Reader question: Is it safe to thaw meat on the counter? While one of the great things about Glorious One-Pot Meals is that they accept frozen meats — without thawing — and it doesn’t change the cooking time. But, of course, there are times when you want to thaw meat before cooking it. I looked […]
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Staying Safe from Foodborne Pathogens
A recent spate of listeria cases have been linked to cantaloupes in Colorado. A few months ago, there was a surge of salmonella infections traced to contaminated eggs. Not to mention the e.coli tracked to contaminated sprouts and leafy greens. It’s almost enough to make you throw up your hands and wonder if anything is […]
Super Baby Food Makes Feeding Toddlers Easy
A question posed on my neighborhood list serve about feeding toddlers caught my eye. Hello moms, I am looking for a book that discusses eating, behavior, learning (everything) on raising a 12 m growing boy. This is the fourth time I had heard this question in as many weeks, so I thought that my reply […]
Cilantro Kills Bacteria
If you’re a cilantro lover, rejoice! Recent research published to the Journal of Medical Microbiology shows that coriander (the other name for cilantro) oil destroys bacteria including E. coli, MRSA, salmonella and Bacillus cereus. In fact, since these are some of the bacteria that can cause food poisoning, loading your dish with cilantro seems like […]
Why You Can’t Always Believe What It Says On the Box When It Comes To Food
Food marketing follows trends as corporate marketers purposefully use hot buzzwords to describe all kinds of food products, whether or not they are true in relation to that item. Joyce Slaton posted a fabulous overview of trendy food marketing words over the past 50 years or so along with a witty explanations of what these […]
