I have nearly finished the entire basket of mangoes that I was gifted and we have arrived at the last recipe I will be posting for my month long series – Monsoon Mangoes. It’s been a whole lot of mangoes and I think I’m ready to be done with mangoes for this season. Today, I’m…
Originating in Hungarian cuisine, it is a dessert disguised as soup and is a summer delicacy in several European cuisines. Sour Cherry Soup has been adopted by the Austrians, Poles, Slovaks, and Germans. Hungarian-Americans and Hungarian-Canadians brought the soup to the New World. In Hungarian cuisine, Sour Cherry Soup or Meggyleves is a soup made…
For some reason May Day brings to mind visions of pretty purple pansies. There is just something fresh with old fashioned charm about pansies, just like May Day itself. My pansies are growing wild… by the way! What is May Day The tradition has withered down, but there was a time in America when every…
It’s hotter than ever out here and almost feels like summer. It makes me want to brighten things up with bold summer colors. Since the heat is already on, I thought I would turn it up a notch with a vibrant orange hued soup that screams like the summer sun with fragrant spices of the…
It seems like Spring just arrived, but it is April already and Summer is quickly approaching. From Memorial Day on it will officially be grilling season. One of the advantages of living in California is that we can grill nearly year round. So, I have a recipe that gives us a head start on grilling…
It’s Leap Day! Every four years we add an extra day to February making the month 29 days long rather than the usual 28 days. So, what’s special about it? Probably nothing more than the fact that the extra day every four years keeps our calendars and society in sync. However, there are plenty of…
Have you been thinking about every action you take and its reaction lately? How does that apply to food? In my theory, if we eat “good”, we feel good, and hence we are good – maybe even look good. Use Food To Reap Good Karma People use food in many ways to reap the benefits…
The United Nations has designated 2016 the International Year of the Pulses. What better reason to nibble on crunchy spicy chickpeas? Yes, chickpeas are a legume, also known as gram, or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, and sometimes known as Egyptian pea. Whatever you want to call them, they are packed full of nutrients…