The growing gluten-free trend wasn’t news to me when The Associated Press distributed a lengthy story with tips and recipes a month or so ago. But seeing the perfect opportunity to focus on locally produced gluten-free products, I interviewed Central Point baker Betty Lake for the June 4 story in A la Carte. I knew an [...]
If barbecue doesn’t slake your hunger for an all-American weekend, break out the rolling pin and try your hand at baking the best apple pie. Larson’s Home Furnishings in Medford will reward the best baker with a new home entertainment center on Saturday, July 5. All other competitors will receive coupons to attend a cooking [...]
Now that the jet lag has mostly worn off, I’ve been able to recap in a coherent fashion a three-week vacation in Europe for family members, friends and co-workers. Readers of this blog know that my husband, Will, and I spent 10 days aboard Holland America’s Noordam as it plied the Mediterranean. Thanks to the [...]
The situation could hardly have been more ironic. My husband, Will, and I traveled halfway around the world to take a Mediterranean cruise, and the cruise line’s fine-dining restaurant specialized in Pacific Northwest cuisine. After meditating over the past six or so months on miles my food travels, or what’s come to be known as [...]
As if catching a cold on my vacation wasn’t rotten enough, rough seas as Holland America’s Noordam left Turkey on Sunday for Malta had me feeling queasy. The remedy for this double whammy, of course, was soup. For an extra bonus, I sought out the ship’s lower levels, which are more stable in such conditions, [...]
As pots and pans spun to the sound of an incomprehensible narrative, I irreverently called to mind a familiar character. With his thick accent, Chef Kumar more closely resembled “The Muppet Show’s” Swedish Chef than any other television personality. The setting was the Culinary Arts Center aboard Holland America’s Noordam, my home for the next [...]
The price of everything in Scotland makes it easier to pass up those quality souvenirs like real Scottish cashmere and Celtic knotwork jewelry while the cheapness of others (think “Chinese Scottish tartan” and those hideous polyester tams with fake hair attached) are hardly worth occupying spare suitcase room. But we absolutely couldn’t leave Scotland this time without one sundry: [...]
Gluten-free products have steadily made their presence known over the past few years, first in health-food stores and now in mainstream grocery outlets like Medford’s own Food 4 Less. With no reason to look for these wheat substitutes, local newspaper readers who aren’t gluten-intolerant may only have become aware of the trend reading this week’s [...]
