Topic: Cooking

Morning Links: Blood Test to Detect Cancer Funded by Johnson & Johnson

Blood Test to Detect Cancer Coming to Market – Johnson & Johnson announced that it will fund a new blood test that can detect cancer, bringing it closer to your doctor’s office. (Yahoo! News)

How to Brew – If you’ve resolved to give up coffee, Christopher Hitchens tells us how to make the perfect cup of tea. (Slate)

Resolutions in the Kitchen – If you’re so perfect that you’re at a loss for resolutions, Sur la Table has some ideas about how to improve your cooking and baking in the New Year. (Good Morning America) More »

Dannon Fined $21M for False Health Claims: Morning Links

Elmo at the White House – The well-loved monster is promoting Michelle Obama’s school lunch bill, alongside White House Chef Sam Kass. (TIME)

FTC Fines Dannon for Health Claims – The makers of Activia and DanActive owe $21M in fines, after the Federal Trade Commission ruled that their health claims are unsubstantiated. (USA Today)

Maya Angelou Cooks – The poet can do more than just write. She just published a cookbook, and her top cooking advice is to ignore the rules and stop rushing around. (NPR) More »

Olive Oil Doesn’t Taste Better in Cooking, Says Research

These days, a gourmet kitchen wouldn’t be complete without a pricey bottle of olive oil ready to coat the bottom of sauté pans and stock pots with flavor and healthy fats. On the advice of cookbooks and celebrity chefs like Lidia Bastianich (does she cook anything that doesn’t get a generous pour of the stuff?), we muster up significant chunks of cash to get the fruity flavor and spicy aroma that EVOO adds to our cooking. (That’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for those of you who aren’t up on the trend.) But according to The New York Times‘ Harold McGee, you should consider an oil change: Your gourmet selection is hardly better than cheaper oils like canola. At least in the taste department. More »

Dangerous Orange Juice and Ethical Foie Gras: Morning News Round-Up

A Glass a Day — Your daily orange juice could give you gout. (via The Daily Mail)

What Lies Beneath — The fat that makes your jeans bulge might be the least dangerous fat in your midsection. (via The Montreal Gazette)

Conscientious Cuisine — Does ethical foie gras exist? (via The Atlantic)

From Scratch — The best cookbooks of 2010. (via Publishers Weekly) More »

Gear Down for Thanksgiving: 10 Kitchen Supplies You Don’t Need for the Holidays

When you’re not busy menu-planning for Thanksgiving, you’re scanning the aisles of Sur La Table, for the perfect roasting pan, pie dish, and turkey baster: All gear that in all likelihood, will get stowed in a storage closet after the holidays, not to see the light of your kitchen until November 2011. If you’re not a serious home cook, and don’t really use this stuff throughout the year, you’re just adding to waste and clutter in your home — something that’s not great for you, your bank account, or the environment. We’re all for splurging on cooking supplies that you’ll use, but when it comes to lots of gear and gadgets, there are ways to get the job done without them. More »

Win 3 Signed Food Network Chef Cookbooks Just for Becoming Our Facebook Fan

Last time we gave you some workout motivation in the form of an iPod Shuffle and inspiring playlist, and you may need them once you get a load of the delish recipes in the three Food Network chef cookbooks — signed by the authors — we’re giving away to one lucky fan of Blisstree on Facebook, courtesy of Food Network.

We’re giving one of our Facebook fans three new cookbooks: More »

Heard about our latest Facebook giveaway? We’re giving away three signed Food Network chef cookbooks to one lucky fan of Blisstree on Facebook, courtesy of Food Network: Alton Brown’s Good Eats 2: The Middle Years, Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade: The Complete Cookbook, 1,001 Easy Everyday Recipes for the Way We Cook Today, and Bobby Flay’s Throwdown! If you’re already a fan of Blisstree on Facebook, you’re automatically entered to win this food-lover’s gift pack. If not, you have until Sunday, November 7 at 5 p.m. EST to “Like” Blisstree on Facebook. Simply click here and hit the “Like” button. Piece of cake.

Have you heard about our latest Facebook giveaway? We’re giving away three signed Food Network chef cookbooks to one lucky fan of Blisstree on Facebook, courtesy of Food Network: Alton Brown’s Good Eats 2: The Middle Years, Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade: The Complete Cookbook, 1,001 Easy Everyday Recipes for the Way We Cook Today, and Bobby Flay’s Throwdown! If you’re already a fan of Blisstree on Facebook, you’re automatically entered to win this food-lover’s gift pack. If not, you have until Sunday, November 7 at 5 p.m. EST to “Like” Blisstree on Facebook. Simply click here and hit the “Like” button. Piece of cake.

Don’t Scrap ‘Em: 25 Ways to Use Your Fruit and Vegetables Peels to Save Money

Being eco-friendly and thrifty don’t often go hand-in-hand, but you can save at least a little money every year by reusing the skins and rinds from your favorite fruits and vegetables Check out this list from The Daily Green, and start saving those scraps.

1. Scoop out avocado shells and use them for seedlings.

2. Dry out citrus rinds, apple peels, and other fruit skins or trimmings to make potpurri. More »

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Last week we gave you some workout motivation in the form of an iPod Shuffle and inspiring playlist, and you may need them once you get a load of all the delish recipes in the three signed Food Network chef cookbooks we’re giving away to one lucky fan of Blisstree on Facebook, courtesy of Food Network: Alton Brown’s Good Eats 2: The Middle Years, Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade: The Complete Cookbook, 1,001 Easy Everyday Recipes for the Way We Cook Today, and Bobby Flay’s Throwdown! If you’re already a fan of Blisstree on Facebook, you’re automatically entered to win this food-lover’s gift pack. If not, you have until Sunday, November 7 at 5 p.m. EST to “Like” Blisstree on Facebook. Simply click here and hit the “Like” button. Piece of cake.

Last week we gave you some workout motivation in the form of an iPod Shuffle and inspiring playlist, and you may need them once you get a load of all the delish recipes in the three signed Food Network chef cookbooks we’re giving away to one lucky fan of Blisstree on Facebook, courtesy of Food Network: Alton Brown’s Good Eats 2: The Middle Years, Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade: The Complete Cookbook, 1,001 Easy Everyday Recipes for the Way We Cook Today, and Bobby Flay’s Throwdown! If you’re already a fan of Blisstree on Facebook, you’re automatically entered to win this food-lover’s gift pack. If not, you have until Sunday, November 7 at 5 p.m. EST to “Like” Blisstree on Facebook. Simply click here and hit the “Like” button. Piece of cake.

Last week we gave you some workout motivation in the form of an iPod Shuffle and inspiring playlist, and you may need them once you get a load of the delish recipes in the three Food Network chef cookbooks we’re giving away to one lucky fan of Blisstree on Facebook, courtesy of Food Network: Alton Brown’s Good Eats 2: The Middle Years, Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade: The Complete Cookbook, 1,001 Easy Everyday Recipes for the Way We Cook Today, and Bobby Flay’s Throwdown! If you’re already a fan of Blisstree on Facebook, you’re automatically entered to win this food-lover’s gift pack. If not, you have until Sunday, November 7 at 5 p.m. EST to “Like” Blisstree on Facebook. Simply click here and hit the “Like” button. Easy as pie.

Become Our Facebook Fan, Enter to Win 3 Signed Food Network Cookbooks

We’re giving one of our Facebook fans three new cookbooks: Alton Brown’s Good Eats 2: The Middle Years, Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade: The Complete Cookbook and Bobby Flay’s Throwdown! More »

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