Flavors And More Magazine

GOURMET HIGHWAY: Acclaim for Cheesemaker By Doc Lawrence - (Thomasville, GA) A family farm would seem to be an unlikely tourism magnet. Far from the large cities of Florida and 200 miles south of Atlanta is Sweet Grass, a family owned dairy that makes cheese. Not your ordinary cheese, mind you, but the kind made over the ages by hand from local milk. Do this well and in today’s fast-growing food centric culture and you attract some mainstream media attention and earn a place for your...

Summer Holidays – Get Grilling By Chef Judi Gallagher - As a New Englander, Memorial Day weekend always meant filling the grills with charcoal, seasoning the steaks and deciding whether the cold rain would hold off or if we would have to move the picnic table into the garage. The menu seldom varied. There was always Mrs. Calhoun’s tuna-macaroni salad, my Mom’s potato salad made with Hellman’s mayo and chopped hard-boiled eggs, red onion and celery. Her secret seasoning was a...

Celestial Summer Shortcake By Susan G. Purdy - Everyone loves tender buttery shortcakes, including this baker. Quick and easy to put together, you can serve them warm with coffee for breakfast. Add 1/2 cup of currants or a cup of berries to the batter and call them scones (to whom they’re related), or split and fill them with your favorite seasonal berries and whipped cream to create a celebratory dessert. Another reason you will love this particular recipe is that it works...

Hungry For Nostalgic Refrigerators

By Steven V. Philips - Who doesn’t love Rachael Ray? Even our dogs love The Rachael for her dog food. Our fluff balls refuse to cook, but they are talented eaters. My observation is that many humans don’t cook either, but we do like to watch someone else do it. Some of us enjoy watching Rachael Ray use those nostalgic appliances in her television kitchen. For many viewers it brings back kitchen memories but not...

It’s All Fenugreek to Me

By Herb Gardner - According to a recent Time magazine issue, 41% of American two-year olds’ daily vegetable calories come from French fries. Clearly, too many families have abandoned the produce aisle for the drive through line. Enter author and mother Pragna Parmita to restore discipline and sanity to meal planning for youngsters. Vegebaby as the title implies advocates a vegetarian diet for a healthy body, bright mind,...

Potluck Favorite

By Marsha Fottler - Every home cook who frequently gets invited out to group celebrations should have a repertoire of about five go-to dishes suitable for potluck parties. Ideally, these dishes should be ones that can be enjoyed at room temperature and have enough structure to stand up to being displayed on a buffet table for a length of time. No wilting salads. You want a recipe that feeds 10-12 and it’s always practical...

A Daughter’s Kitchen Memories

By Anna Dantoni - Trying to manage her emotions as her beloved mother slips farther away into dementia, Lee Clayton Roper decided to collaborate on a book of recipes called A Well-Seasoned Kitchen along with mom, Sally Clayton, who died just as this book was in its final pre-publication phase. Consequently, this beautifully photographed hard cover book is more than the sum of its culinary ingredients. It’s a memoir and an...

Gluten-Free Cooking Goes Global

By Marsha Fottler - May is National Celiac Awareness Month, a good time to learn more about this autoimmune disease and the gluten-free food revolution. There are some three million people in the United States who have celiac sprue. They require a gluten-free diet. Until recently dining out was a nightmare for these people since gluten-free meals hardly existed and chefs weren’t knowledgeable about adaptive techniques....