Here's a healthful breakfast idea for busy, workaholic types: the fruit and yogurt smoothie. It's the ideal breakfast for people like you and me who don't have time for elaborate morning rituals. Not only is a yogurt fruit shake delicious and nutrit

It is time for farmers markets. They are popping up all around the country. They can range from a true farmers market with farm fresh produce locally grown and sold by the farmer to more of an arts and crafts show. When shopping at a farmers market

I don't particularly mind ordering pizzas. In fact, sometimes I enjoy it. It's not the actual call that fascinates me, of course, but more so it's the knowledge that the call will soon turn itself into actual food. It is this transformation (phone c

Heres an easy way to make cute favors for a holiday party. These candy-filled cookie cutters also make charming, yet inexpensive, Christmas gifts. Youll need some holiday cookie cutters in a variety of shapes, candy melts in different flavors and co

Bread makers are extremely popular. The average person can make delicious, homemade bread quite easily with a bread maker. Even with the ease of a bread machine, you must still use caution when adding the ingredients, even if you use a mix. You can

Jelly Making is the preservation of fruits. It shows how the fruit can be kept for long periods of time by sterilization, or the aid of preservatives, like pectin. Today we are talking about some of the basics and the equipment to be used when makin

Indian curry is over 5,000 years old and the term curry which is an English word is derived from the South Indian Tamil word kaikaari or its shortened version karimeaning vegetables cooked in spices.Basically curry is a gravy dish or a stew like dis

It is so fun to cook and bake in the winter when it's cold and the days are shorter! In northern California where I live, our temperature ranges from 35 to 105 (more or less). The seasons change abruptly and sometimes, it's physically challenging tr

Have you ever been out to eat at a chinese restaurant when someone at the next table orders sizzling rice soup. When the soup comes out there is a big demonstration of the pouring of the soup and toss in the rice cakes. You then here that familiar s

Just this morning my mother was telling me about all the Italian and Greek immigrants she and my dad lived amongst when they were first married. As she spoke of all the intense aromas that filled their little neighbor in Youngstown, Ohio she began t