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When chef Jonathan Waxman throws open the glass garage doors at his restaurant Barbuto (in Manhattan's West Village) on a warm spring afternoon on the far side of lunch hour, and you've just eaten a forkful of pillowy gnocchi with spinach and almonds, you'd be inhuman if you didn't turn to your mates and say, "Ah, life is good." Waxman's wood-fired oven is throwing flames, and the silver-haired chef (and former "Top Chef Masters" contestant) might himself be delivering one of his signature roast chickens with salsa verde to another bunch of customers, all of whom seem to be smiling. Barbuto just does that to you.

Jonathan Waxman has always done things his way at Barbuto -- simple, delicious, playful, and very Italian. That he isn't Italian doesn't mean a thing. He cooks like a Roman grandmother, says his business partner Fabrizio Ferri. And in his new cookbook, Italian, My Way, he shows us how to play with the classic dishes he loves (such as linguine with wild mushrooms or pizza with pancetta, tomatoes, burrata, and scallions), and amp up others, spun from a good forage or a good day at the fish market (warm dandelion greens with scrambled eggs and chives; strozzapreti with octopus, red wine, and onions).

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]]>cookbooksitalian foodJonathan Waxmanjonathan+waxman+cookbookjonathan+waxman+cookbooksjonathan+waxman+pizza+dough+recipejonathanwaxmancookbookjonathanwaxmancookbooksjonathanwaxmanpizzadoughrecipeNanette MaximMon, 18 Apr 2011 15:00:00 ESTA Dubious Alliance of Food Giantshttp://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/18/a-dubious-alliance-of-food-giants/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/18/a-dubious-alliance-of-food-giants/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/18/a-dubious-alliance-of-food-giants/#commentsFiled under:

Grocery store produce aislePhoto: AP Photo


We guess alliances like the Snack Food Association and the Council for Biotechnology Information (whose megacompany members include BASF, DuPont, Dow, and Monsanto) felt they just weren't big enough or strong enough to convince Congress and consumers that big ag is good ag. So now 55 of the big-boy alliances have bonded together to form what might be called a supersociety, the new Alliance to Feed the Future.

Telling "the real story of modern food production" and "balancing the public dialogue on modern agriculture" is the Alliance's mission, according to its debut press release. What is also very modern is that the alliance, which also includes members such CropLife America (whose website features stories such as "Benefits of Pesticides and Crop-Protection Chemicals") the National Frozen Pizza Institute, and the National Association of Margarine Manufacturers, has decided to locate in Washington, D.C. After all, Dave Schmidt, President and CEO at the International Food Information Council and coordinator of AFF told Sustainable Food News, its target audience is that of "opinion leaders, including those in the university sector, professional societies, journalists and government officials."

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]]>sustainabilitysustainable foodThe Alliance to Feed the FutureNanette MaximFri, 18 Mar 2011 15:00:00 ESTWhole Foods Launches a Film Festivalhttp://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/17/whole-foods-launches-a-film-festival/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/17/whole-foods-launches-a-film-festival/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/17/whole-foods-launches-a-film-festival/#commentsFiled under: ,

Video Still from the film Urban Roots, Do Something Reel


Starting April 1, you can catch Juno's Ellen Page trading in her Hard Candy routine to narrate Vanishing of the Bees. No, it's not a sequel to horror flick Black Swarm; it's an intriguing documentary about the disappearance of the insects that pollinate most of our crops. And it's one of six films collected and being shown as part of the Whole Foods Do Something Reel Film Festival, presented in 70 cities across the country to celebrate Earth Month. (Did we even know that April was Earth Month, in addition to Earth Day, on the 22nd?)

"Through our [ ...] Do Something Reel Film Festival we want to raise awareness of environmental and food issues, and support filmmakers who are creating films that inspire people to question the impact our choices have on our health, body and environment," said Walter Robb, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, in a company press release. Ticket proceeds from the fest are going towards a grant program for filmmakers who want to go green in their art.

Among the "Do Something" films is Mark MacInnis's Urban Roots, a close-up of Motor City residents trying to grow it for themselves in the concrete jungle. Suzan Beraza's Bag It! follows an anti-plastics crusader, and Shelley Lee Davis and Or Shlomi's PLANEAT takes a hard look at our love affair with meat and dairy, through the eyes of scientists, farmers, and chefs.

See what's playing and where to catch the Do Something Reel Film Festival.


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]]>Do Something Reel Film Festivalwhole foodsNanette MaximThu, 17 Mar 2011 15:00:00 ESTMcDonald's Courts Sustainabilityhttp://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/11/mcdonalds-courts-sustainability/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/11/mcdonalds-courts-sustainability/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/11/mcdonalds-courts-sustainability/#commentsFiled under: ,

McDonald'sPhoto: Rafa from Brazil, Flickr

Sustainability has become the go-to word for every corporation in the U.S.and McDonald's is no exception. The burger giant recently announced what it's calling its Sustainable Land Management Commitment (SLMC). In a press release that sounds a bit like a "Spider-Man" script, the company states that "McDonald's ... accept[s] the responsibility that comes with our global presence," by requiring that over a period of time, all agricultural raw materials will be supplied only from sustainably managed land. (McDonald's also admits that since it "does not actually produce any of the food we ultimately serve our customers, it's essential that we work with suppliers who share our values.")

What does that mean, exactly? If "sustainability" gives you images of a family farm sending their free-range chickens to a McDonald's supplier, think again. What it does mean is that McDonald's sat down with the World Wildlife Fund, and "other stakeholders" (including fellow corporate megaliths such as Walmart, as well as suppliers) and came up with five products to concentrate on making better: beef, poultry, coffee, palm oil, and food packaging. It is also joining various Global Roundtables (on beef, and responsible palm oil production).

See the details on McDonald's Sustainable Land Management Commitment, after the jump:

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]]>mcdonaldssustainabilitysustainable land management commitmentNanette MaximFri, 11 Mar 2011 14:00:00 ESTA Dining Table on Speed (and Nitrous Oxide)http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/10/a-dining-table-on-speed-and-nitrous-oxide/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/10/a-dining-table-on-speed-and-nitrous-oxide/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/10/a-dining-table-on-speed-and-nitrous-oxide/#commentsFiled under: ,

World's fastest furniture, dining room tablePhoto: YouTube

Move over, NASCAR, unless Dale Earnhardt, Jr., has a plan for a fuel-injected sofa. The Guinness Book record for the world's fastest furniture (yes, there really is such a speed record, previously set by a 92-m.p.h. couch) was recently set with a nitrous-oxide-spewing dining table that can travel at 130 miles an hour around a race track, reports Popular Science.

Perry Watkins, a Brit inventor of the lowest, smallest street-legal cars, combined a dinner table table (complete with chairs, dishware, cutlery, and even fake food for six) with a two-seat Reliant Scimitar Sabre V8 convertible to create the speed demon he dubbed Fast Food. It's complete with teakettles powered by propane, teaspoons that conduct sparks, and a fake roasting chicken that serves to release the nitrous oxide from the contraption's injection system. "A six-foot plume of white smoke comes out of the chicken's backside," Watkins tells Pop Sci.

No one said fast had to be tasteful. And p.s., don't try this at home with the Toyota and the Wedgwood.

Click here to read the whole Pop Sci story, and watch a video of Fast Food in action.

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]]>dining table carNanette MaximThu, 10 Mar 2011 13:00:00 ESTPotato Chips: The Truth Revealedhttp://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/08/potato-chips-the-truth-revealed/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/08/potato-chips-the-truth-revealed/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/08/potato-chips-the-truth-revealed/#commentsFiled under:

chip nutrition comparisonPhoto: Bill Brady, AOL


Thinking of switching from a classic potato chip or corn chip to one that claims to be healthier? Before you give up the Fritos, have a look at Healthcastle.com's amazingly helpful nutritional comparison of 40 top brands, reports NPR. You may be surprised at what those "better-for-you" chips actually save in the fat and calories departments.

Take Lay's Classic potato chips (ok, I admit it, they're my personal fave, so that's where I looked first) compared with Corazona's Slightly Salted Chips. Corazona's chips have 30 fewer calories for a one-ounce serving (let's just pretend we eat only an ounce), and 4 fewer grams of fat, but both have zero trans fats and sugars. And Corazona's are higher in carbs by 3 grams. So if it's a calories-and-fat battle you're waging, you might as well stick with the Lay's. But sodium? Lay's has double, with 180 mg. to Corazona's 90. (And yes, corazón, means "heart" in Spanish.)

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]]>corn chipsnutrition of potato chipspotato chipsNanette MaximTue, 08 Mar 2011 14:00:00 ESTStarbucks New Coffees and A Birthday Gift for Customershttp://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/08/starbucks-new-coffees-and-a-birthday-gift-for-customers/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/08/starbucks-new-coffees-and-a-birthday-gift-for-customers/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/08/starbucks-new-coffees-and-a-birthday-gift-for-customers/#commentsFiled under: ,

Starbucks new products for 40th anniversaryPhoto: Starbucks


Starbucks -- which today celebrates 40 years in the coffee biz -- may be solidly middle aged but, with a few new products launching, they'd prefer to think of it as the prime of life.

Going global for Starbucks means it's debuting its revamped Siren logo, in four stores: the Solana store in Beijing, Avenue de l'Opéra in Paris, Brompton Road in London, and Times Square in New York City (plus a special launch in Seattle).

But enough of the Siren. What about the coffee? See the new brews and Starbucks giveaway after the jump.

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]]>featuredStabucks coffeeStarbucksNanette MaximTue, 08 Mar 2011 12:00:00 ESTBest Mardi Gras Foodhttp://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/07/best-mardi-gras-food/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/07/best-mardi-gras-food/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/07/best-mardi-gras-food/#commentsFiled under: ,

Mardi Gras Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya recipePhoto: Brown Eyed Baker, Flickr


"Fat Tuesday" may be tomorrow, but Mardi Gras celebrations are already in full swing, from Rio to New Orleans to New York. On this Fat Monday the Hurricanes are flowing, the King Cakes are being baked and frosted, and gumbo is simmering in more than a few pots. (For more on the history of the day, see "Mardi Gras 2011: Fat Tuesday and Carnival Explained," at AOL News.) Take some ideas from these cooks, and get your own Cajun-Creole party started.

Louisiana native (and KitchenDaily contributor) Alexis Touchet lays out all the essentials for Mardi Gras, including quintessentially southern recipes for Creole Chicken Fricassee, Crawfish Pie, Chicken-and-Shrimp File Gumbo, Shrimp Remoulade Garlic Toasts, and Coconut Rum Cream Tarts. No New Orleans Mardi Gras feast would be complete without a big old dish of red beans and rice. Alexis adds spicy andouille sausage to her recipe to amp up the flavor.

In New Orleans, so popular are red beans and rice that now there's a Redbeans Parade (held today), with 60 members of a krewe that has honored the dish by spending months creating their costumes using the legumes (uncooked, natch).

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]]>mardi gras 2011mardi gras recipesNew orleansNanette MaximMon, 07 Mar 2011 15:00:00 ESTFood Poisoning: Is It a Crime?http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/03/food-poisoning-its-a-crime/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/03/food-poisoning-its-a-crime/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/03/food-poisoning-its-a-crime/#commentsFiled under: ,

Quick Burger RestaurantPhoto: dannyman, Flick

Food poisioning usually means a few hours of gut-wrenching unpleasantness, but what if the consequences are more dire? A recent dealth in France has people wondering: Should the law step in?

When French teenager Benjamin Orset died from food poisoning in January, the cause was traced to a meal he'd eaten the day before his death at a Quick burger joint in Avignon, reports UPI. Now the manager of that restaurant faces not only accusations that hygiene standards were ignored, but charges of involuntary homicide.

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]]>featuredfood poisoningQuickNanette MaximThu, 03 Mar 2011 15:00:00 ESTRuby Tuesday Menu: Best Premium Burgershttp://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/03/ruby-tuesday-menu-best-premium-burgers/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/03/ruby-tuesday-menu-best-premium-burgers/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/03/03/ruby-tuesday-menu-best-premium-burgers/#commentsFiled under: ,

Ruby Tuesday menu winners, Premium Beef BurgersPhoto: Elizabeth Hait, AOL


In our search for the best of the best of fast-casual restaurant menus, we've sampled Applebee's Appetizers and Outback Steakhouse Favorites. We've given you our picks for TGI Friday's Sizzling Skillets, and Red Lobster Shrimp. Now we figured it was time to put some all-American burgers to the test, courtesy of Ruby Tuesday.

Menu Overview
We dug into all six of Ruby Tuesday's handcrafted premium beef burgers (we're saving the Veggie, Turkey, and Crab premium burgers for another taste test). Triple Prime burgers are a blend of ground tenderloin, sirloin, and ribeye, and are offered plain, with Cheddar cheese, and with Cheddar and applewood-smoked bacon. We also test-drove the Boston Blue (with blue cheese, onion rings, and barbecue sauce), the Smokehouse Burger (Cheddar, bacon, onion rings, and barbecue sauce), and the Alpine Swiss (with Swiss cheese and baby portabello mushrooms). All burgers come with lettuce, tomato, and garlic-mayo toppings, are served on a potato bun, and with a side of pleasantly crisp and well-salted "endless fries." Yes, spud lovers, it's fries till you pull the trigger. (We ordered all burgers cooked to medium doneness.)

See our winner, runner-up, and loser after the jump.

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]]>best of the menuhamburgerruby tuesdayRuby Tuesday burgerNanette MaximThu, 03 Mar 2011 12:00:00 ESTChuck E. Cheese's Launching New Pizzahttp://www.slashfood.com/2011/02/28/chuck-e-cheeses-launching-new-pizza/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/02/28/chuck-e-cheeses-launching-new-pizza/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/02/28/chuck-e-cheeses-launching-new-pizza/#commentsFiled under:

Chuck E. CheesePhoto: Cassandra Hubbart, AOL

Even happy-go-lucky Chuck E. Cheese is feeling the pinch of the sour economy. With the price of cheese spiking, and company income slipping by almost 48 percent, the mouse that roars with the sound of arcade games and toddler birthday bashes had to come up with a few ideas to bring the kiddies (and their earplug-wearing parents) in for more.

Kids may love Chuck E. Cheese, but their flavorless pizza is notorious in parent circles. Who wants to endure terrible food AND the noise assult that comes with a trip to Chucky's? So executives have gone back to the kitchen to coax in customers. A new pizza recipe will be rolled out soon -- this time, with fresh ingredients.

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]]>chuck e. cheesefeaturedpizzaNanette MaximMon, 28 Feb 2011 14:30:00 ESTStars Spill Their Oscar-Day Dietshttp://www.slashfood.com/2011/02/28/stars-spill-their-oscar-day-diets/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/02/28/stars-spill-their-oscar-day-diets/http://www.slashfood.com/2011/02/28/stars-spill-their-oscar-day-diets/#commentsFiled under:

Amy Adams and Melissa Leo at the Oscars 2011Photos: Frazer Harrison / Getty Images


Could there be a new Oscars Diet in the works? Seems most of the nominees were on an egg kick to get them through the big night, according to Entertainment Tonight. Before Best Supporting Actress winner Melissa Leo dropped the F-bomb at last night's Academy Awards ceremony, she told ET that she'd chowed down on some "soft-boiled eggs and rye toast."

She wasn't alone. Seems that many stars went with brunch-like meals before the ceremony, which started at 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles time. Leo's fellow Fighter nominee Amy Adams forgot the yolks and went with egg whites and tomato, for "protein and vitamin C," and Wolverine Hugh Jackman noshed on a 12-egg-white omelet (along with steak and chicken). X-Men, we guess, require more protein than the average Joe. But Wolvie, watch the cholesterol.

Not every star was on the "Incredible, Edible Egg" plan. The winner of the "I Eat Like a Teenager, Dammit" category, was True Grit star, 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld, who told ET she had a burger and pizza. Yep, only someone under 18 wouldn't bat an eye about lumping the two together.

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]]>Academy AwardseggsHollywood dietoscarsNanette MaximMon, 28 Feb 2011 12:00:00 ESTJulia Child, Pen Palhttp://www.slashfood.com/2010/12/06/julia-child-pen-pal/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/12/06/julia-child-pen-pal/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/12/06/julia-child-pen-pal/#commentsFiled under: ,

Photo: Elizabeth Hait, AOL


To fall for As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child & Avis DeVoto (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26), it doesn't matter if you know a beef bourguignon from a beef patty. It doesn't matter if you've never even lifted the cover of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, or, for that matter, even heard of Julia Child. For As Always, Julia is, beyond the correspondence that helped launch one of the greatest cookbooks of our time, an intimate portrait of a deep and enduring friendship.

Little did Julia Child know, when she wrote a letter congratulating scholar/journalist Bernard DeVoto on his Harper's story about the trouble with American knives, that she would find, in her own words, "a soul mate," in DeVoto's wife, Avis. As secretary to her husband, Avis answered Julia's letter, and from an exchange about the glories of French knives, the two (Child then living in Paris, and DeVoto in Cambridge, Mass.) rapidly progressed in letters to matters of the heart and of the kitchen, and often where the two intertwined.

Julia, of course, also found an unflagging champion for her expansive work with Simone Beck in the sophisticated, politically savvy, and intellectual Avis, with her Harvard ties and Boston literary connections and her culinary prowess. It was Avis who brought the massive project to Houghton Mifflin, and, later, when HM thought it too ungainly, to Knopf, where it found a home with the renowned editor Judith Jones, then early in her brilliant career.

Continue reading, and hear Julia and Avis, in their own words, after the jump.

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]]>booksjulia childNanette MaximMon, 06 Dec 2010 13:00:00 ESTHand Me a Lollipop, Chef. Women vs. Men in Food Photoshttp://www.slashfood.com/2010/10/19/hand-me-a-lollipop-chef-women-vs-men-in-food-photos/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/10/19/hand-me-a-lollipop-chef-women-vs-men-in-food-photos/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/10/19/hand-me-a-lollipop-chef-women-vs-men-in-food-photos/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Nigella LawsonPhoto: Food Network

Men like Alton Brown sink their big manly teeth into a bone-in chop; women like Nigella Lawson get to lick an ice-cream cone. Or maybe, like Paula Deen, just poise a forkful of cream pie in front of their open mouths, with just an eensy dab of cream clinging to their lower lip. Are photos of women with food just plain soft-core, and can we make it stop? Or at least have Tony Bourdain nuzzling up to an oyster? We love you, man. Head over to Serious Eats to get the full story.

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]]>anthony bourdainnigella lawsonpaula deenserious eatsNanette MaximTue, 19 Oct 2010 12:00:00 ESTCity's Best Guides Take the Fast Lane on the Local Routehttp://www.slashfood.com/2010/10/13/citys-best-guides-take-the-fast-lane-on-the-local-route/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/10/13/citys-best-guides-take-the-fast-lane-on-the-local-route/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/10/13/citys-best-guides-take-the-fast-lane-on-the-local-route/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Photo: City's Best


Looking for the best bacon and eggs in Tampa? How do you find a Twin Cities food truck that serves kofta meatball sandwiches? Or what about a good old Cleveland clambake? The crackerjack local reporters at City's Best, covering 25 cities across the country, give you the 411. And yes, folks, it's brought to you by our parent company, AOL. Expanding and relaunching the ten-year-old site with more neighborhood guides, events calendars, editors' picks, and pro reviews, super-local coverage, along with the "Best Of" ratings that have made its name, you'll never need to go wandering around looking for good eats again.

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]]>city guidesCitys BestfeaturedNanette MaximWed, 13 Oct 2010 13:00:00 ESTBroccoli Soup - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/24/broccoli-soup-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/24/broccoli-soup-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/24/broccoli-soup-feast-your-eyes/#commentsFiled under:

Photo: La tartine gourmande, Flickr


Former prez George H.W. Bush may not mourn the end of broccoli season in the Northeast, but I do. California will always keep us supplied, of course, but the deep green heads we've been pulling out of the garden and finding at farmers markets will be missed until next season.

Time to do the vegetable proud with an elegant soup, courtesy of a recipe from blogger latartinegourmande that has Thai flavors of coconut milk and galangal, and is topped with glistening salmon roe. Want broccoli soup that's creamy and traditional and served with croutons and not fish eggs? Try this Kitchen Daily recipe.

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]]>broccoli soupBroccoliSoupsoupNanette MaximFri, 24 Sep 2010 10:00:00 ESTHearty Chili - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/23/hearty-chili-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/23/hearty-chili-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/23/hearty-chili-feast-your-eyes/#commentsFiled under:

Hearty ChiliPhoto: Brown Eyed Baker, Flickr


Is it too early to switch kitchen talk from cool green salads to warm, hearty stews? Never, when it comes to chili. Whether you like a classic chili con carne; a steak-rich smokin' Texas chili; a pork-cannelini bean-and lime juice-based white chili, or a three-bean vegetarian chili, this is the low-cooked, slow-cooked food that seems just right as the leaves start putting on their autumn display.

Blogger browneyedbaker is a chili con carne fan, who, in this recipe, uses cornmeal to thicken the pot. Chef Marcus Samuelsson gives chipotles their moment in the sun in his recipe.

And visit Kitchen Daily for dozens of other chili recipes that are bound to spice up your table.

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]]>chilimarcus samuelssonMarcusSamuelssontexas chiliTexasChiliNanette MaximThu, 23 Sep 2010 10:00:00 ESTSwiss Chard Chili - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/22/swiss-chard-chili-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/22/swiss-chard-chili-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/22/swiss-chard-chili-feast-your-eyes/#commentsFiled under:

Photo: veggiefrog, Flickr


Put a little green in your chili. No, not green peppers but greens like Swiss chard. Rich, succulent chard adds texture, deep flavor, and, a healthy dose of Vitamins A and C to the mix. This easy recipe comes from blogger veggiefrog, who also piles on the white beans and garlic. (See yesterday's post for more on chili,)

Swiss chard comes in a rainbow of varieties and colors, and a couple of my favorites are 'Rhubarb' and 'Ruby Red'. Its perfect in its simplest form, braised with olive oil and garlic, as in this recipe from Kitchen Daily contributor Alexis Touchet. And if you want to include it in an absolutely delicious one-dish dinner, try contributor Ruth Cousineau's Nutty Swiss Chard, Squash, and Cannelini Bake.

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]]>Alexis TouchetAlexisTouchetchiliRuth CousineauRuthCousineauswiss chardSwissChardNanette MaximWed, 22 Sep 2010 10:00:00 ESTSweet Potato Black Bean Chili - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/21/sweet-potato-black-bean-chili-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/21/sweet-potato-black-bean-chili-feast-your-eyes/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/21/sweet-potato-black-bean-chili-feast-your-eyes/#commentsFiled under:

Sweet Potato Black Bean ChiliPhoto: flyzipper, Flickr


Chili with a sweet side? Bring it on. Blogger flyzipper (which, we assume, has nothing to do with food, but let's just stop there) turns up the heat in this vegetarian chili with jalapeños and hot banana peppers, but balances it with sweet potatoes, red bell peppers, and adzuki beans (as well as black beans). Adzuki are the mellow-flavored red beans used well in Asian foods, such as the sweet and sticky daifuku mochi (rice cakes stuffed with red-bean paste).

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]]>adzuki beansAdzukiBeanschiliNanette MaximTue, 21 Sep 2010 10:00:00 ESTPizza with Broccoli, Pepper, Sausage, and Onion - Feast Your Eyeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/20/pizza-with-broccoli-pepper-sausage-and-onion-feast-your-eye/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/20/pizza-with-broccoli-pepper-sausage-and-onion-feast-your-eye/http://www.slashfood.com/2010/09/20/pizza-with-broccoli-pepper-sausage-and-onion-feast-your-eye/#commentsFiled under:

Photo: anjuli_ayer, Flickr


With pizza in a cone trying to elbow a good old pie out of the way, it's nice to see someone is still heating up the stone and slipping a sausage, broccoli, and cheese pizza into the oven. It's not that I'm anti-cone. It's more that I'm pro-pie.

That said, you can still take the pizza to plenty of places that don't include pepperoni. When you've got a salt jones, try a Canadian bacon and sauerkraut pie, and if you're craving big meat and big cheese try this superquick roast-beef-and-blue-cheese number.

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]]>pizzaNanette MaximMon, 20 Sep 2010 10:00:00 EST