For main dishes, salads or garnishing, many recipes call for sliced hard-boiled eggs. Boiling is no problem. In a saucepan, cover the eggs with water and let boil over medium-low fire for around 20...

"Long, long ago, in the 1990s, a new invention was unleashed on an unsuspecting world, an invention so loathsome, so corrupt that it would come to undermine the health of millions. This...

A public service announcement: CHOXIE™ brand truffles and balls in 4.95 oz packages are being recalled by their manufacturer as they may contain undeclared peanuts or peanut butter. These may cause...

I keep talking about healthy eating as if it was effortless. In reality, it takes a lot of deliberation - from grocery shopping to planning meals and even snacks. The upside is, it becomes second...

Remember the news about school cafeterias on their way to serving healthy food? There's more of the same! Schools in Arizona, Oklahoma, Michigan and Tennessee, and Texas are implementing an...

I don't usually go gaga over kitchen gadgets but this one really impressed me. Do you love cooking with citrus zest or hard cheeses but don't relish the thought of scraped knuckles? That...

Good news for chocoholics: A new line of candies touted to have health benefits will be launched next month. CocoaVia are made with dark chocolate rich in flavonols, according to its maker,...

If I was a vegan or had food allergies, I wouldn't touch McDonald's with a ten foot pole. But that's just me that's why I'll never be involved in a lawsuit with the fast food...

Health and wellness are this generation's mantra. To be fit, eat lots of whole grains, whole wheat bread, whole oats, whole this and that. With the dizzying array of food labelled...

Here's something to clink our glasses to - red wine was found to make vertebrates, and possibly humans, feel better and live longer. How's that for good news? Italian researchers found that...

I just got back from a food trip in a place known for its sugar plantations. Oh did I have a taste of sweetness, literally and figuratively! I didn't really bring home that many of their...

I have never shunned meat nor do I aspire to but meatless dishes have always figured in my table. It has to do with having been raised with a steady diet of fruits and vegetables. Meat was served...

For this Valentine's, you can indulge your sweet tooth (and your honey's) and yet keep sugar to a minimum. All you have to do is use honey. Honey is perhaps the oldest sweetener known to...

Original Parmesan cheese is called Parmigiano Reggiano and only around 600 manufacturers from Parma and nearby provinces can lay claim to the name. The same type of cheese made elsewhere is simply...

Here's another one from our friends Down Under. It looks and sounds good, it must taste good too! Oh you don't have to take your clothes off to enjoy all the fruity goodness in nudie crushes,...

A few products have been recalled from the market recently. I found a few press releases on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website worth mentioning here. One of the recalled products is the...

It's great to be back online! A combination of technical glitches prevented me from posting in the last few days. Now that I'm back, let's get on with some news. It doesn't seem like...

Aha! It seems school children will finally eat better snacks and lunches. Two news features made me smile this morning. One is for banning sodas and other junk food in school vending machines and...

Super Bowl Sunday is in a few days yet but a food fight is already in full swing! It's not between fans of the Steelers and Seahawks though but between food writers and the Food Network! Yes,...