email this pageGoing Organic?
With Wal-Mart poised to beef up its organic offerings, you can bet their consumption will skyrocket. Here's a helpful tidbit. It's more important to choose organics for some foods than for others. For instance, berries have one of the lowest pesticide residues, so it's probably not necessary to seek out organic berries. On the other hand, apples have some of the highest pesticide residues, so buying organic apples is a good idea. These organics are worth the investment: Celery, Peppers (all kinds), Potatoes, Spinach, Peaches, Apples, Cherries, Nectarines, Pears, Peaches, Plums
Assertive Arugula
Arugula, also known as rocket or Italian cress, is a bitter, peppery green with an assertive flavor. It's stronger than spinach, but can be used most any place spinach is. It's best raw in a salad or tossed in hot pasta until just wilted. We love it in a salad with dried cranberries, almonds, oil and vinegar, in a ham sandwich in lieu of lettuce or tossed on pizza.
Club for Carnivorous Gals
The carnivore-loving clique of Vanessa Dina, Kristina Fuller and Gemma DiPalma has created an über-girly tribute to the holy trinity of barnyard beasts — the cow, pig and lamb — "for girls who love their meat." In The Meat Club Cookbook (Chronicle Books, $18.95, www.chroniclebooks.com), they've compiled inspiring and easy-to-make recipes — many of them updated classics you know and love—from Slow-Lovin' Beef Brisket and Love Me Tender Pork Tenderloin to Tarted-Up Lamb Steaks with Cherries. With a stiletto-clad pink cow on the cover, clever writing and fold-out identification charts on meat cuts, this book shows that meat isn't just for men. Grill not included.?Charyn Pfeuffer
Whether it's an obsession with cured meats or baking a classic Red Velvet cake, food blogs leave no culinary stone unturned. Unlike typical food writing, most blogs (short for "web log") are a labor of love for nonprofessional writers who want an outlet for their culinary escapades. According to a recent survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, about 9 percent of Internet users have created blogs and about 10 percent of them deal with food. While there are thousands of food-related blogs, here are several notable for both their award-winning content and recognition among fellow foodies.
- Accidental Hedonist
www.accidentalhedonist.com
A mix of food politics, cooking tips, culinary news and recipes. A pioneer in the food blogging world, Seattle writer Kate Hopkins launched the Food Blog Awards in 2004. - Amateur Gourmet
www.amateurgourmet.com
Want a belly full of laughs? Profiles of weird fruits, a play about anchovies and a FoodNetwork marathon are all in a day?s work for author Adam Roberts, winner of the 2005 Food Blog Award for humor. - Chocolate & Zucchini
www.chocolateandzucchini.com
Paris-based Clotilde Dusoulier recounts her culinary adventures, complete with recipes, product finds, restaurant recommendations and gorgeous photos. - Orangette
orangette.blogspot.com
Winner of the 2005 Food Blog Awards, Molly Wizenberg chronicles everything from the heartbreak of a bad recipe (with the photos to prove it) to the joy of a perfectly roasted chicken. Log in for her tested recipes. -
The Travelers Lunchbox
www.travelerslunchbox.com
Combining wanderlust, remarkable photography and delicacies from around the world (Georgian cheesebread, anyone?), this site is particularly appealing to armchair travelers.
Hungry for more? Visit www.TheFood Section.com or www.TastingMenu.com for original writing plus links to hundreds of other delicious sites.-Sacha Cohen.
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