The kids in my “food appreciation” classes concluded their recent exploration of nutrition labeling with a comparison of macaroni and cheese. The macaroni and cheese that comes in the little blue box from Kraft may be one of the most popular processed foods of all times. We know some college students who eat little else […]
Armed with my new meat grinder, I’ve been anxious to try this trick I first saw performed by Mario Batali: extruding whole-wheat pasta. The sauce was a simple pork ragu made with ground pork ($8 for a little more than one pound at the farmers market), diced onions, diced carrots and, in the absence of […]
I am embarrassed to say how long this meal has been in the planning. But our leftover turkey from Thanksgiving has bounced from the fridge to the freezer and back again. Our CSA (local farm) delivery has been on haitus and I did not want to make the noodles for the tetrazzini without our local […]
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