How would you like a festive holiday cookie that’s gluten-free…without making you feel like you’re missing out on something? Enter Mint Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies, one of our favorite holiday cookies from our youth. This is essentially the original gluten free cookie – it was gluten free before people even knew what gluten was. When […]
Holiday Movie Snacks
The holiday season is rolling around, which means lots of food, family time, and (we hope) movie time. Nothing says “winter vacation” to us like having the whole family curled up around a great movie. And in honor of family movie time, we’ve got a bunch of holiday movie snacks. For a special family […]
Mince Fruit Pie – Meatless and Delicious
Just in time for the holidays, we’ve got some Mince Fruit Pie for you. Notice that there’s no “meat” in thie pie; just pure delicious fruit. We made this pie for a recent Food Bloggers Los Angeles meeting and it was a hit. But as we served it we learned something funny – apparently everyone […]
Freekeh Fruit Salad
Of all the foods we eat and serve each day in our house, fresh fruit is a constant. And ever since our trip to the Dole Nutrition Institute, we’re more convinced than ever of the health benefits of a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables like the ones we get from Dole. Of course […]
Italian Pumpkin Ricotta Pancakes #FoodLovesMilk
We’re unabashed milk drinkers in the Jolly Tomato house (we even get the old-fashioned milk delivery each week to make sure we never run out of milk). So we perked up when we heard about the new #FoodLovesMilk campaign from the folks over at Got Milk (the California Milk Processor Board) at TechMunch the other […]
Indian Cooking for Beginners
Nandita Godbole wants to make Indian cooking easy and accessible for beginners. That’s why she’s designed a clear, systematic way of teaching it; many teachers have acquired this knowledge and teach them at places like CocuSocial. According to Godbole, the author of “Crack the Code: Cook Any Indian Meal With Confidence,” anyone can master Indian […]
Annie’s Homegrown and the Growth of Organic
We all want better food for our kids. And, short of producing it in our own backyards and kitchens, we want our food brands to be better too. So what does it take to build – and grow – a responsible food brand? We recently had a fascinating opportunity to join in a freewheeling conversation […]
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