Posted in Articles, Recipes on May 17th, 2010 2 Comments »
Each month our Chef Silvia releases ” A Note from the Chef”. We love reading her insights into our relationship with food.
By now most of us are aware that everything has a vibration – even rocks. Naturally food does too, and the higher the frequency, the better it is for us. The highest vibration [...]
Posted in Articles, Food Finds, Tasting on May 4th, 2010 6 Comments »
We are always looking to improve the Food411 directory and we get many request from readers to find various items that can be ordered online. Several readers requested a resource to purchase online cupcakes – while we had many bakeries included on Food411, none had tackled the task of shipping cupcakes. Cupcakes are fun and [...]
Posted in Articles, Recipes, Tips on Feb 7th, 2010 1 Comment »
A few months ago we posted about Jamie Oliver’s terrific new book, Jamie’s Food Revolution. We just became aware that Jamie is now following through with the theme of the book – helping people learn to cook/promoting healthy food for children, by creating a petition that he will present to the White House. [...]
Posted in Articles, Food Finds, Tasting, Tips on Dec 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Do not miss our annual holiday gift picks ” A gift that tastes good is always a gift in good taste!”
Our gift picks are completely editorial, as is the entire Food411 directory!
Posted in Articles, Recipes on Dec 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals’
by Jamie Oliver
This cookbook is different and exciting. Jamie’s mission is to get people to cook simple, wholesome meals at home to put an end to the processed food and fast food that has taken over our society! He asks us to pledge to learn [...]
Posted in Articles, Recipes, Tips on Nov 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
November is the beginning of the Meyer lemon harvest in California, Florida & Texas. A cross between a mandarin orange and a lemon, the meyer lemon yields 3-4 times the amount of juice of a regular lemon! It has a sweeter, less acidic flavor than the common lemon. In addition to being delicious, the fruit [...]
Posted in Articles, Recipes on Oct 20th, 2009 2 Comments »
Our Chef Silvia creates exceptional “team building” cooking events for many corporate clients. Recently, her client was a very large beer company. See how this unique recipe was created to truly customize their experience!
“A client that produces beer asked me to create a few menu items using their brand. Since I had never cooked with [...]
Posted in Articles, Rants on Sep 16th, 2009 1 Comment »
Chef Silvia rants about today’s food climate -
Growing up, good food — food that hadn’t been sprayed, injected, engineered, or otherwise altered — was readily available. For my family it was as close as our backyard garden. And if we didn’t grow it, can it, or make it from scratch, we purchased it from small [...]
Posted in Articles, Chef's Q & A on Sep 2nd, 2009 3 Comments »
Picture: Stevia Plant
We have had several reader inquiries about the recent product Stevia. It seems to be popping up in all the markets- the latest “no calorie” sweeter. What is it, is it healthy?
We contacted one of our favorite Food411 “handpicked” reference resources, “The World’s Healthiest Foods” and we have their response to your [...]
Posted in Articles, Recipes, Tips on Jun 16th, 2009 2 Comments »
It’s How You Cut It
Chef Silvia
Growing up my mother and I would make homemade pasta on a regular basis. Sometimes we used a small hand cranked tabletop machine and other times we rolled out the dough using an unusually large rolling pin and cut strips of fettuccine noodles with a knife. The hand rolled and [...]
