By Catharine L. Kaufman (a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink) It’s a seed! It’s a protein! It’s SUPERFOOD! Imagine unpacking and listing the nutritional contents of a plant consisting of edible leaves and clusters of seeds commonly … Read More
Get Out Of The Pits With Avocados
by Catharine L. Kaufman—a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink Here in California, summer overwhelms us with bountiful vegetables and fruits—including nutrition-packed avocados. These awesome green beauties—or at least the seven locally grown varieties which range from the … Read More
Rooting for the Radish
by Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink Dear Kitchen Shrink: I seem to like culinary challenges—such as buying unfamiliar produce even before I have a clue about their flavors or modes of preparation … Read More
More Food Tips (Part II)
By Catharine L. Kaufman—a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink Hello again, fellow foodies! Here is the second batch of 10 tried and true food handling, storing and cooking tips for your collection. Some of these I stumbled … Read More
Soup, The Ultimate Comfort Food
By Catharine L. Kaufman—a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink More than any other cooked food, soup tends to evoke nostalgic memories of family traditions. All I need, for example, is a steaming plate of my favorite chicken … Read More
Tips and Tricks for a Glitch-Free Thanksgiving Feast
By Catharine L. Kaufman — a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink It is time again for cooks from amateur to celebrity chefs to cocoon themselves in their kitchens for the annual ritual of whipping up turkey-gobbling communal … Read More
Let’s Talk Turkey
By Catharine L. Kaufman—a.k.a. Your Kitchen Shrink (Thought that it would be an appropriate week to reprint Catharines’s 2008 take on the Turkey. Enjoy……Dina!) It’s that time again when turkeys are flying off the supermarket … Read More
Mango Mania
By Catharine L. Kaufman—a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink As soon as I turn into the produce aisle, my nose takes over and pulls me past the fruits and veggies on my shopping list, straight to a … Read More
The Apple—Versatile Fruit Of Legends And Healing Goodness
by Catharine L. Kaufman—a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink Have you ever wondered why such an amazing fruit would be so often cast as a villain in stories throughout history? Whether or not intended to diminish the … Read More
CRAZY FOR COCONUTS—The Other White Meat
By Catharine L. Kaufman—a.k.a. The Kitchen Shrink The Marx Brothers made “coconuts” a funny word but even without that reference, we might be tempted to snicker at the sight of these hairy brown spheres for … Read More