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Women Out Standing in the Field

March 22, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Margie Pikarsky of Bee Heaven Farms stands with vegetable

If you eat, thank a woman.  Women grow almost half our food. If you’re celebrating Women’s History Month (and you should), celebrate the femme farmers in your life. A shout-out to my local farmers. They are dynamic, they are diverse, they are organic, traditional, urban, hydroponic, they every flavor of Miami, and they’re all women….

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Three Lowcountry Women — Preserving History and Making it

March 8, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Tomato Corn Green Lima and Okra Soup in a bowl. Photo by Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn

Among my culinary crushes, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor stands tall.  She stood tall in real life, too. She was as statuesque and extroverted as I am short and nervous. We met in the pages of her 1970 cookbook/memoir, Vibration Cooking or The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl. I’d never heard of Geechee before, and like the…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Random Notes and thoughts, soups, Uncategorized Tagged With: corn, green lima, lima bean, oakra, soup, tomato

To the Women in Food – A Women’s History Month Tribute

March 1, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Cooking is part of Women's History Month

Welcome to Women’s History Month.  This month, I pay tribute to the women in food, some celebrated, some unsung, who’ve inspired me at the keyboard and in the kitchen. If you’ve been reading me for a while, you know Paula Wolfert has long been my culinary muse. Before her, there was my paternal grandmother Marcella,…

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Filed Under: Random Notes and thoughts, Uncategorized Tagged With: family recipes, women chefs, women in food, women's history

Extraordinary Italian Taste, Extraordinary Generosity

May 11, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Last week, thanks to the Italy-American Chamber of Commerce, I made dinner with Michelin-starred chef Cristiano Tomei. Tomei is in lockdown in Lucca, I’m in Miami and the other 90-odd participants are scattered all over the world.  We came together out of love of true Italian taste and the magic of Zoom.  Zoom cocktails with…

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Life After Covid-19 and the Cooking Club We Can All Belong To

April 27, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

cooking club

Txoco.  It’s the Basque term for a private cooking club. They aren’t clubs the way Americans think of clubs.  They’re bare-bones communal kitchens where circles of friends gather to cook and eat, talk, drink, and laugh. America hasn’t really had a txoco equivalent and hasn’t needed one. Until now.  Watching online cooking classes and having…

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Filed Under: Random Notes and thoughts Tagged With: club, collab, cooking, entertain, family, gathering, party, together

Just Add Water Part 2 – Pasta Water | Conscious Cookery Day 5

April 2, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Spaghetti with Tomatoes and Lentils

When Americans cook pasta, most overlook the magic that’s left behind from cooking — pasta water. In Italy, as the country prepared for coronavirus lockdown, people hit the markets and grabbed boxes of pasta.  In the UK, pasta sales almost doubled.  Here, pasta sales have gone up an unprecedented 400 percent. Forget March Madness.  We’re…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, pasta, Random Notes and thoughts Tagged With: cocina povera, mindfulness, pasta, pasta water

Just Add Water – Cocina Povera | Conscious Cookery Day 4

March 26, 2020 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

We waste up to half our food in this country.  This is unacceptable in the best of times and now, in this time of lockdown, well, just don’t do it. Give produce bits and bobs the second chance they deserve. Make vegetable broth and agua fresca for free. Free. Do I have to say it…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Random Notes and thoughts, soups Tagged With: broth, cookery, food waste, soup, stock, stock pot, vegetable, veggie, zero waste

Sprouting – Cocina Povera | Conscious Cookery Day 3

March 24, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

sprouting beans is easy, healthy and delicious.

I wish we had a recipe for a coronavirus serum.  But there’s some immunity-boosting magic we can all do.  Sprouting.  Sprouting pulses (dried beans) ups their digestibility and nutritional profile. They’re living foods with all their natural goodness intact.  Besides, sprouting gives you another option for all those dried beans you stockpiled. Sprouting is cheap,…

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Filed Under: legumes and pulses, Random Notes and thoughts Tagged With: beans, dried beans, pantry, pluses, salad, side dish, sprouts, stockpile

Get More Whole Grains Into Your Life

March 23, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

This salad include whole grains and other foods mentioned in Deuteronomy.

If you’re like me, you keep wondering what you can do to protect yourself from the coronavirus — and ensuing craziness. Wash your hands. Hydrate. Avoid crowds. Load up on hand sanitizer (if you can get it). And eat whole grains. Wednesday is Whole Grains Sampling Day, your friendly reminder from the Whole Grains Council…

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Filed Under: Condiments & Spreads, Random Notes and thoughts, Salads Tagged With: grain, grains, whole grain

Chilling in the Days of Coronavirus — Freezing Fresh Produce | Conscious Cookery Day 2

March 19, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Did you know that freezing fresh produce is not only possible but a great way to extend its life? Since COVID-19 took over, it feels a little like life has stopped. It hasn’t. We need to keep going.  I mean, just look at your produce.  It hasn’t stopped.  Fresh fruits and vegetables add brightness, flavor…

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