Recipes

You know how people — myself included — say the side dishes at Thanksgiving are the best part of the meal? Well that’s how I feel about snacks and appetizers at summer get-togethers, pool parties and barbecues! There always seems to be at least one showstopper item on the table that makes everyone say, “ohmigod, you have to try this!” And not to sound sappy but… I miss those mingling moments. Although COVID has (quite literally) crashed the party, I declare it v acceptable to pour yourself a refreshing drink and feast on some summer snacks and apps to melt your barbecue blues...

“I’m hungry” “Can I have a snack” “When are we eating?” These are the regular rotation of questions I hear as a mom and wife. I have a 10-year-old boy and he is always hungry. I must admit I have some jealousy that he can eat all the time and not gain any weight. Wouldn’t it be awesome to eat 2 breakfasts and ice cream every single night without any consequences? We can thank the genes his ectomorph father gave him for this ability. While he is completely happy to eat junk food all the time, the health and nutrition...

Courtney and I have noticed that regularly eating a healthy lunch seems to be a challenge for most of us working from home.  We thought we’d give you a couple of super-quick, healthy, immune-enhancing lunch ideas that we do ourselves. From Denise: As likely you all know, in Chinese Medicine, we advocate for a warm food diet and limiting or avoiding cold and raw foods.  In Western culture, “quick foods” are often cold – think sandwiches, yogurt, fruit salad, vegetable salad, etc.  Warm and hot foods require some cooking, but if you have the right fixings on hand, it can feel more...

Seasons 52 Chef Elvis Bravo Returns with a Recipe for Scrumptious Brunch on Next Cooking with The Galleria Free Virtual Series Tuesday, 07/21/2020-, 02:00 pm-02:30 pm Website Cost: Free The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale’s Seasons 52 Chef Elvis Bravo returns with a recipe for scrumptious brunch! Join him on Facebook Live on Tuesday, July 21, at 2 p.m., for his next Cooking with The Galleria free virtual tutorial series segment. Bravo will livestream and share tips for preparing Savory Herb French Toast topped with crispy bacon, sautéed mushrooms, poached egg and parmesan cheese. This cooking demonstration will be Bravo’s seventh...

The peninsula, filled with the history of those who once took steps in Charleston, South Carolina gracefully tapped into my imagination. The sun combined with the faint smell of salt lingering within the Charleston Harbor gave me a sense of comfort, of genuine gaiety. A place that felt welcome, a place where the cobble stone roads would bring a type of unfamiliar nostalgia into my soul. As I walked these streets, my curiosity grew for these platters friends and family would share over a glass of wine. The Holy City holding onto the tradition of curing meats and pickling, to...