, and “woody,” “smoky,” and “delicate” …

Wow, I really struggled to find a topic on the letter U to write about. There just are not many food items out there that begin with the stubborn letter and of the few that exist, most are rather unappetizing or extremely odd (in other …

In a previous post I wrote about edamame, I provided a recipe for edamame hummus with a homemade version of a particular key ingredient. Do you remember what it was?…. Well, I’ll tell you. It was tahini. You may have heard of tahini, but not …

Do you ever wonder why we name certain food items that have nothing to do with their physical composition or appearance? Take, for instance a hot dog. There is of course no actual dog meat inside and the product does not necessarily have to be …

Welcome to Risotto 101! Today we will be discussing how to make the perfect risotto using the proper techniques, cooking equipment, and ingredients, of course. First, let’s revert back to the basics and define risotto. Risotto is a creamy rice dish made famous by the …

I couldn’t decide which “Q” food to write about today, but after much deliberation, I thought it best to write a little about one of my favorites, quinoa. Quinoa (pronounced kee-nwah) is commonly mistaken for an ancient grain when in fact it is a seed. Because …