Content tagged with “July/August 2012”

How to Make Sushi: Prepping Fruits and Vegetables for Sushi
Slice: Cut fruits and veggies into long narrow strips. Serve tender fruits, vegetables and herbs raw. Blanch: Drop hard...

How Kerri Walsh Jennings, 2012 Olympic Hopeful, Eats to Win
How has good nutrition improved your performance? Kerri Walsh Jennings: When I eat every 3 hours I can focus better,...

How Nick McCrory, 2012 Olympic Hopeful, Eats to Win
What’s the best nutrition advice you’ve ever received? Nick McCrory: Want a gold medal or an ice cream cone? How many...

How Misty May-Treanor, 2012 Olympic Hopeful, Eats to Win
What’s your favorite power food? Misty May-Treanor: My favorite power food is Greek yogurt and honey. Before soccer...

How Eric Shanteau, 2012 Olympic Hopeful, Eats to Win
You were diagnosed with testicular cancer right before competing in the 2008 Olympics. You’re now cancer-free—how has...

Clearing Up the Confusion About Genetically Modified Corn
Risking a rear-end collision, I braked and swerved into the gravel pullout of a roadside produce stand in our town....

10 Health Lessons Learned
The first widely read nutrition study was published in 1872 in the British Medical Journal. Back then, researchers...

Food Safety at Farmers' Markets
In many places the delicious fare made for farmers’ markets—cooked at home rather than in a licensed, inspected...

How to Pack an Eco-Friendly Picnic
How you pack and serve your picnic can have a big impact on the environment if you consider the entire life cycle of...

How to Cook Corn on the Cobb
Cooked just right, corn on the cob is tender and crisp. Overcooked it’s tough and chewy. Whether you do it on the...

Growing Roots
It was early spring, 2002, when I found the old cabin, nearly overtaken by forest. It stood empty, at the dead end of a...

Edible Flowers Guide
Flowers are poetic, sentimental, romantic and ephemeral. And some of them taste good too. Azure-blue sage blossoms...

Is Juicing a Healthy Way to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables?
Drinking 100% fruit or vegetable juice can help boost your produce intake—a good thing when you consider that most...

Sushi Master Bun Lai’s Sushi Recipes for the Future
One night a few months ago, Paul Freedman, Yale professor and editor of the award-winning tome Food: The History of...

Summer Corn & Scallop Pasta
The naturally sweet taste of scallops partners beautifully with summer corn at its peak in this corn and scallop pasta...

Grilled Green Beans with Horseradish Ketchup
Grilled green beans? Absolutely! Make this grilled green beans with horseradish ketchup recipe in a grill basket if you...

Boiled Corn on the Cob
Want to know how to boil corn on the cob? This boiled corn on the cob recipe starts with 4 ears of fresh summer corn.

Roasted Corn Cheese Dip
Inspired by queso fundido—melted Mexican cheese dip—this corn and warm Cheddar cheese dip is great with toasted...

Sauteed Haddock with Orange-Shallot Sauce
In this easy haddock recipe, the fish’s delicate flavor is wonderfully balanced by the sweet and savory combination of...

Citrus-Soy Dipping Sauce
This citrus-soy dipping sauce, a blend of reduced-sodium soy sauce, lemon juice, lime juice and vinegar, has so much...

Pickled Ginger
Making your own pickled ginger is easy and delicious. Pickled ginger is served as a palate cleanser between sushi...

Seared Arctic Char Hand Rolls
This sushi recipe, a version of a hand roll inspired by chef Bun Lai’s creative sushi recipes, uses blanched Swiss...

Teriyaki-Mussel Maki Rolls
Try making this sushi recipe once and you’ll see how easy it is to make maki sushi rolls at home. In this sushi roll...

Whole-Grain Sushi Rice
Although white sushi rice is traditional, this brown sushi rice base is blended with other grains and lentils....

Mushroom & String Bean Salad
This green bean salad recipe is a versatile warm-weather side dish that is great made a few hours ahead. Serve it room...