|
|||||
|
I’ve thought for a while on whether I would blog about meatless mondays. It’s a great initiative to get people more conscious of the amount of meat they eat and how to have great-tasting meals without any meat whatsoever. I haven’t really followed meatless mondays since I’m at the point where I have whole meatless [...]  I’m not one to buy too many cookbooks but I love cooking magazines. My favourite at the moment is Fine Cooking for the variety of recipes, the emphasis on seasonal ingredients, and its pedagogical flair. Many recipes are actually built around teaching a particular technique or the principles behind a traditional dish. The article on [...] I believe we are what we eat but for the longest time the whole notion of counting calories, talking about carbs, fats, proteins and nutrients seemed a bit odd to me. I tried supplements and stopped because I don’t care what anybody says – I don’t think my urine should be bright orange/yellow/green. So here [...] I wrote about Mark Bittman before but it was only today that I finally got his newly released book, Food Matters: a Guide to Conscious Eating. Much like Michael Pollan, to whom he often refers in the book, Mark Bittman calls us to be more conscientious of our eating habits and adopt what he calls [...] When it comes to pesticides, not all fruits and vegetables are created equal. Apparently, if you make sure the following 12 fruits & veggies are organic, you can cut down your exposure to the nasty stuff by 90%: Fruits Peaches and nectarines Strawberries and cherries Apples and pears Imported grapes Veggies Spinach and lettuce Potatoes [...] |
 Hi, I'm Alexandra. Born in Brazil, Canadian by choice, and having lived in exciting Barcelona for a year between 2006 and 2007, my earliest childhood memories revolve around food and food is what I remember most about every place I’ve ever lived. After writing a more general blog for the past few years, it was time to organize my writing about food in one place. © All pictures on this blog are taken by me unless otherwise noted. About the title of this blog |
||||
|
Copyright © 2012 Mató & Maple Syrup - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
Recent Comments