You’ve got to try this salmon recipe!

by Dishing Well with Elizabeth Tigani June 8, 2012

As promised, here is the recipe for miso-marinated salmon. The recipe was created by Chef Elliott Prag, one of the amazing instructors I had the privilege of working with at Natural Gourmet. It’s one of my favorites and it’s great for an easy and healthy week night dinner because it only take a few minutes […]

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Is this missing from your diet?

by Dishing Well with Elizabeth Tigani June 4, 2012

Growing up, most of us at one point or another were told to eat our vegetables or finish our milk at dinner. But how many of us remember being told we couldn’t leave the table until we finished our sauerkraut or kefir? In other words, who even heard about fermented foods let alone that they […]

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Father’s Day Kitchen Gift Guide

by Dishing Well with Elizabeth Tigani May 31, 2012

If you are still brainstorming, here are some ideas! Perfect for a summer BBQ- Corn Griller Basket Monogrammed Grill Tool Set with Storage Case One of my favorites-Gowanus Furniture Monogrammed Walnut and Maple Cutting Board. I first came across this company at the Brooklyn Flea. The coolest part? They monogram in Morse Code! AND they offer classes to make your […]

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Love List

by Dishing Well with Elizabeth Tigani May 21, 2012

May Love List It’s always been my dream to have a room like this. I love the concept of bringing travel home. Lot’s of good ideas, check them out here. Green Garlic from the Union Square Greenmarket Lillet Rose Spring Cocktail. Yes please! Poor celeriac. Sometimes called “the ugly ducking” of the vegetable world, it […]

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Gluten-free & Vegan Drunken Noodles

by Dishing Well with Elizabeth Tigani April 25, 2012

On Monday I was contemplating how to spice up our weekly pasta night and decided to ditch the tomato sauce and go for some Asian flare (I know, I like to live on the edge). I came across a great recipe for drunken noodles in a cookbook I recently purchased by a Natural Gourmet alum […]

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Chef Flynn

by Dishing Well with Elizabeth Tigani April 23, 2012

Happy Monday! I wanted to share an article that I read in the New Yorker this weekend. It featured a chef based in the San Fernando Valley whom I’d never heard of, named Flynn McGarry.  He’s a culinary prodigy and I would be shocked if he doesn’t have his own reality show on Food Network […]

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Einkorn and Finkle, Finkle and Einkorn

by Elizabeth April 10, 2012

“Bread Day”  So admittedly, today’s post, which comes on the heels of the famous NGI “Bread Day,” may seem like a  bit of a downer. It’s almost hard to believe that something so delicious and seemingly innocent as a bagel can wreak such havoc in some people’s bodies.  I’ve been gluten-free on and off the […]

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Vegan Gingerbread Muffins

by Elizabeth March 30, 2012
image via www.Chickensintheroad.com

Vegan Gingerbread Muffins image via www.Chickensintheroad.com   We got to be mad scientists in the NGI kitchen this week. On Wednesday we took a recipe for a classic baked good and made it several times using multiple variations of the ingredients. The goal was to make a healthier but still delicious version of a classic […]

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A Hangover Remedy

by Elizabeth February 22, 2012

Image from the New Yorker via Condenaststore.com We recently learned how to use kuzu (aka kudzu) to make a homemade remedy for, among other things, a hangover.  Kuzu is a sturdy, fibrous vine native to parts of Asia.  In the cooking world, kuzu is used as a thickening agent. It has no perceptible taste and dissolves […]

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All Things Bean

by Elizabeth February 16, 2012

This was the week of the bean. Pretty funny that Valentines Day landed on bean week, although we weren’t tasting any that day. This was fortunate, because although the recipes were delicious, none of us felt our sexiest after four hours of legume-eating (I chose this particular Mr. Bean shot because his expression pretty closely […]

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