Your guide to glutamate (+vegan queso salsa dip)

Your guide to glutamate (+vegan queso salsa dip)

Feb 7, 2016 | WFW

On savory flavor There are many foods and food components that make food taste savory – that rich, complex taste that’s independent of salty, and sometimes described as “meaty,” and known as “umami.”  One molecule that contributes...

Healthy 2016: nutritious food prep for fast, delicious meals

Jan 4, 2016 | WFW

photocred & recipe: the cozy apron Sick of setting New Year’s resolutions to diet? Tired of feeling confused about what foods are healthy? Frustrated that there isn’t enough time to prepare healthy food? Pants a little tight after the holidays?...

RecipeRedux: National Nut Day!

Oct 22, 2015 | WFW

I guess there’s really a day for everything these days, isn’t there?  Really though, I try to encourage everyone to eat nuts on a daily basis – a handful is a serving, they’re high in protein, fiber, and unsaturated fats, and they can be stored...

Back to the table: chunky market veggie gazpacho

Aug 21, 2015 | WFW

Produce, produce, everywhere It’s getting to that point of the summer when I actually have more produce than I can handle around my kitchen…between bringing home a load from the market weekly and visiting my mom’s garden on Tuesday, I have a glut of...

Tomato pie with cashew cream

Aug 5, 2015 | WFW

Summer is the only season to eat fresh tomatoes At least, if you live in the northeast, where the most amazing heirloom tomatoes start coming around mid July and stick around through October.  Tomatoes bred to travel well don’t usually taste like much, but the...