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May 13, 2011

A grape by any other name is… pure science!

My grape purchases tend to depend on price. But the other day as I was eating my $1.99 a pound seedless red grapes I began to wonder, are all grapes...
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May 09, 2011

In Loving Memory of K. Dun Gifford

May 9th is a day of remembrance for Oldways. Today is the one-year anniversary of the passing of K. Dun Gifford , the founder and inspiration behind...
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May 01, 2011

One New Med Recipe: Baked Spinach (Tian d'Epinards)

Mediterranean Month is here! Go for vegetables! Since May is Mediterranean month and because one focus of Oldways’ Med Month celebrations is...
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April 25, 2011

Two Hours Later, You're Not Hungry

While we report regularly in this blog on the many delicious tastes of the Mediterranean Diet, Oldways is a champion of all traditional diets. In...
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April 22, 2011

One New Med Recipe: Lebanese Mussakhan

With Sara in Lebanon for the week, we are taking One New Med Recipe to the streets of Beirut, where the roots of the Med Diet run deep. One of the...
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April 17, 2011

One New (not Mediterranean) Recipe: Buttermilk-Cinnamon Coffee Cake

This week’s One New Recipe is not Mediterranean, but it is wonderfully delicious and simple. The recipe for Buttermilk-Cinnamon Coffee Cake comes from...
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April 05, 2011

Networking for Supermarket Nutrition

Caroline Whitby (Giant Eagle) and Rosanne Toroian (Schnucks Market) help Rosie Benner (H-E-B) with a healthy cooking demo at the Supermarket...
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April 04, 2011

One New Mediterranean Recipe: Risi e Bisi (Rice and Peas)

Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton’s book, Canal House Cooking is wonderfully seasonal. Hoping for spring and warmer weather in Boston, I...
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March 25, 2011

One New Med Recipe: White Bean Puree

As Julia della Croce wrote in The Oldways Table , “legumes are vegetables with the power of meat, and our ancestors couldn’t have done without them...
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March 21, 2011

One New Med Recipe: Chicken Under a Brick

When I was planning the menu for a dinner with Dun’s son Porter and his wife Serena and their children, Suzannah and Abbott, I wanted to try a...
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March 10, 2011

One New Med Recipe: North African Spiced Marinated Fish (Chermoula)

Now that my children have their own apartments, I don’t see their friends quite as often. I miss seeing them and hearing about their lives; I even...
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March 05, 2011

Presenting the Dun Gifford Mediterranean Cuisine Award

Any time spent in Paris is special, but this last trip was especially meaningful for us. Sara was in the City of Lights to present the Dun Gifford...
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