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Walnuts

Cooking Off the Cuff: Garlic and Parsley Tart

Edward Schneider | Posted 04.10.2013 | Taste
Edward Schneider

This tart eats far better tepid or at room temperature than it would hot from the oven. When it has cooled, the flavors blossom, and those flavors are alluring ones.

One With the Walnut: Celebrating Nowruz in Kabul

Beth Murphy | Posted 05.21.2013 | Taste
Beth Murphy

"Damn those New Years' people," Razia says about this culinary tradition. Spoken like a woman who doesn't have time to waste. But it's only seven ingredients. So what's the big deal? You don't just throw the almonds, pistachios and walnuts in a bowl and call it a day.

Buckwheat Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Nik Sharma | Posted 05.15.2013 | Taste
Nik Sharma

Buckwheat grain gives an amazing flour with a rich and deep earthy texture which fits perfectly in these cookies. Buckwheat is also gluten- and wheat-free, making it an ideal flour substitute in most dishes for people with related allergies.

Anatomy of a Cookie: Chewy Maple-Walnut Cranberry Cookies

Ken Leung | Posted 02.02.2013 | Taste
Ken Leung

I often work on the multiple possibilities of a flavor, texture or combinations of the two. After last week's post on Maple-Walnut Cranberry Tart, I want to explore more of this same flavor profile.

7 Nuts And Seeds With Major Health Benefits

Dr. Lisa Young | Posted 01.29.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Lisa Young

While you may have been told to avoid nuts and seeds due to their high fat and caloric content, these tasty gems contain heart-healthy unsaturated fats, and are truly terrific to include in your diet.

The Guest Who's Coming to Dinner - Maple-Walnut Cranberry Tart

Ken Leung | Posted 01.20.2013 | Taste
Ken Leung

Maple Cranberry Tarts are easy to make, and the ingredients can be found in any supermarket, even if you have to drive to one on Thanksgiving eve.

The Best Source Of Omega 3 Fatty Acids, From Ellie Krieger (WATCH)

Posted 11.20.2012 | MarloThomas

When nutritionist and host of The Cooking Channel's "Healthy Appetite" Ellie Krieger met with me on Mondays With Marlo, she explained that Omega 3 fat...

Meatless Monday: Hurricane Sandy and Other Thanksgiving Lessons

Ellen Kanner | Posted 01.19.2013 | Green
Ellen Kanner

As a Miamian, I know the heartache of hurricanes. Cold showers may be character-building, but you don't want more character (or cold water), you want your electricity back, you want your house back, you want your life back. The concept of Thanksgiving may ring a little hollow at the moment, as you're wondering just what to be thankful for.

Georgian Green Bean And Walnut Salad

Jenny Holm | Posted 11.24.2012 | Taste
Jenny Holm

This nutty, herbal, slightly tart preparation is a classic Georgian flavor combination and can be used to dress up just about any vegetable. Try it on all kinds of vegetables not just on green beans.

Chinese Walnut Trading Website Lists Single Pair For $31,000

Reuters | Jason Subler and Jane Lanhee Lee | Posted 08.28.2012 | Business

BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) - China is trying hard to revive interest in its ailing stock market, but some investors are instead shelling out big money ...

Georgian Eggplant Rolls with Walnut-Garlic Filling

Jenny Holm | Posted 10.05.2012 | Taste
Jenny Holm

I first tasted Georgian food as an exchange student in Moscow. This was one of my favorites, the tender fried eggplant forming a finger-friendly pocket around its pungent filling, nutty and creamy and herbal in a way I'd never experienced before.

WATCH: Where To Get Your Omega 3s, From Joy Bauer

Posted 10.09.2012 | MarloThomas

What is the best place to get Omega-3 fatty acids? Health and nutrition expert Joy Bauer gave me a number of options to incorporate Omega-3s into your...

NuVal: A New Program to Help You Choose Healthier Foods

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 08.07.2012 | Healthy Living
Dr. Susan Albers

How can we improve the quality of food without increasing the cost? On a surface level, this seems very tricky and complicated.

10 Cooking Oil Tips

Laura Kumin | Posted 08.31.2012 | Taste
Laura Kumin

Experienced cooks may not find much new in these tips. But for those who find the array of cooking oils in the grocery store to be mystifying, if not confounding, these tips may help.

Small Walnut Farmers Cut Supply To Big Foods Company

Reuters | Posted 04.14.2012 | Small Business

(By Mihir Dalal and P.J. Huffstutter - Reuters) - Some California farmers plan to stop selling their walnuts to Diamond Foods Inc in the wake of an ac...

Meatless Monday: Plats du Jour -- Seasonal = Delicious

Ellen Kanner | Posted 03.17.2012 | Green
Ellen Kanner

Before seasonality became a term embraced by foodies, it was how we lived, how we ate. Transportation was limited, refrigeration, other than what the climate and creativity offered, didn't exist.

The Serious Health Benefits

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 10.15.2011 | Healthy Living
David Katz, M.D.

My lab has completed two studies of walnuts -- our first study showed that adding walnuts to the daily diet of adults with Type 2 diabetes for two months significantly improved blood vessel health.

Finding Medicine In Your Kitchen Cupboard

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Dr. Susan Albers

Sometimes, with my own clients, I prescribe a similar strategy for dealing with stress eating. There isn't a pill or a medication. Instead, there are certain foods that can help reduce emotional eating. Yes. It's ironic that food can prevent overeating.

Walnut Season Arrives (And a Recipe for Shiitake and Wild Black Walnut "Tartare")

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Kurt Michael Friese

If you are fortunate enough to have one or two of these magnificent trees in your neighborhood, this is the time of year when you want to be trying to beat the squirrels to the walnuts.

From Conventional Walnut Farming to Growing (and Processing) Green

Russ Lester | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Russ Lester

I was born and raised in the Valley of the Hearts Delight, or as most people now refer to it, the Silicon Valley. After college, I decided to follow in my father's footsteps and farm.

The 10 Things You Need to Eat: Nuts

Dave Lieberman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dave Lieberman

People who eat almonds, peanuts, walnuts and other nuts as part of a diet program are more likely to lose weight than gain it, and are more likely to report feeling satiated after meals.

Let Food Be Thy Medicine: Top 10 Healing Foods Of The Decade

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

The past decade has presented an explosion of clinical research to show specifically what health benefits individual foods can offer, identifying the various nutrients associated with these benefits.

Top 10 Foods to Lower Your Cholesterol

Dr. M.J. Wegmann | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. M.J. Wegmann

When it comes to education and testing, greater numbers amount to greater success, but when it comes to cholesterol the higher the score the worse you often are.