By KATHIE SMITH, Toledo Blade
Heat up July 4 celebration with grilled goodies
The Fourth of July is among the most popular occasions for grilling. With state-of-the-art grills and cookbooks, you can have a memorable celebration.You can choose healthy recipes, healthy grilling techniques and healthy foods.If you want to splurge by eating a T-bone steak, don't feel guilty. Enjoy it.
There's a world of recipes using oregano
Oregano is an herb found in Italian, Greek and Mexican cuisines, but it's a relatively recent flavor for the American palate. It is said to have been brought to the United States when soldiers came home from World War II.
Cardamom: This spice imparts slightly sweet, floral citrus flavor
Spices come from all different sources of plant life, and cardamom may be among the most unusual.
True Texas food: Enjoy the classics, cowboy cuisine, Tex-Mex
DALLAS -- In this city deep in the heart of the Lone Star State, there's enough authentic Texas fare to suit anyone's taste. It can be as simple as classics like a waffle cooked in the shape of the state of Texas or a slice of pecan pie.There's also plenty of cowboy cooking, Tex-Mex cuisine and Texas chic.
Showcasing soup
Soup has never been trendier, thanks to restaurants with creative chefs and home cooks who want to cook with fresh ingredients.While the professional chef will cook or roast soup bones all day to get the coveted stock to use as a base for many different soups, the home cook has limited time.
Family recipes rule the roost all through the holidays
Pumpkin empanadas are a cool weather treat that Gloria Martinez's mother, Amalia Sanchez, always made. "Everybody has their own recipe," says Martinez of Bowling Green, Ohio.
