By Stephen Wayne Kasica, Outside Behind the Olympic-caliber athletes scarfing down 5,000-plus daily calories at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs is a hardworking chef creating the food that fuels peak performance. And with 350 weary, ravenous athletes walking into the dining hall each day, you get a pretty good idea of executive chef […]
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Sixteen restaurants are participating in the inaugural South Shore Restaurant Week, Jan. 10-17. Participating restaurants will feature specially-priced and prix fixe menus highlighting the theme Made with Altitude.” No special reservations are needed for this event. Participating restaurants include: 11th Frame Diner (inside Tahoe Bowl), Apres Wine Co., Basecamp Pizza, Beacon Bar & Grill, Boathouse […]
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By Eliza Barclay, NPR To feed all 7 billion of us, address climate change and live longer, we all need to eat less meat. From Al Gore to the Meatless Monday movement to Harvard epidemiologists, that’s been the resounding advice offered to consumers lately. But hold up a minute, says Mario Herrero, the chief research […]
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By Vanessa Wong, Bloomberg Cooking a gluten-free meal isn’t as simple as plucking out the croutons. Even if the ingredients are gluten-free, avoiding cross-contamination from other things in the kitchen means having separate utensils and prep areas, not to mention special training of staff—significant undertakings in restaurant environments whose employees must be reminded to wash […]
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By Alessandra Bulow, Epicurious If you’re already inhaling Christmas cookies like it’s your job this holiday season, take a moment to wipe off the crumbs from your footie pajamas and strategize some meals with foods that are proven to help rev up your metabolism. “First of all, eating breakfast can make a huge difference in […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the holidays are steeped in tradition, there’s nothing wrong with starting new ones. My sister, Jann, is a true believer in doing this. Preparing new sides for Thanksgiving is a tradition unto itself at her house. And this year it was a family affair. It’s not unusual for my brother-in-law, Lester, […]
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By Eliza Barclay, NPR We’ve long known that the fish we eat are exposed to toxic chemicals in the rivers, bays and oceans they inhabit. The substance that’s gotten the most attention — because it has shown up at disturbingly high levels in some fish — is mercury. But mercury is just one of a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Only one food warms me up through and through – that’s soup. I could have soup every day and never get tired of it. But I do like trying new recipes. The one below did not disappoint. It is from the September issue of Cooking Light magazine. Besides being ideal on a […]
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By Kathryn Reed After going to Apple Hill earlier this fall, I had a lot of apples to deal with. Not a bad problem to have. But I also didn’t want them to go bad. I decided to turn the remaining ones into a crisp instead of pie. In large part this had to do […]
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By Mike Esterl, Wall Street Journal Joanna Stepka is the soda industry’s new nightmare. The 33-year-old Rhode Island resident began drinking Diet Coke in kindergarten, graduating to three cans a day by adulthood. She quit in August after her gym trainer told her artificial sweeteners are unhealthy and make people fat even if they don’t […]
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