Archive for the ‘Nature's Foods’ Category

Pomegranate

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

When I think of Pomegranate I marvel at yet another magnificent fruit that Nature created. It is a beautiful jewel of a fruit, with clusters of crunchy, juicy seed kernels surrounded by a sac of sweet-tart juice contained by a thin leathery skin. September to January is prime time for ...

Cilantro

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Coriandrum sativum Historically cilantro is among the world’s oldest spices and said to be one of the first spices to arrive in America. Chinese parsley or coriander leaves are other names that refer to this fresh flavorful feathery flat leaf herb. Refreshing, interesting and provocative, cilantro is an essential flavor covering ...

Brussels Sprouts

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Some have ambivalence about these mini green, sometime purple, cabbage bundles. These gems offer a lot of goodness and when working with freshSome have ambivalence about these mini green, sometime purple, cabbage bundles. These gems offer a lot of goodness and when working with fresh, ideally organic, Brussels ...

Celeriac

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Apium graveolens var rapaceum Celery root, turnip-rooted celery or knob celery are three of many aliases of this interesting globe-shaped root vegetable. Most refer to celeriac as an ugly uninteresting-looking vegetable. Personally I think it is quiet original the artful way Mother Nature packaged it. Celeriac hints at ...