Last week Wayne Art Center hosted a Plein Air Festival 2017 Culinary Event called, “A French Bistro Dinner & Wine Tasting.” We had 14 attendees for a four course bistro dinner featuring local ingredients paired with delicious french wines. The menu included: Potage Saint Germain- a fresh pea, lettuce and mint soup, Magret de Canard- …
What do you grab for your mid afternoon snack? Maybe it’s a quick bite from a convenience store or a handful of nuts from your desk drawer. Here are some more ready available snack ideas you can bring into your office for that time when you are in search of something that will re-energize the …
Ever had a hot flash during a meeting? How about giving a presentation and searching hard for that one lost word? Or dragging yourself to an offsite meeting after only 4 hours of sleep? Menopausal symptoms occur at work especially as these days over 70% of women age 45-55 are in the work force. Hot …
Nothing melts the heart more than a delicious dose of chocolate. Today we are heading into the Wayne Art Center to decorate double chocolate brownies baked in heart shaped pans. But before the decorations – the brownies must be mixed, poured, cooked and cooled. Here is the recipe found in Martha Stewart’s Cookies, The Very …
Since I have been spending more time organizing and working with the culinary programs at the Wayne Art Center these last 4 months, I’ve been thinking a lot lately how cooking and art collide. I’ve been asking myself, ” Is cooking an art ?” It is true that artists appreciate beauty and can make beautiful …
The Commissary Carrot Cake is one of the best carrot cakes ever. Great for celebrations and dinner parties!
Pork Chops are considered a heart healthy lean meat. They are affordable and quite easy to prepare on the stove top. One of my all time favorite recipes calls for browning the pork chops in a skillet first with flour & seasonings and then uses orange juice and oranges to create a wonderful savory and …
Omega-3 Fatty Acids are a must for women and men in mid-life. What Salmon is Highest in Omega-3? Find out in this blog by Emma Fogt.
The microbiome is the environment of bacteria that lives inside all of us- on our skin, in our guts and in every orifice. Each of us has a unique mixture of trillions of microbes. More and more, scientists are discovering that these ecosystems are linked to our health and can be set up at birth and beyond with the help of mom.
Contains added protein and Has 10 g protein/serving are just some claims we can read on food packaging today. But what do these numbers really mean in context of a whole day’s eating? How much is enough?