By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven While their daughter was visiting from out of town, a close friend and her husband, decided to invite a neighbor to their home for dinner. The neighbor, who’d been hinting for an invitation, gladly accepted and thoughtfully brought the hostess a small bouquet of flowers, a bottle of wine and his major head cold with…
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Kitchen Aromatherapy
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven As a Certified Aroma-therapist, I’ve been using essential oils for years, and have watched them become increasingly popular for use in diffusers, for creating natural personal scents and even for natural cleaning uses. Sometimes oils that pose as essential oils may be partly essential oil cut with vegetable oils or solvents or they may be…
Be easy on yourself!
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven When planning a party this holiday season, or any season, organize your time and choose foods that require simple preparation. Keep the following tips in mind, and you’ll be able to enjoy the celebration along with your guests. 1. Think “variety of flavor.” Everything shouldn’t taste the same. No matter how much you love curry…
ME WANT COOKIES: GLUTEN FREE AND VEGAN, PLEASE!
By Judith Yamada, Kitchen Maven It’s that cookie time of year. Every baker has their unique holiday grouping of cookies that define their baking style and tastes. But many a vegan and gluten free reveler is often cast aside when it comes to cookie choices. I developed the following recipes, several years ago, when it was hard on folks with…
Chanukah Oh Chanukah, Come Light The Menorah!
By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven Although Chanukah is a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish calendar, it’s very popular with Jewish families. It’s a time for decorating homes and preparing special foods, like potato latkes and sufganiyot (filled donuts). This year it starts on December 12th. Jews light a menorah/hanukkiah annually, on each night of Chanukah, to commemorate the…
KITCHEN MAVEN: Leftovers to Swoon Over
By Judith Yamada, the Kitchen Maven While recently looking for a particular holiday recipe in some of my old published articles, I found one I’d written for the Corvallis Gazette-Times in 1993. It included the main focus of my search, Turkey Devonshire, a family favorite that we enjoyed every Friday after Thanksgiving. My mum prepared it as a casserole, and…
Appetizers, Hors d’oeuvres, and Canapés, Oh My!
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook County Pioneer is excited to introduce Judith Yamada, the “Kitchen Maven” an experienced food writer, professional cook and Master Gardener. According to Judith, “A love of garden fresh delicious food, and the desire to share and teach are the components of Kitchen Maven’s culinary world. I enjoy creating recipes, reading cookbooks, writing about food, entering food…