by guest blogger Paul Kita, food and nutrition editor at Men’s Health There’s this game my wife and I play that’s not always fun. The game is called “What’s for dinner?” My wife plays by forfeiting immediately, leaving me to pilfer the refrigerator in search of protein and produce. Some nights, “What’s for dinner?” ends […]
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The Simple Egg Sandwich You’ll Taste Once and Never Forget
by guest blogger Paul Kita, food and nutrition editor at Men’s Health It is undeniable that America loves sandwiches. On any given week, 43 percent of Americans eat four or more sandwiches a week, according to Technomic, a research firm. If you run the numbers, that’s 208-plus sandwiches a year. Here’s the kicker though: […]
Homemade Salmon Niçoise Salad
This is a recipe I love to make in the summer for entertaining because it looks fabulous on a big platter. Plus, it tastes absolutely delicious and is super easy to make and serve. I prefer to make my niçoise with salmon rather than tuna simply because I think salmon tastes better and tends to […]
A New Great Way to Cook a Whole Chicken
By guest blogger Paul Kita, food & nutrition editor at Men’s Health You’ll need a skillet, some mayonnaise, and a brick… Fast food tries to fool us about chicken. Ask a poultry farmer to point out the nugget on a Cornish Cross and watch what happens. Request that a butcher pack you up a bag […]
Abruzzi Fish Stew
When I first met my former father-in-law, whose parents were from Abruzzi, Italy, all he could talk about was the fish stew. So when we went to Abruzzi to visit my former husband’s relatives while on our honeymoon, of course we had to have the fish stew. It was incredible. Unfortunately, what I now know, […]
Homemade Posole
by guest blogger Andrew Norelli, product manager and food photographer I don’t usually equate Mexican with comfort food, but when I tried posole for the first time at a local Mexican restaurant, I instantly fell in love with its warm, comforting flavors. Posole is a simple stew of pork, hominy, and a chile sauce. What’s […]
Authentic Paella, Simplified
Pin Recipe for Later I don’t know about you, but come Christmas, my Facebook feed is filled with pictures of people making paella. And yet, the best paella I ever had was on a sunny day at an outdoor café in Barcelona, Spain. In other words—why make it only once a year? In winter? Fortunately, […]
A New Year’s Day Tradition: Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes & Sauerkraut
Growing up, our New Year’s Day meal was always a pork roast, mashed potatoes, and sauerkraut, whether we liked it or not. It’s a Pennsylvania Dutch New Year’s tradition. Why? Well, legend has it that it’s because a pig roots forward, which is good luck for the new year, but it’s probably also because it’s […]
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Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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