By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven With so many holidays during this time of year, representing a variety of cultures, religions and days of glory, there is definitely a lot of eating going…
Category: Recipes
KITCHEN MAVEN: It’s PIE Time! Three Recipes Just in Time for Thanksgiving
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven As far back as the first century, the Roman cookbook, “Apicius”, refers to recipes made with a pie case. The first reference to pie in a written…
KITCHEN MAVEN: 5 Per Day May Keep the Doctor Away
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven The 2020 pandemic brought total devastation to so many, and disruption to the entire world. As a senior citizen, overweight and eating restaurant food at least twice…
KITCHEN MAVEN: TIME TO TAILGATE!
By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven When we lived in Corvallis, Oregon and had season tickets to OSU Beaver football games, we loved to tailgate or at least contribute to the tailgate…
KITCHEN MAVEN: The Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Quandary
By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven Although the names sweet potato and yam are used interchangeably, these tubers belong to separate plant families and are quite different. In fact, sweet potatoes aren’t…
KITCHEN MAVEN: ROSH HASHANAH AND A CLEAN SLATE – Recipe
By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven Happy New Year to all of you this Rosh Hashanah for Hebrew year 5783. The holiday begins at sundown on Sunday, September 25, 2022, and ends…
KITCHEN MAVEN: THE STAFF OF LIFE
by Judi Yamada, www.kitchenmaven.org The first known use of the idiom “Staff Of Life” was in 1638; it meant “a staple of diet”, and the meaning hasn’t changed. Obtained from Western man’s…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Ratatouille (Recipe – for all those veggies!)
Here is a recipe from Rinehart Clinic Art of Eating class (adapted from Alice Water’s The Art of Simple Food) for all those veggies … Ingredients: 1 medium eggplant 3 medium zucchini…
KITCHEN MAVEN: TAPAS TALK
EDITOR’S NOTE: Warm days call for easy cooking, or meals with little or no cooking, and tapas are always a fun way to serve up a delicious meal. Be sure to order…
The Taste of Summer
Recently, I made my first yearly venture to a local farmers’ market hunting for fresh local deliciousness including lots of summer berries. Even during the winter, I must admit to consuming berries…