Thursday, January 15, 2009

Easy and Healthful Mediterranean Cooking or The Dane County Farmers Market

Easy and Healthful Mediterranean Cooking

Author: Mary El Baz

Are you looking for a simple yet savory way to make healthy improvements in your diet? Well, look no further! Easy and Healthful Mediterranean Cooking is a collection of delicious and nutritious recipes to satisfy you and your entire family. With easy to follow steps and easy to find ingredients, you can begin to explore the healthy world of Mediterranean home cooking--from spicy North African sauces to tantalizing Eastern Mediterranean appetizers.

From North Africa: Moroccan Mint Tea . Tunisian Carrot Salad . Algerian Green Beans with Almonds . Cauliflower with Algerian Hot Sauce . Moroccan Chicken with Couscous . Couscous and Tomatoes . Sweet Couscous with Nuts

From Southern Europe: French Provençal Vegetable Tart . Ratouille . Mediterranean Chicken Paella . Andalusian Lentil Stew . Black Olive Tapanade . Spanish Frittata . Salad Niçoise . Italian Flatbread . Easy Cappuccino . Dessert Ices

From the Eastern Mediterranean: Turkish Cheese Polenta . Spinach and Chickpeas . Tabbeouleh . Mediterranean Chopped Salad . Three-Bean Salad . Stuffed Vegetables . Date-filled and Nut-filled Shortbread Cookies . Spinach Phyllo Triangles . Mediterranean Steak Sandwiches

Easy and Healthful Mediterranean Cooking is your passport to preparing classic meals for yourself, your friends, and your family.



Go to: After the Fire or El libro del hilo rojo

The Dane County Farmers' Market: A Personal History

Author: Mary Carpenter

It's a sunny summer Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin, and the eight-block square around the state capitol building is lined with booths bursting with handmade cheeses, fresh-picked berries and veggies, potted herbs and bedding plants, smoked trout and venison sausage, mushrooms, hickory nuts and honey, sprays of cut flowers, luscious baked goods and candies, and even newly spun yarn from the wool of local sheep. The Dane County Farmers' Market has become one of Madison's primary tourist attractions, rated as a top market by both Food and Wine and Good Housekeeping. It's the place to be on Saturday morning from April to early November for locals and visitors alike. Among the early-morning foragers at the market are local chefs, including Odessa Piper of the nationally renowned, award-winning restaurant L'Etoile. Out-of-towners have been startled and delighted to encounter at the market a Holstein cow on Cows on the Concourse day, or galloping runners with canoes on their heads during the annual Paddle and Portage race, or Bucky Badger dancing atop a fire engine on an autumn football Saturday.



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