When I think of chili, I typically think the heavy dish of red kidney beans and ground beef that is a meal in itself, but we’ll all too often ladle over a hot dog or a baked potato as though it’s a condiment.  My chili con carne is an awesome dish no matter how you serve...

While our home is meatless five days a week, it’s rare for me to cook with lamb, so when I do, it’s a special occasion.  Last Friday Night, I made lamb.  This, however, was no ordinary lamb.  This was a grass fed, 100% organic lamb roast from KOL Foods.  One of the many reasons we have cut...

This wasn’t a planned recipe.  This was a late night dinner that happened to be awesome.  Wednesday night is usually grocery night in our home, and this week was no exception.  Somewhere between an emergency visit to the dentist for me, a quick dinner and bed time for our two year old son, and a...

For some reason, this post has proven to be one of the most difficult posts I have ever sat down to write.  I have lost track of the number of drafts that I have copied and pasted into various documents over the last few weeks in the hope of pulling a line or two of...

I have been feeling guilty that it's been so long since I posted a vegan meal.  We have reached the point in our lifestyle that our diet is mostly meatless from Monday to Thursday.  Factor in the dairy free life style and we're just a stone throw away from being vegan.  I don't know that...

When I think of the local kosher deli, my mind wonders to the world of black and white photography where I find an elderly couple, so deep in love and wise from their years together, standing beside barrels and barrels of home pickled cucumbers.  Loyal customers cycle by to make their daily purchase of fresh...

Although the first written reference of brussels sprouts is found in 16th Century Roman literature, it’s thought that these mini-cabbage-like veggies were first grown in the 13th Century in a country that is now Belgium.  Brussels sprouts made their way to the United States in the 18th century when French Settler’s arrived in Louisiana and somehow...

When Chef Michael Symon featured Farmer's Ground Polenta on "Symon's Suppers" a few weeks back, I knew I had to make polenta from scratch.  In the show, Symon buys the freshly ground corn meal from a NY farmers market and meets the farmers behind this local, high quality, and certified organic product.  The grain, sold...