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FOOD – Roasted Yellow Beets with Onions

Roasted Yellow Beets with Onions For years beets were left to the true vegetable lovers, vegans, and dedicated vegetarians. Now beets are mainstream and WOW what the mainstream has been missing. Try this yellow beets recipe and you will be hooked for life, on this delicious vegetable.   Roasted Yellow Beets with Onions (recipe) Start […]

URBAN BEAUTY “City Trees” – a photo essay from this past fall!

This year, across the USA, the fall temperatures were exceptionally mild–meaning a frost did not take the intense colors from the changing leaves, but left the bright reds, yellows, and oranges contrasting with the light and dark greens, for our visual pleasure–until they fell to the ground. What a magnificent color wheel nature has, even […]

Smothered Pork Chops with Onion Gravy over Rice.

These Smothered Pork Chops and Onion Gravy reminds me of the food we used to get at our local mom and pop cafeteria when I was growing up. Comfort Food at it’s finest! Mmmmmm! ———- Smothered Pork Chops Recipe Recipe Ingredients: 3 pork chops, 3/4 inch thick 1 1/2 onions, thinly sliced 2 teaspoons seasoned […]

FOOD – Greek Rice & Lemon Soup with Beans & Tomatoes

Avgolemono Soup – “Ahvo-lemono”, as the Greeks pronounce it, is a silky, rich, fragrant soup—often with chicken in it. Greek-style avgolemono soup is a lemon, egg, and rice concoction. We started our original soup creation with the idea of an avgolemono soup dancing in our head but adding a Cuban accent with a spicy black […]

An interview with Buddhist, Bearded, Baker & Art Historian: Professor Butter Beard

This past fall ARTS&FOOD® conducted an interview with Michael McClellan, Professor Butter Beard, a baker extraordinaire, art historian, and theater producer. Interview by Jack Atkinson. ———- Jack – Hello, Michael McClellan, I’m Jack Atkinson editor of ARTS&FOOD®. From your phone number, I am assuming you are in New Jersey? Michael – I live just outside […]