During the summer I enjoyed many times okra from Union Square Green Market. Sometimes passers-by made comments to me while I was shopping Okra – How do you cook them, I don’t like slimy vegetables, ….. we (Japanese) eat okra because we appreciate the texture “slimy”. Sliminess correlates to healthfullness. Slimy texture comes from pectin, water soluble dietary fiber. It also comes from mucin. These properties help to reduce blood cholesterol,...
Read MoreGreen Market Book Sighing Tasting Event
Summer still keeps rolling at Green Market at the Union Square today. Corns, eggplants, okra, colorful bell peppers, beets, red radish, whimsically shaped zucchini, heirloom and conventional tomatoes, varieties of lettuce leaves, sweet and fragrant melon, peach, nectarine……….all is abundant. Please join me on September 14th at Union Square Green Market. I will offer several tasting and show you how you can enjoy Green Market vegetables and fruits in the...
Read MoreThank You Very Much for Bogota Wine and Food Festival
In the past week I was honored to participate again in Bogota Wine and Food Festival, 2013, in Bogota Columbia. This year the cause was to raise money for Escuela Tailler. Escuela Tailler is a school, to which unfortunate young people throughout Columbia can apply and, once selected, can take classes on the Columbian traditional artcrafts, including cooking. Chefs from Columbia, United States, France, Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Japan and Peru participated in the Dinner,...
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