Today is ‘National Homemade Bread Day’ and what better way to spend a cool Sunday than to make a loaf of bread or two. I love homemade Bread and contrary to what most people think, it is simple and easy to do. Especially if you have a Food Processor or Standing Mixer, but even by […]
Author: sylveee
I am a Culinary Educator with a MS in Nutrition Education from Cal State Northridge. I taught High School Culinary Arts and Food Science for 26 years while at the same time (on weekends and vacations) teaching Parent/Child and Teen Classes at the former Let's Get Cookin' in Westlake Village, CA.
Village, CA.
Last Night’s Dinner was Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin with sautéed Spinach with Mushrooms and Onions. I had been busy most of the afternoon baking Gingerbread House Parts so my husband Ev, went to the store for me to pick up the Pork Tenderloin and a Vegetable. I had asked him to get whatever Leafy Vegetable he […]
Funny that November is recognized as the following Food Month – Georgia Pecan Month Good Nutrition Month National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month National Pepper Month National Pomegranate Month Raisin Bread Month Vegan Month Honoring many types of food, but not of all things the Turkey. Why not? November is Thanksgiving and Turkey is the main highlight […]
Today is ‘National Candy Day’. Howa about trying this tasty treat called ‘Buckeye Candy’. This recipe was developed to resemble the fruit of the Buckeye tree which is indigenous to the State of Ohio. I was just there recently but forgot to look for the […]
Almost everyone loves Asparagus – at least I think so! But the tip and upper half of the stalk is the most tender and flavorful parts, so we tend to cut off the bottoms. What a shame if those bottoms are thrown out. There is still flavor and nutrition in the lower half of […]
October is ‘Vegetarian Awareness Month’ and I figured I better take advantage of it before the month is over in 2 days. Green is the thing – businesses are going green to save energy – but Green Food in the form of Vegetables is great too. So here are a few ways to […]
October 16th is World Food Day. A Day dedicated to ending World Hunger. Will that ever happen? I certainly hope so. Let’s all help where we can! Aside from saving the world from hunger it would be fun to see if we can come up with 26 different foods – one for each letter of the […]
The second Friday in October is ‘World Egg Day’. This is certainly fitting, because Eggs are probably the one major food that is consumed by people all over this planet. The majority of Eggs consumed are Chicken Eggs, but Duck Eggs are very popular in China […]
October boasts of 13 different food Titles. Except for two (Eat Country Ham Month and Vegetarian Awareness Month), all are National Food Months) A few among them are ‘National Caramel Month’, ‘National Popping Corn Month’ and ‘National Chili Month’. However, I think one item is missing and that this should also be ‘National Pumpkin […]
September 13-21st is the date of the International Banana Festival in of all places Fulton, Kentucky and its Twin City in South Fulton Tennessee! http://www.thebananafestival.com/ It seems that Fulton was a stop for the railroad that used to ship Bananas through the United States all the way up to Canada. There are some very exciting events […]