The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen (Lévana Cooks, 2012) by Lévana Kirschenbaum takes an updated approach to food cures, providing healthful recipes that utilize unprocessed foods for nutritious and flavorful dishes.
VIVmag wins two int'l magazine awards
VIVmag, the all digital luxury magazine for women earns two international awards. The tradition of creating excellence in digital magazine publishing continues as VIVmag has won the Digital Magazine Awards 2010 - Silver Award for Lifestyle Magazine of the Year while also sharing in Photographer of the Year for their - March/ April VIV cover shot by Alexx Henry.
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Longer days and warmer weather brings visions of summer bounty, from juicy berry pies and bright compotes to fresh corn and heirloom tomatoes. But right now, as late spring turns to summer, we’re in a sweet spot where versatile, easy-to-prepare ingredients are readily available from farmers markets and in CSA shares. (Photo credit: Sarika Chawla)
The annual James Beard Foundation Awards, which take place every May at Lincoln Center in New York City, reward the best in cooking with medals and recognition. This year was especially exciting, because so many winners were chefs who promote sustainable, healthful, seasonal cooking. (Photo credit: Courtesy North Pond)
We caught a preview last week of HBO’s upcoming four-part documentary The Weight of the Nation and we have a spoiler alert for you: A lot of us Americans are fat! OK, so the obesity crisis isn’t breaking news, but this well-intentioned documentary, which airs tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET/PT, does have some surprises up its sleeve. (Photo credit: Courtesy HBO)
With so many cookbooks and food memoirs available, what’s worth adding to our shelves of trusted kitchen tomes? We look to the recently announced list of 2012 James Beard Foundation Book Awards winners. (Photo credit: Melissa Hamilton)
If you love the world-traveling adventure of The Amazing Race and the culinary competition of Top Chef as much as we do, then tune into Bravo tonight at 10 p.m. ET/PT for the premiere of Around the World in 80 Plates. This delectable mash-up hosted by Cat Cora and Curtis Stone sends a dozen contestants on a 40-day trip to 10 countries, cooking local specialties along the way. (Photo credit: Justin Stephens/Bravo)
The Calendar Diet: A Month by Month Guide to Losing Weight While Living Your Life (Wagging Tail Press, 2012) is an extremely practical, concise and comprehensive guide to losing weight (and keeping it off) written by two of our favorite nutrition experts — VIVmag Advisory Board member Melina Jampolis, M.D., and VIVmag contributor Karen Ansel, M.S., R.D.
From city community gardeners to Midwestern homeowners with spacious yards, it seems everyone is eager to embark on gardening projects. Here’s a look at three books for home gardeners, whether you need help maintaining a yard or have very limited growing space.
Camilla V. Saulsbury’s 5 Steps to Healthy Cooking: 500 Recipes for Lifelong Wellness (Robert Rose, 2012) provides five simple, flexible tenets for healthy eating, with most of the 500-plus pages devoted to a variety of easy-to-prepare recipes. (Photo credit: Colin Erricson/www.robertrose.ca)
Since 1986, the Northern California town of Stockton has been honoring asparagus the last weekend of April with all proceeds going to dozens of charities (more than $5.5 million dollars since the festival began). This year the Stockton Asparagus Festival runs from Friday, April 27 through Sunday, April 29 with the gates open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. all three days. (Photo credit: Shimon & Tammar)
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