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Grocery Shopping for Summer: What’s in a Bodybuilder’s Fridge?

As a personal trainer, I work with lots of people who want to lose weight. No matter how hard and how often you exercise, if you aren’t eating in accordance to your goals, you aren’t going to have ...

Edible Holiday Gifts: The Sweet, The Spicy and The Salty

If you’re looking for a host gift, a stocking stuffer, or something to put under the tree, edible is best when it comes to gifts. These homemade gifts are minimal effort and maximum tasty so you can ...

A Beginner's Guide to Fresh Herbs and Spices

When it comes to the use of herbs and spices, many of us think we’ve got it down pat. I know there was a time when I thought I was doing it right by shaking in some chili powder and dried oregano ...

Why You Should Add Sorghum to Your Diet

Would you like to know about the new food trend coming down the line?

The Dark Side to Garlic

In Star Wars, there is a light side and a dark side. The light side represents good, while the dark side represents evil, anger, and a farmboy regressing against his father. But in the case of ...

CSA Boxes: A Beginner's Guide

We all know that eating locally is the best option. We’ve been told that meals made with seasonal and organic ingredients are better for both the environment and our bodies. However, it's not always ...

The Great Vanilla Debate

When it comes to cooking with vanilla, there are quite a few choices like pure vanilla extract, vanilla bean paste and vanilla beans. There's also vanilla sugar, infused vanilla syrups; the list goes ...

How I Learned to Love Mustard

I was a very plain child growing up. My tastes were simple and modest. I did not like jelly on my peanut butter sandwiches. I only liked vanilla ice cream. And Cheerios were my go to cereal. I wasn’t ...

How to Make Sushi at Home

Just because I am a chef doesn’t mean that I am absolutely comfortable preparing every type of food. For instance, I certainly cannot claim to be an expert when it comes to making sushi.

The Power of Parmesan Cheese

Just recently in a class I was teaching at The Chopping Block, a question was asked about how to finish a risotto without parmesan. To which I responded, why wouldn’t you want to finish your risotto ...

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Grocery Shopping for Summer: What’s in a Bodybuilder’s Fridge?

Edible Holiday Gifts: The Sweet, The Spicy and The Salty

A Beginner's Guide to Fresh Herbs and Spices

Why You Should Add Sorghum to Your Diet

The Dark Side to Garlic

CSA Boxes: A Beginner's Guide

The Great Vanilla Debate

How I Learned to Love Mustard

How to Make Sushi at Home

The Power of Parmesan Cheese

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