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Involtini (meat rolls) is a popular dish among the Italians and is usually eaten with polenta. You can fill the rolls with whatever you like. The many flavors coming from this dish makes it difficult to say no to seconds! There are also vegetable versions of involtini such as Nigella Lawson’s simple grilled aubergines stuffed…

We eat a lot of salads with our dinners but this one can easily be eaten as a main dish. Ginger has been revered in Indian and Chinese civilizations for over 5000 years for its powerful health promoting properties. It has anti-inflammatory properties that can lessen the pain of rheumatoid arthritis, relieves the severity of…

This is old fashioned comfort food for the soul and is one of my son and daughter’s favorite foods although my daughter does tend to like the Kraft dinner version! Macaroni and cheese was first made in the nineteenth century and was made even more popular when Kraft Foods introduced the Kraft Dinner (macaroni and…

Over the years I have built up a substantial collection of cookbooks and food magazines. While the list of my cookbooks would be too long to mention here, the following are some of my favorite food magazines: Fine Cooking, BBC Good Food, Gourmet Traveller, ABC Delicious, Dish, BBC Olive and Good Taste. I have a…

This is our tenth year living in Asia and we’re always asked what our favorite Asian cuisine is. That’s a tough question as we like Chinese, Singaporean, Thai, Indian, Malaysian, Japanese, Indonesian etc. Having said that, for me, I always come back to Chinese food and in particular, dim sum. Dim sum is a Cantonese…

My all time favorite, easy to make, cookie! And, who hasn’t made a batch of these cookies at least once in their cooking lives? Chocolate chips were invented in 1933 by Ruth Graves Wakefield. She added chunks of semi-sweet Nestlé chocolate bar to a cookie recipe and they were a huge success. She reached an…

Moussaka is the best known of all Greek foods. Greeks believe that moussaka was introduced when the Arabs brought the eggplant, although Arabs, especially in Lebanon, think of this dish as a Greek dish. Moussaka is also found in Turkey. Some Moussaka recipes show potatoes as part of the ingredients. However, potatoes would never have…

One of my all time favorite desserts! A quintessentially French dessert that is easy to prepare ahead, is rich in flavor and extremely delicious! Use the darkest chocolate you can find for an intense chocolate flavor. Dark chocolate is rich in flavonoids, which are antioxidants that keep cholesterol from gathering in blood vessels, reduce the…

I’ve only ever tried quinoa once before and really loved the crunchy texture. Quinoa (pronounced keen wa) was an ancient food staple for the Inca civilization and has been cultivated for more 5,000 years. Today, its health benefits are huge. It contains more proteins than any other grain, is a good source of dietary fiber,…

Orzo (barley in Italian) is a pasta that’s similar in size and shape to rice. Orzo is used traditionally in soups, but this versatile pasta has been widely adapted by chefs in Italy and America for main courses and side dishes. Click here for other recipes using orzo.Serves 6 (as a side dish)recipe from Fine…