After the recent establishment of the Ndaiga Ndiizi in Uganda, Slow Food announces the establishment of a new Presidium in Tanzania dedicated to safeguarding the Kitarasa banana. The launch will take place on Friday March 24, 2023 in Rombo district, Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania. The Kitarasa Banana is an important element ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos courtesy KINO LORBER, © German National Tourist Board (GNTB)) Survival is the theme of The Forger in dank, dreary 1943 Berlin under Nazi rule. Let’s take a look at the key themes of food and dining, and then update it. Here we start with Writer-director Maggie Peren masterfully dropping you down...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) A lunch invite to the new Grain Traders Food Market was the perfect answer to the January “blahs,” all the more to pick up the meal after a crosstown drive in the city under lockdown. Despite opening staff glitches, he new restaurant concept meal turned out to be as fresh and inviting, as [&hellip...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We literally grew up with Jarlsberg cheese. And it always comes through on taste, texture and also has a light and healthy feeling to it somehow. And such a novel distinctive, open surface with irregular ‘eyes’. This, we read, is because of its semi-soft part skim texture and uniquely mild and sligh...
(Carla Crudup)Summer staples of Burgers, Hot Dogs and Tuna Sandwiches are about to come into season so why not have the very healthiest and best — kosher from Got Kosher? They also have the best tuna sandwich — perfect for a hot weather picnic inside a dining room or at the park. I’ve studied and […]...
(Roberta Deen) Salt is both a necessity and a luxury. We need it in appropriate quantities to survive, but we can also use it to soften skin, soothe muscles, and relax our bodies, to name just a few benefits. This St. Patrick’s Day, the “Dusting the Wild Irish Salmon Roses Salad” received “oohs and ̶...
(Roberta Deen) The soda bread is a welcome addition to the ham, herbed potatoes and asparagus with pavlova for dessert at Easter. Using The Chickpea Flour Cookbook by Camilla V. Saulsbury with “Healthy Gluten-Free Recipes to Power Every Meal of the Day” is a workable way to make the meal. I was interested in...
Heavenly French macarons and rich hot dark chocolate have become the newest form of “cookies and milk” –and more healthy and non-fattening! We’re talking here about the French macaron, not the candy-kiss-shaped coconut meringue cookies, though are made of egg whites and almond paste and got their biggest bo...
The enticing salad (wild sardines, mixed greens, pomegranates, pistachios, blackberries, diced pear and a sliver of Humboldt Fog cheese) pictured here drew oohs and ahs from food writers, but the mastermind behind its taste turns out to be Ground 2 Table herbs. The springy garden taste of fresh cilantro, dill, marjoram and thym...
The Perfect Bar is a healthy and well thought out product with a long history for anyone who loves peanuts, protein bars or even candy bars. I was the perfect candidate. I first heard of them when we had just returned from a Joshua Tree trip, and stopped at Hadley’s, where I bought a tub of […]...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 