“Dal” is the generic name for about a million different Indian recipes in which legumes star in rich vegetable stews. In India as well as neighboring countries, beans, lentils and pulses of all sorts combine with rich blends of spices and other vegetables to form the basis of protein in the diet. They can be […]
Doesn’t anybody make food at home anymore? Costco opened a new store here in the nation’s capital last week and the manager, according to one newspaper account, suggested that one of the discount retailer’s big draws is all the food available there that customers can’t make themselves. “I say, if Americans are eating spanakopita, it’s […]
One of my most vivid memories monitoring the dining habits in a local elementary school here in the District of Columbia was watching my very own daughter carefully dis-assemble a made-from-scratch lasagna so she could pick out and discard the spinach and eat just the pasta and cheese. Well, guess what? Kids will eat spinach. […]
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