It seems like I have known Judy Harris for as long as I have been a cooking teacher, award-winning cookbook author, food editor, and culinary lecturer. She is one of the first people I took classes from, and I still…
Author: Sheilah Kaufman
True Food Kitchen
How exciting is it when you can have fabulous food that is healthy for you? VERY! Recently True Food Kitchen, a seasonally inspired health-driven restaurant, opened in Bethesda at 7100 Wisconsin Ave. It was co-founded by the integrative medicine specialist Dr.…
Summer Entertaining Made Easy
June, July and August are full of holidays, entertaining and festivities. I love summer entertaining, sitting outside minus the gnats and mosquitoes and enjoying my family and friends. I love to cook ahead, so I don’t have any last-minute cooking to…
It’s Almost Lavender Time
I just discovered the most engaging, beautiful cookbook: “The Art of Cooking with Lavender” by Nancy Baggett (80 recipes with 70 photos). This book will teach you how to get started cooking with lavender, how to choose it, how to harvest…
Recipes for Passover and Easter
Chef Becky Foulk’s “Cooking Soup to Nuts” offers hope, help and some wonderful recipes that can be used for Passover and Easter. This cookbook, full of easy, mouthwatering dishes and color photos, was written to honor Becky’s mother and to support…
Scallops
I was about 25 years old when I was introduced to scallops. I was taking French cooking classes, and one of the first recipes we made was Coquilles Saint-Jacques/Scallops in White Wine Sauce. It was love at first bite. Along with developing a love…
Wonderful Things About Russia … Its Food
Darra Goldstein is a college professor in Russian studies, a world-renowned food scholar, and an award-winning cookbook author. She has written at least a dozen books, including “A La Russe: A Cookbook of Russian Hospitality,” “High Society Dinners: Dining in Tsarist Russia,”…
Treats for Your Valentine
Say “I love you” with these wonderful new treats served to your family and loved ones for Valentine’s Day. Not all treats have to be full of sugar or chocolate, but I have to have my chocolate since it is…
Whatever the Holiday, These Recipes Will Surely Help You Celebrate
Chef Carol Dearth, owner of Sizzleworks in Bellevue, Washington, is an old friend and fabulous cook and teacher. Carol’s philosophy is that the art of cooking involves all of an individual’s senses: touch, hearing, sight, smell and taste. The cooking experience…
New Recipes for the Holidays
Happy Thanksgiving! I love to try new recipes for the holidays. Here are a few that are sure to please your family and friends. Add them to your culinary repertoire. They’re great! Vickie Reh’s Cottage Cheese Salad Sometimes eating leads to…