Leftover Turkey Filo Pie

So you had a good Thanksgiving, good food and good company but what to do with the leftover turkey? This an easy and elegant recipe that you can use the left over turkey meat, freeze and bake at a day that you have no time to cook. Leftover Turkey Filo Pie serves 6 2       tablespoons olive [...]

The Lonely Thanksgiving Turkey

As proof that Thanksgiving is purely American holiday, most immigrants to this country that I know, have gone out of their way to be as American as they can be.  The minute that a federal official swears in a new crop of immigrants as American citizens, one of the first thoughts in their mind is not” [...]

Beware of big promises

When I surf the channels on TV, the web and even the supplement aisle in stores, I never cease to marvel at the pitchmen- and pitchwoman-hawking virtually every so-called healthy remedy one can think of, from ab and hip melter, to miracle cures for cancer, diabetes, heart disease and whatever else might or might not ail [...]

Bread a culinary workhorse around world

Except for the Orient, which features rice as a staple with any meal, there are few societies that do not boast some kind of bread as their staple. Even in Latin America, a tortilla is basic.  Even if it doesn’t look much like bread, at least as we know it. I’ve found that most cultures [...]