Featured Chef Ari Weiswasser of Glen Ellen Star

Chef Ari Weiswasser and his wife Erinn Benzinger-Weiswasser opened their restaurant Glenn Ellen Star in the small town of Glen Ellen nestled in the Sonoma Valley wine region of California. Ari has worked at the New York Restaurant Daniel, Picholine and Paul Liebrandt’s restaurant Corton, where he served as Chef de Cuisine. After moving to […]
Fish and Beans: A Great Combination
Have you ever tried serving beans with fish? It’s an amazing combination, and one that a lot of people don’t usually think about. I made cod and chorizo with white beans and potato puree recently. I was trying to think of a way to use the leftover bean and potato puree after making this recipe, […]
Featured Dietitian Jessica Fishman Levinson

Jessica Fishman Levinson, MS, RDN, CDN is a registered and New York State-certified dietitian nutritionist and the founder of Nutritioulicious, a New York-based nutrition communications and consulting business with a focus on culinary nutrition. Jessica has extensive experience as a recipe developer, writer, editor, and speaker. She is the co-author of We Can Cook: Introduce […]
Homemade Bean Flour Your New Best Friend!
I have to admit I am still intimidated by bean flour. Using it is a new experience for me. Since 2016 is the International Year of the Pulse, I thought I would try my hand at experimenting with making homemade bean flour and baking with it. Do you have old dried beans in your pantry […]
Giveaway with Dietitian Sharon Palmer,RDN

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Meet our Featured Dietitian Sharon Palmer!

Sharon has created an award-winning profession based on combining her two great loves–food and writing. As a registered dietitian with 16 years of health care experience, she channels her nutrition experience into writing features covering health, wellness, nutrition, and cuisine. Sharon is also a passionate writer about food and environmental issues, having published a number […]
Blackeyed Peas are Good Luck and Good for You!
This New Year found me seeking out tried-and-true recipes from the circa-1990 Cooking with California Dry Beans Cookbook. Eating blackeyed peas is a Southern New Year’s Day tradition that is supposed to grant you prosperity during the coming year. The Jewish New Year doesn’t start until October, but blackeyes are eaten at Rosh Hashana for […]
Beans in Your Christmas Baking!
December will find me in my kitchen with every available space on the table and counters filled with baking ingredients and cooling cookies. Giving baked goods has been a tradition of mine ever since I can remember. I love to see the delight on people’s faces when you give them something homemade! I make candy […]
Featured Chef Leroy Walker of Bistro 234

Chef Leroy Walker of Bistro 234 in Turlock, California, signed up for a home economics cooking class as a way to get an easy grade in 8th grade. After noticing he was the only boy in a class of 26, he inevitably took home economics again his freshman year at Turlock High School. But something […]
Mominate your favorite mommy blogger!
We’ve teamed up with EZ Bean to give away two EZ Bean Cookers (value $109.98) and two $100 Amazon gift cards! All you have to do is “mominate” your favorite mommy blogger for a chance for each of you to win a bean cooker and $100 Amazon gift card. To enter the contest just like […]