Kids Activity: Make Your Own Healthier Bomb Pop Kids Bites kids activity Recipe Stephanie Webster July 24, 2009
Ask Chef Nicole: Thai Coconut Steamed Mussels Features Ask Chef Nicole Recipe Farm Fresh Nicole Straight July 16, 2009 Join Chef Nicole Straight at the Farmer's Market, and learn how to make an amazingly simple and delicious recipe with fresh local mussels: Thai Coconut Steamed Mussels. This beautiful dish takes 10 minutes from start to finish, but it like looks like you've been cooking for hours...perfect for simple summer entertaining. Read More
Crispy Kale Chips & Other Lovable Leafy Greens Features Recipe Farm Fresh Nicole Straight July 11, 2009 While I’ve known about the health benefits of leafy green vegetables for years, I often find myself shying away from these great greens for lack of proper cooking knowledge or inspiration. One of our readers felt the same, so we called in Nicole Straight, our Time to Eat chef, to demystify these power veggies. Join her as she selects her ingredients at the local Farmers Market, and then goes back to the kitchen to whip up some great quick recipes (there's even one that kids will eat). But first...a little background on this nutritional powerhouse. Read More
Farm Fresh Summer Sandwich Recipe Features Ask Chef Nicole Recipe Farm Fresh Nicole Straight July 03, 2009 I recently accompanied Chef Nicole Straight from Time to Eat to the Westport Farmer's Market where she helped me navigate (and identify) some interesting and unique local ingredients. I was looking for a great sandwich to bring to my 4th of July picnic. Her beautiful Summer Sandwich was the perfect answer, and can be seen below. Read More
Why Backyard Chickens? How to Start Your Flock Features Going Green Recipe Farm Fresh Kid Friendly Stephanie Webster June 30, 2009 It seems that recently more and more people in Fairfield County are putting up chicken wire…and it isn’t to keep the deer out. If you have always wanted a “pet” and are tired of paying $4 a dozen for free-range organic eggs, why not buy yourself some chickens? We recently spoke with a local chef on the benefits of backyard chickens, and she offers some compelling reasons to raise these pecking “pets”. Then, we’ll take the work out of starting your own flock, and help you source your CT birds, and build your very own coop. It requires less work than you think. Read More
CT Berry Picking Season is ON Features healthy kids activity Recipe Farm Fresh Nicole Straight June 24, 2009 One of the things I look forward to every summer is heading out to the local farms to pick berries. There are a couple of great farms in Southern CT that are not over run with the NY crowd, and I will share them if you promise not to tell the others… Read More
Kids Will Love These Chocolate Banana Pops Kids Bites kids activity Kid Friendly Dessert Stephanie Webster June 23, 2009
For the Busy Chef: Asian Watercress Pesto Features Recipe Farm Fresh Nicole Straight June 22, 2009 Local chef Nicole Straight, of Time to Eat, is dedicated to good, healthy food and the techniques that make it easy for parents and busy people to enjoy cooking and eating 15-minute meals. Here is her recipe for Asian Watercress Pesto inspired by a trip to the local Farmer's Market. It freezes beautifully if you happen to have a run on watercress. It's delicious tossed in with udon noodles, smeared on salmon then roasted or even used as a thinned out sauce for steak. Read More
Chef Watch: Maria Marchetti...The Real Thing Features Pauline Rhoads June 19, 2009 Maria Marchetti, chef/owner of Columbus Park Trattoria in Stamford, who is known for her restaurant’s homemade pasta, had just prepared fresh tagliatelle for our lunch, which she had just made a few minutes earlier. Maria makes all of the pasta for Columbus Park Trattoria, along with the family’s two other restaurants, Osteria Applausi in Greenwich and Tarantino's in Westport. In addition to making all the pasta by hand for the family’s three restaurants, Maria does private parties in people’s homes and teaches cooking classes in the upstairs dining room of Columbus Park Trattoria, which has its own kitchen. Read More
Homemade Pasta – You'll Never Go Back Features Pauline Rhoads June 19, 2009 Years ago, a friend gave me an Imperia hand-cranked pasta machine as a housewarming gift. It sat in my kitchen cabinet gathering dust because, truth be told, I was afraid of it. Flipping through food magazines one day while in line at the grocery store checkout, I came across a “how to make your own pasta” article in Cooking Light. Instead of skipping over the subject as usual, or telling myself dry pasta will do just fine thank you, I paid attention to the easy to follow photographs and simple ingredients and wondered, could it be this simple? I felt especially daring and decided to make fresh ravioli with ricotta and spinach. Read More
Easy Summer Project-Making Maki Rolls Kids Bites Japanese kids activity Stephanie Webster June 17, 2009
Little Chef Alert: IKEA Play Kitchen Coming Soon! Kids Bites kids activity Stephanie Webster June 11, 2009
Best Kids Chopsticks @ Matsu Sushi, Westport Kids Bites Japanese Westport Kid Friendly Stephanie Webster June 10, 2009
