One third of Americans are classified as obese—-and the number is growing. Let’s get some insight into this expanding epidemic. Duration : 0:2:59

Entertaining in the 00′s Pity the modern hostess. She used to plan an event according to her budget and culinary skills. But now religious restrictions, ethical quandries, and food allergies monopolize her party menu! With this in mind, I am starting a series on “What Your Guests Won’t Eat”.  I know that many of us [...]

        Love gourmet food but don’t have time to fuss with the gourmet process? I hear ya! I am so tired sometimes I almost, that is almost, feel too tired to eat – let alone prepare a gourmet meal. I certainly don’t think eating fast food or a bowl of cereal is [...]

Cheesy and Creamy, So, So, So Good…  When my kids were growing up I never seemed to know how many to make dinner for. There were always a couple of extra “hollow-legs-syndromed” teens about. This was my salvation dinner.

Tomatoe and Chutney Lamb-Shanks – 17/08/2008 Well spring is almost upon the Southern Hemisphere and while it’s still cold I tend to want to again look at the old favourite Lamb-Shanks. This is a cheap cut that is often overlooked, but when prepared and cooked slowly is the most rewarding and healthy meal you can [...]

A Foodie book review   Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. Kitchen Confidential is one of the books my daughters college professors suggested as a good read. She really loved it and wanted me to read it too. I had seen Anthony Bourdain on a couple of TV shows, where I thought he was quite conceited [...]

Yep – the long awaited result of our increasingly fast food (and dare I say it American) life style has caught up with us. We’re now fatter than the Yanks! One of the many reports on this is at The Australian… http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23893350-5013404,00.html Yet we outperform every other country at the Olympics when you count medals [...]