by Michele Redmond | Sep 16, 2018 | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
I ate honeycomb for the first time at the Royal Highlands show in Scotland where it was called cinder toffee. I adopted a Scottish accent after the first bite. I’d eaten honeycomb-covered chocolate bars in London, but fresh-made honeycomb had heady aromas of caramel,...
by Michele Redmond | Aug 16, 2018 | Home Featured, Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Serves 6 as a complete meal with the pasta option A delicious mix of tangy, spicy and savory ingredients makes Puttanesca sauce (sugo alla puttanesca) a meal-time habit that can be made from your pantry. This popular Italian sauce commonly pairs with pasta but...
by Michele Redmond | May 30, 2018 | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Add macaroons to your dessert menu to master a classic French treat with Italian origins that’s surprisingly quick and easy. Macaroons (mac-uh-ruinz) based on coconut, look and sound nothing like the butter-cream filled almond cookies macarons (mac-kaw-rhone except...
by Michele Redmond | May 23, 2018 | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Tomato-based salsas offer familiar flavors and textures, but bust out of that comfort zone with a sweet, tangy pineapple ginger salsa for a zippy dip and fun side dish or garnish. Flavorful heat from chile peppers, garlic, scallion and ginger are balanced by the...
by Michele Redmond | Feb 16, 2018 | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Olive-oil galette–Is it a tart? A pizza with a folded edge? A pie you eat for dinner? It’s delicious no matter what you call it and, depending on your fillings, this olive-oil galette works for breakfast, lunch or dinner. This quick, easy tart base can be made...
by Michele Redmond | Nov 30, 2017 | Le Blog, Recipes and Culinary Nutrition
Swapping out a meat-based ingredient for a plant-based one is a balancing act of texture, taste qualities (like umami) and flavors from aromatic compounds. Particularly with liver—can you think of any plant that tastes or smells like it? Please let me know if you do....
I’m Michele Redmond, a Food Enjoyment Activist and Chef Dietitian, helping make cooking and food enjoyment your solution to living well.