Essential kitchen equipment for the healthful efficient chef. Tooling up in the kitchen with the necessities.
Tags: Gadgets • Kitchen gadgets • Kitchen gear • Kitchen tools • Kitchen utencilsHere are a few of my favorite culinary handbooks, that I have found very useful in my culinary journey.
I just received this question, via email from a friend: Celtic Sea Salt vs Himalayan Salt Which do you prefer? I know you like lots of flavored salts, but this is just for everyday use. Kathie ———- Kathie, for an overall, general use, I go for the Himalayan Salt. I think the H Salt is [...]
Tags: Salt
It’s been a loooong time since I drank cow’s milk. Growing up we drank 2%, and the consistency of the milk I made tonight (MELON MILK) brought me right back to when I was 3-feet tall, no, I’d say 4-feet tall and downing glass after glass after school. I would reach for milk much more [...]

A wonderfully refreshing drink, adapted from: (name of book to come) 1 plum 1 apple 1 cup water 3 cups ice (or 1 cup coconut milk, omit water) 3 sprigs thyme Top each serving with a few drops of Balsamic Vinegar Slow-carb version: add Coconut Milk and serve as a soup

Holiday appetizers can come in a variety of forms and flavors… here are mine, that I created for the “Raw Food Connection” potluck in Monterey this past weekend.

I’ve had many many juicers, first one I bought was in 1990(!) — when I began to fix myself. Was watching an informercial — Jay Kordich selling this Juiceman Juicer. It was a $200 unit, one of the…
Tags: Breville • Juice machine • Juicer • Juicers
22 September, Thursday
Tags: Cooking • Food • Lecture • Motivational speaker • Pharmaca • Speaking • SupplementsI created this soup for the Cooking Demo at Williams-Sonoma, July 10th (following a trip to the Farmer’s Market) in Los Gatos. A couple of the people who stopped by knew that cabbage is good for the stomach, protecting against, and aiding recovery of, stomach ulcers. This brought back memories of when I first started [...]
Tags: cabbage • Hickory smoked salt • Olive oil • Pomegranate vinegar • Sumac • Vinegar • Wild porcini saltAnother version of my Raw Pad Thai, served at a 3-day retreat.
Tags: Almond butter • Almonds • Basil • Carrots • Cilantro • Coconut milk • Ginger • Green curry paste • Green onions • Lemon • Lime • Medjool dates • Miso • noodles • Pad Thai • Pad Thai sauce • Peanuts • Pine nuts • Red curry paste • Scallions • Soul Spa retreat • Thai Young Coconut • Zucchini • zucchini noodles