As I listened to Chef Ana Sortun at a recent Sofra cooking class, I was mesmerized. As she spoke about some of her favorite ingredients, it sounded less like a cooking class and more like a poetry reading. Chef Ana says, leeks should be cooked low and slow in extra virgin olive oil and halloumi…
Every March is National Nutrition Month, a time to think about celebrating, developing or recommitting to healthy eating habits. This year, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the organization that created this annual celebration, has focused the campaign on the USDAs MyPlate. Called…
The beginning of a new year is a great time to start, re-start, or maintain a delicious, easy, affordable, and incredibly healthy meal plan. Whether you’re meal planning for one or for a crowd, the Mediterranean way of eating ticks all the boxes: Easy, Healthy, Affordable, and Especially…
The Mediterranean Diet is a plant-based diet. Long before plant-based eating became popular, the Mediterranean Diet has always been a plant-based diet, and it always will be. Plant-based eating is important for both human health and the health of our planet. As Dr. Walter Willett, professor of…
Melted tomatoes: Preheat oven to 325°F. Place the peeled and deseeded tomatoes into a 9-inch cake pan and season to taste with salt and pepper. Scatter the herbs, lemon zest, and garlic on top of the tomatoes. Cover the top of the tomatoes with extra virgin olive oil. The oil should come…
Preheat oven to 425˚F. Place fish in a flat baking dish, skin side down. Rub both sides using 2 teaspoons of the olive oil. Sprinkle top with thyme and cheese. Bake for 10 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork. While the fish is baking, prepare polenta according package…
February is American Heart Month, and there’s no better way to celebrate than with the Mediterranean Diet, which was ranked the #1 Heart-Healthy Diet for 2022! The U.S. 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends a Mediterranean-style eating pattern as one example of a healthy…
Let the sour milk and eggs come to room temperature and preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch round cake pan. For the frosting, mix the cream cheese with the icing sugar and and place it in the refrigerator. Optional: To make glazed lemon slices, combine the sugar with ¾ cup water and…
There is a wonderful cookbook called Mediterranean Vegetables, written by the award-winning cookbook author and longtime Oldways friend Clifford Wright, that takes the reader from Acanthus-leaved Thistle on page 3 to Zucchini on page 351. In between is a wealth of information about the…
There are few things more enjoyable than a fresh, vine-ripened, picked-at-its-peak, juicy summer tomato. While most of us are familiar with beefsteak, grape, and roma tomatoes, there are more than 10,000 tomato cultivars. As for their uses, they too are nearly endless and are used extensively…
This is tomato season. Even if you aren’t harvesting your own backyard or city are escape tomato garden, you can’t help but notice that tomatoes are everywhere from farmers markets, grocery store produce sections, and restaurant menus to brown bags of tomatoes your green-thumb…
If you’re familiar with Oldways, then you probably know about our culinary travel tours. And if you don’t, I’d say now’s the time to put your seatbelt on. These international Culinarias happen twice a year, with the intention to illuminate the heart of any culture by…
