Food And Cooking
Veggie delights for holiday feast
With Thanksgiving on the horizon, you’re probably giving some thought to your menu. Maybe a little extra thought if your group is going to be a mixture of vegetarian and nonvegetarian folk. Especially if you’re the nonvegetarian host, and this is your first time trying to accommodate …
Nov 17, 2009 | 9:50 pm | Loading…
Fresh Sheet: Local fare allows guilt-free feasting
We’re entering the most food-focused season of the year. Do you see articles on how to make it through Easter or the Fourth of July without gaining weight? Not likely. But magazines tugging at your sleeve as you shuffle through the grocery check-out stand right now have them. You can sk…
Nov 17, 2009 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
Benton Center offers holiday desserts class
Learn delicious recipes and ideas for festive presentations and memorable grand finales in the class “Holiday Desserts — New Twists” offered through the Linn-Benton Community College Benton Center.
Nov 10, 2009 | 7:10 pm | Loading…
Try this light and fruity pie for the holidays
Cranberry Pear Rangipani Pie
Nov 10, 2009 | 7:10 pm | Loading…
Warm up to roasted chicken
At a time of year when all things roasted sound particularly inviting, we’re at our most motivated level for turning out a delectable, juicy, golden-roasted chicken. So I hauled out my two most diverse — but reliable — sources for roasting chicken: “The Best Recipe,” by the edit…
Nov 10, 2009 | 7:00 pm | Loading…
Dates pack nutrients
Dates are the fruit of the date palm. The tree hails from the desert oases of Northern Africa or the Persian Gulf and has a history so long experts can't pinpoint its exact origins - the earliest carvings from Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations show dates were already a well-establis…
Nov 03, 2009 | 7:35 pm | Loading…
Fresh Sheet: Oregon State’s food pantry service in growing demand
Hard times have meant more people seeking help from food banks across the country. Benton County is no different - not even at Oregon State University. Emergency Food Pantry opened there in March to serve students and nonstudents living near campus whose income qualifies them for help. Th…
Nov 03, 2009 | 7:35 pm | Loading…
Chutney, pork make perfect pair
Autumn brings an array of fruits and nuts to market, particularly fresh apples.
Nov 03, 2009 | 7:20 pm | Loading…
There’s no trick in these Halloween treats
With Halloween falling on a Saturday night this year, the party mood is high. Of course, parties mean party food. With the witching hour still several days away, you have plenty of time to plan a menu or at least the dish or two you've been asked to contribute to someone else's party. Thi…
Oct 27, 2009 | 11:45 pm | Loading…
Researchers: Rural poor face 'double bind' with food
OSU study says people face tough choices between eating well and food bills
Oct 27, 2009 | 8:50 am | Loading…
Keep it colorful with salads
At the end of a week in San Francisco, my husband met my flight in Portland. As we headed out to the freeway, he asked if I'd like to stop somewhere along the way for a bite to eat. I told him what I really wanted was to get home and knock around in our own kitchen.
Oct 20, 2009 | 6:50 pm | Loading…
Fresh Sheet: Farming keeps up as winter moves in
What you thought was a gust of wind when the rains and frost hit last week was actually the collective sigh of relief from summer gardeners. In spring we couldn't wait for all those fresh vegetables. Then, all too soon we had too much. But who could waste any of it? Now the frost-damaged …
Oct 20, 2009 | 6:45 pm | Loading…
Squash winter blues with gourds
The colorful and dramatic winter squash could have their own show, with a cast of characters as varied and vivid as any Disney fantasy-styled production. From the exotic Turk's turban to the calicoed carnival and the portly, blue-toned sweet meat, these autumn-into-winter veggies have it …
Oct 13, 2009 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
Meet the new lunch bunch
A show of hands, please: Who is already bored/beset/out of ideas when it comes to filling your children's trendy, reusable totes? We thought as much. So we asked a few pros to help compose some options. Their suggestions include recipes that are quick and easy. Feel free to mix and match …
Oct 06, 2009 | 11:15 pm | Loading…
Relish the harvest while it’s here
During the Fall Festival last weekend, I encountered a lot of folks who came into my booth and wanted to talk cooking. One of the recurring themes was the idea of getting together with a couple of other friends and making relishes and chutneys. With that in mind, I thought I'd inspire eve…
Sep 30, 2009 | 1:00 am | Loading…
Sweeten it with parsnips
A root vegetable that grows wild in Europe and West Asia, parsnips have been cultivated since ancient times. Its early history is clouded by the fact that writers didn't always distinguish them from carrots - understandable because the two are closely related, and parsnips look pretty muc…
Sep 22, 2009 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
Fresh Sheet: Summer harvest plows straight into autumn
First, it enters the olfactory sense. One morning in early August you smell it: Summer has peaked and is starting the glide into autumn. It's the first smell of dryness, of leaves and grass (left to its cycle, not watered) embracing the approach of dormancy after a full-throttle spring an…
Sep 22, 2009 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
Time is ripe to dry tomatoes
Until someone invents year 'round summer in Oregon, the time to enjoy local sun-ripened tomatoes is now. They are truly one of the season's blazing triumphs - plump and colorful to the eye, aromatic and juicy to the other senses. To say this blessing from nature represents the best of sum…
Sep 16, 2009 | 10:00 am | Loading…
Trial and many errors making cheese at home
I don't know about you, but this recession has done nothing to curb my appetite for fancy cheese, just my ability to buy it. So I set out to make the stuff at home.
Sep 16, 2009 | 9:45 am | Loading…
Fresh Sheet: Gardens go from excess to new starts
If there is one particular month of overwhelming abundance, this has to be it. Wonderful food still flows from surrounding farms, orchards and ranches; home gardeners are scratching their heads, wondering why they planted so much. Those seeds looked so tiny and innocent in the spring. Bac…
Sep 08, 2009 | 10:20 pm | Loading…
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