Category: Cooking

LocalMotive – 17 years building local food networks – Think Local

Photo: ContributedIt was almost a year ago that flooding washed away portions of the Coquihalla Highway. One of the casualties of that catastrophic event was disruption to the food supply chain to the Okanagan. It was at that time that a small, locally owned and farmer-focused market and delivery service called LocalMotive drew the attention of many local shoppers. While many store shelves were bare, LocalMotive had an abundance of produce, eggs, dairy and more. And, as people line up desperately to find healthy fresh food, the company’s vision of a local food supply chain manifested unexpectedly for the… Read More

Do You Cook Rice In A Pressure Cooker? Know How To Lose Weight By Cooking The Ayurveda Way

Make cooking rice healthy and simple using Ayurveda. Pic Credit: FreepikRice is a versatile grain known to serve various purposes. Beyond its role in cooking, it is regarded in many cultures as a symbol of fertility, good health and riches. Throwing rice at a wedding couple is typical in America as a wish for fertility and wealth. In India, rice is used for devotion, and in the Far East, mandalas are stunning works of art made from colored powdered rice. Rice, especially white basmati rice, is a staple food in the Ayurvedic system because it is simple to cook,… Read More

7 Day Healthy Meal Plan (May 1-7)

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy.A free 7-day, flexible weight loss meal plan including breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas and a shopping list. All recipes include macros and Weight Watchers points.7 Day Healthy Meal Plan (May 1-7) April showers bring May flowers! And don’t forget to buy flowers and something special for your mom, step mom, bonus mom and mother in law! Check out this Mother’s Day Gift Guide, where you can be sure to find a gift to make all the women in your life happy!With grocery prices soaring, many of us… Read More

Dave’s restaurant’s sushi roll blamed for poisoning 41 and killing 2 in Montana

Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up for our free US Evening Headlines emailTwo people died and more than 40 others contracted a possible foodborne illness after eating at a sushi restaurant in Montana. Sixty-four-year-old Donna Ventura and 74-year-old William Lewis died after dining on April 17 at the now-closed Dave’s Sushi restaurant in Bozeman. The victims ordered the “special roll,” which contained salmon and morel mushrooms, local news station KBZK reported. Following an investigation by the FDA and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, it… Read More

Mark Wahlberg Encourages ‘Old-Fashioned’ Exercise and Eating Healthy Over Weight Loss Drugs: ‘To Each His Own’

Mark Wahlberg Arlene Richie/ShutterstockNot a fan? Mark Wahlberg isn’t judging anyone that uses Ozempic for weight loss — but he believes that healthy eating and exercise are the smarter way to go. “Everybody has their own path. I don’t knock anybody for making their own choices,” Wahlberg, 51, told Page Six on Saturday, April 29. “But I prefer, and I’ve seen lots of people accomplish amazing things, ordinary people doing extraordinary things on a fitness base, and they’re now encouraging other people who look like them. That’s what I’m into.” the departed star — who is known for his… Read More

Simcoe Muskoka catholic board holds first-ever cookoff

Grade 9 and 10 students from the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board tested their culinary skills Monday in the first-ever kitchen warriors cooking competition. Eight teams from five schools participated in the baking and culinary competition. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for them to learn team building, to learn cooking and to get ready to go in the industry,” said David Wolfman, George Brown College Chef Professor and competition organizer. “This is sort of the launch point if I might say, for them to go to a college and then to go into the field of cooking.” Students were required… Read More

Creative Food Photography Inspiration: Peden + Munk

NY-based photographer/director duo Taylor Peden and Jen Munkvold – otherwise known as Peden + Munk – shoot an visually appealing blend of food and lifestyle photography that sets itself well apart from the monotonous pre-set mediocrity of so much self-aware creative food photography.Strong composition, a great sense of color, appropriate lighting, and tasty, wholesome food: the ingredients that make up genuinely creative food photography are surprisingly simpleWhile many middling photographers go for the lazy saccharine highs and diabetes-inducing close-ups of the mainstream culinary fair, Peden + Munk instead concentrates on food made as nature intended it: simple ingredients… Read More

Zephalto: Michelin-star meals on the edge of space offered for $130,000

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. CNN —Eating a Michelin-star-level meal on the “edge of space” could be a reality next year, if French company Zephalto has its way.The space tourism venture, founded by former air traffic controller Vincent Farret d’Astiès, is currently selling “pre-reservation tickets” for upcoming trips in a pressurized capsule, dubbed Celeste, attached to a stratospheric balloon.This capsule will ascend to an altitude of 25 kilometers (about 15.5 miles), allowing guests to… Read More