By Judith Yamada, Kithen 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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