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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Savory Almond Tart with Summer Vegetables
My mother is a great baker. Growing up we feasted on savory pies made with buttery crusts and onions or cheese. Now that I’m in the olive oil business, my colleagues and I are always on the lookout for baking … Continue reading
Uncle Sam’s New Dietary Guidelines: Eat Like the Greeks
Uncle Sam thinks we should eat like the Greeks: Consume more vegetables, fruit, whole grains and seafood. We also should cook and eat more healthy food at home. That’s the gist of a set of recommendations issued this summer by a … Continue reading
Tunisian Grilled Summer Vegetable Salad, or Mechouia
We’ve been capitalizing on the summer harvest by grilling lots of vegetables. It’s a favorite way to prepare eggplant, fennel, summer squash, mushrooms and other vegetables. The Tunisians, it turns out, like grilled vegetables, too. Mediterranean food guru Nancy Harmon … Continue reading
Olive Oil Primer: Poaching Seafood at Home in EVOO
We’ve been test driving a simple method to cook seafood by poaching it in extra virgin olive oil. It produces phenomenal results. The halibut we poached was moist. It had a rich, yet delicate, flavor. Our nine-year-old recipe tester declared: … Continue reading
Couscous Salad w/ Almonds, Raisins and Saffron Onions
Joyce Goldstein doesn’t mince words, particularly when it comes to Mediterranean cuisine. Take the time culinary legend Julia Child questioned Joyce’s embrace of the Mediterranean diet. “She was not impressed with it because it had such small portions of meat … Continue reading
Joyce Goldstein’s Fattoush Salad from Lebanon
Joyce Goldstein puts it bluntly: Salads don’t get the respect they deserve among chefs. A veteran chef and restaurant consultant, Joyce said it’s been her experience that some chefs “have no idea how to construct a great salad.” They typically … Continue reading
