Recipes

What if you woke up and bought a same-day flight without knowing your destination? For years, I’ve had a tradition of leaving the country for my birthday. One day, undoubtedly, I will take this up with a therapist and not my preferred airline. As with many things, the pandemic abruptly put an indefinite pause on this birthday ritual, but with travel now back, I was keen to buy myself a birthday present: a round-trip ticket to anywhere. What I was craving above all else was a stomach-dropping sense of serendipity, a trip unburdened by an overwrought itinerary. Even though international...

Welcome to The Betty Rocker Show! What is the connection between what we eat and how we feel? Dr. Uma Naidoo is here to talk about that with us today, blending two of my favorite topics: nutrition and mental health. Dr. Naidoo is a Harvard trained nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutritional biologist. She is the founder and Director of Nutritional and Metabolic Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, she serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, and she designed and released the first and only Continuing Medical Education program to educate other clinicians about nutrition and brain health. And,...

If golden, garlicky spuds are your idea of a heavenly side dish, you'll adore these Garlicky Roasted Asparagus and Potatoes. The potatoes are crunchy on the outside and melt in your mouth, and the asparagus roasts up juicy and crispy and so delicious. Golden bits of garlic scattered throughout add amazing yum! This garlicky roasted asparagus and potatoes recipe is a reader favorite and a super simple one that takes minutes to put together. And it goes fabulously with just about any main dish. You get to enjoy two of spring's best veggie offerings -- baby potatoes and asparagus-- in...

For the past decade, French chef David Toutain has been exciting Parisian diners at his eponymous two-Michelin star restaurant with his creative nature-based cuisine. Toutain, who has excellent pedigree having worked with names such as Alain Passard and Marc Veyrat, is now bringing his innovative concept to Hong Kong in collaboration with ZS Hospitality group. A Review of Feuille  First things first: Feuille is pronounced “feuy” and means leaf or foliage in English. Despite it being a tongue twister for non-French speakers, it is as apt a name for this new restaurant as it gets. Promotional material touts Feuille’s concept...

Parchment paper, also often called “baking paper,” is a super handy item to have in your kitchen! It can be used on baking sheets, inside cake pans, and on other baking containers to act as a barrier between the dish and the food being baked or cooked. It keeps food from sticking or burning on the baking dish, and it makes food much easier to remove from those dishes once they’ve been cooked. [Edit]Steps [Edit]Creating Baked Treats with Parchment Paper Use parchment paper to make brownies and cakes so they don’t stick.[1] Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit...