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Time for a Change

I got a letter in the mail yesterday that let me know that it is time for a change. Two weeks ago I had a physical which also included doing a blood profile. I have always taken great pride in knowing… more →

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Time for a Change — 3 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 2 months ago: I got a letter in the mail yesterday that let me know that it is time for a change. Two weeks ago I … more →

Tags: cooking thoughts, Preventing illness, butter, Low Density Lipoprotein, Heart Disease, Cholesterol, Nutrition and Metabolism Disorders, Conditions and Diseases, cardiovascular disease

Soup on Sunday 2013 — 5 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 3 months ago: It’s time again for another Soup on Sunday! Held the last Sunday of January, risking the wrath … more →

Tags: Making a difference, building your community, Teaching Culinary School, cooking thoughts, Soup, Soups and Stews, Sunday, Hospice, soup on sunday

Shrimp and Lobster Bisque — 3 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 4 months ago: Christmas Eve dinner somehow has become a seafood feast that features ravioli. This year Tyler asked … more →

Tags: Recipes, Southern cooking, cook, lobster, Shrimp, sauteing, cream, lobster stock, bisque

Merry Christmas! — 2 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 4 months ago: To all Spoon Feast Followers and readers I would like to wish you and yours a very special day. Merr … more →

Tags: cooking thoughts, merry christmas

Georgian Style Green Beans — 15 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 9 months ago: Anaida is someone who I consider a dear friend. She is from Moscow, Russia and has the warmest heart … more →

Tags: Cooking, cooking thoughts, Recipes, Teaching Culinary School, cooking

A story about blue crabs — 11 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: There was a time in my life when I lived on the St. Johns River, south of Jacksonville, FL in a smal … more →

Tags: Southern cooking, cooking thoughts, Food, fish and seafood, crab, St. Johns River, Black Creek, Florida, Green Cove Springs Florida

"Feed Me Chef!" — 10 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: Our dear friend June had a mile marker birthday recently. Our gift to her was to go out to the … more →

Tags: restaurant reviews, Southern cooking, building your community, cooking thoughts, Food, cook, Chef, Home, wine and food matching

How to Roast a Chicken — 10 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: Here is another basic skills post about how to roast a chicken. The same principle applies to most b … more →

Tags: Recipes, What every good cook should know, Southern cooking, To Tyler: How to Cook:, cook, butter, Chicken, roast, Montreal Steak Seasoning

Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies — 8 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: Interview Cookies I was asked to bring cookies to a job interview one day so I made a batch of Oatme … more →

Tags: Recipes, To Tyler: How to Cook:, Flour, Sugar, Bake, Quaker Oats Company, Cookie, oatmeal cookies, Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

Arugula and Pickled Beet Salad — 4 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: Today’s shared bounty is some lovely arugula (aka rocket). The added bonus of this shared boun … more →

Tags: Recipes, cooking thoughts, Herbs, olive oil, Salads, beet, pickled beets, stella artois, arugula

Rungis Market — 1 comment

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: Rungis Market is located just outside of Paris, France. It is the largest wholesale food market in E … more →

Tags: Teaching Culinary School, Food, Paris, Rungis, France, Fish, wholesale food market, Travel

Lobster-cide — 13 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: No more “lobster-cide”; I can’t kill lobsters anymore. Being a chef, and an instru … more →

Tags: Recipes, Teaching Culinary School, cooking thoughts, Food, lobster, eric ripert, fish and seafood, Domestic Diva, unsuspecting students

This past week — 2 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: During this past week I have had some time off to get some projects off of my need to do list. This … more →

Tags: building your community, cook, sourdough, Home, Kitchen, tlc, Green Sauce, Salmon, deviled egg

Soup on Sunday — 2 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: Every year on the last Sunday in January, the Culinary Arts Department at Central Piedmont Community … more →

Tags: What every good cook should know, Making a difference, building your community, culinary arts department, Central Piedmont Community, Community Hospice, good appetite

Radishes — 8 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: Watermelon Radishes I am a big fan of radishes. I love all kinds of radishes from daikon to french b … more →

Tags: Recipes, What every good cook should know, cooking, radish, daikon, Snack Food

Food Safety — 6 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia Nearly every day we hear of  food safety related issues in the news: salmonella, … more →

Tags: What every good cook should know, Making a difference, Food, cook, center for disease control and prevention, Food Safety, Foodborne Illness, Illness, united states

The Beauty Of Pollination — 2 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: The Beauty Of Pollination This is spectacular! If you don’t know about ” TED Talks … more →

Tags: What every good cook should know, Photography (2), TeD, pollination, hidden beauty

Merry Christmas! — 4 comments

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: Merry Christmas Everyone! Wishing all of you the best the holiday season brings. Thank you for takin … more →

Tags: Christmas and holiday season, Holiday greetings, Holidays, Christmas

Hunger in America: How to Help - ABC News

Spoon Feast wrote 1 year ago: Hunger in America: How to Help – ABC News. Do you realize that 1 in 6 Americans is hungry? If … more →

Tags: Making a difference, Food Bank, hunger relief, Hunger, donation, Philanthropy, do something, Get Involved


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