| Right recipes make for healthier habits
One of the great tools coming from Dietitians of Canada in time for Nutrition Month in March is a new cookbook entitled Simply Great Food (Robert Rose). The book was compiled by dietitians Patricia Chuey, Mary Sue Waisman and chef Eileen Campbell. Dietitians from across the country contributed recipes for delicious and nutritious home-cooked meals for every day of the week -- not only because healthy eating is good for you, but also because it has been proven that families who prepare and eat meals together have healthier eating habits. More Body & Health news Here's a sample recipe: Tandoori Haddock Most supermarkets now carry tandoori paste. Find it in the ethnic food aisle where Indian and Asian sauces are displayed.
Look for these pets at the Broome County Humane Society shelter:
* Animal Care Council will participate in Spay Day USA on Tuesday, by trying to raise one million pennies by the end of February for the spay/neuter program. Drop off pennies to ACC Collection jars throughout the Southern Tier at these locations: Pet Depot, Vestal; Agway in Endicott and Binghamton; Boscov's 3rd floor, Binghamton; Vestal Wine & Liquor Store or at the shelter at 131 Washington Ave., Endicott. For more information or to host a jar call 729-6676. * Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League offers Sterling Silver bracelets or keychains as gift items for pet lovers, with proceeds going to the league to help unwanted, abused and abandoned pets. Visit: www.magdrl.org * The Stray Haven Humane Society & SPCA Inc. and Java Joe's Roasting Co. are selling gourmet coffee to benefit the shelter.
Business Owner Cooks Comfort Food For The Coast
Whether your definition of soul food is collard greens, cornbread or sweet potato pie, one Gulf Coast restaurant has it all. While Reynolds Gumbo House is not laced with fancy tablecloths or fine china, the Gulf Coast eatery has what some may consider to be world class cuisine. From banana pudding to corn bread, customers say it has all the soul food fixins. "I think it's a heart food. That's the way you feel when you come in here. It's something that you get a little tingly feeling over," says customer Tim Wold. Mary Reynolds is the brainchild behind the restaurant. Born in Vicksburg, the southern cook now calls South Mississippi home. But the owner says she'll never forget the story behind her success. "Yes it was hard, but we grew our own vegetables and we worked in the fields and that's why I learned to cook because I was small and my mom she just left me home to do the cooking so that she didn't have to do it when she got home," says Reynolds.
Jada's Soul Food is Southern fare with a history
Call it Southern cooking, comfort food or soul food, it does more than nourish the body; it feeds the spirit with food made from family recipes passed down through the generations. Such is the case at Jada's Soul Food, owned by Linda and Jackie Clash. Jackie Clash's family is from Arkansas and he grew up in Chicago. Like many cooks, he grew up watching and learning from two gifted cooks (his mother and grandmother) as they prepared family meals. Linda Clash is Madison born and bred and handles the customer side of the operation. Together they prepare and serve "Southern cookin' with a difference you can taste," as the restaurant's sign states. "Jackie's passion for cooking began when he was 5 years old. He learned all the basic recipes and builds on them," says Linda.
Is it soup yet?
Mom used to spend all day in the kitchen laboring over homemade soup. Between the boiling, deboning and cooling process to make the stock, and then finally cooking the concoction, it was a time-consuming and labor-intensive meal. But it doesn't have to be that way. "I make fast soups all the time and think you can get maximum flavor in 20 to 30 minutes," says Robin Miller, author of "Quick Fix Meals" (The Taunton Press; $18.95), her just-released seventh cookbook. "You can make a fabulous soup with five or six good ingredients. You don't need a lot of ingredients when one or two are really strong. "Soup is no different than any other meal in terms of time investment, and you get a tremendous payoff," says Miller, host of the Food Network's "Quick Fix Meals With Robin Miller." You can do your own prep in advance or get some help from the grocery store with pre-chopped items from the salad bar or produce aisle (such as chopped onions, broccoli or cauliflowerettes; baby carrots; cut-up squash pieces and sliced mushrooms).
Woolworths' pet food contaminated
As a precaution, Woolworths has withdrawn all Woolworths branded dry dog and cat food from its shelves, due to concern that there is a small possibility that some customers' pets may be at risk from micro traces of a contaminant which has been identified in some batches of Woolworths labelled dry dog food. .
On the Plate: Upcoming Food and Wine Events
Since the real nominees are unavailable, Bottlerocket has chosen wines to represent the actors in their absence. A sampling of stand-ins: - Peter O'Toole - Bordeaux - Tour Simard 1999 - A classic Claret with a little bit of bottle age. But holding up very well thank you very much. - Forest Whitaker - Earthquake Petite Sirah - An actor so powerful, so compelling, so strong. Oh yeah. You know what we're talking about. - Penelope Cruz - Cellar Can Blau - Sexy, Spanish with lots of shiny diamonds on the dress. Soft, velvety and beautiful underneath.3 - 6 p.m.; free tastings. 5 West 19th Street; 212-929-2323. February 25: Winter Barbecue Cure the mid-winter blahs with a barbecue at Flatbush Farm, featuring beer-braised bratwurst, wild boar sausages, grilled venison skewers and oysters, along with beer from Six Point Brewery.
HighRoads’ Customer Named Benefits & Compensation Superstar
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Joanne Armenio, Kraft Foods' director of international benefits and a HighRoads customer, has been named a Benefits & Compensation Superstar for her team's pioneering global employee benefits management strategy, that ensures high-quality, cost-effective benefit offerings for 94,000 Kraft employees worldwide. The third annual award, sponsored by Benefits & Compensation Solutions Magazine, honors HR professionals who are driving change in the benefits landscape – combating everyday challenges with strategies that dramatically improve business operations, plan quality and workplace productivity. Armenio and her team have gained significant insight into the cost- and value-drivers for employee benefit programs, which differ greatly across more than 70 countries.
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