Category Archives: VERY CULINARY

Homemade Ice Cream Machines – So Cool when it’s So Hot!

Home Made Ice Cream

Most people have some memories of homemade ice cream. If you don’t have those memories, now is the time to start churning them out. In this article we offer a selection of homemade ice cream machines – from the old school hank crank version, to the latest highest tech version you see on the TV […]

Fine Dining: Cod Duglere, Originally created for the Rothschilds

Atlantic White Fish was a popular choice on the Grand Hotel menus of the East Coast of the USA and in England and Europe during the early years of the 20th century. A French chef named Adolphe Duglere, invented the dish using Dover Sole, he anointed it with his own name “Sole Duglere, it was originally […]

Our Meal in Las Vegas isn’t Staying in Las Vegas… We’re Sharing ALL the Details!

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By Zane Beck THE LAGO RESTAURANT in the BELLAGIO in LAS VEGAS !   A meal at LAGO, is one of the very best you can have in Las Vegas. The restaurant is located in the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. This meal started with crabmeat, quinoa, & baby greens, then we moved on to veal and ricotta […]

Comfort Food: The NYC Diner Turkey Burger

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Comfort Food: We LOVE Turkey Burgers! Eating at diners in NYC is part of the NYC lifestyle. For some NYC residents, a diner is their dinner table, they eat almost every meal in the same diner, every day. In every NYC Diner, the Turkey Burger Deluxe means it comes with lettuce, tomato, and french fries. At ARTSandFOOD we […]

Social Consciousness: A Planet Better with Climate Neutral Restaurants

Sustainability? Zero Food Print has an IDEA worth hearing! ZeroFoodPrint.com (works with restauranteurs all over the world committed to fighting climate change.) The non-profit organization based in San Francisco works with restaurants to help them understand the driving factors of their carbon footprint and reduce it. Last year, more than 100 restaurants joined ZeroFoodPrint in […]

Summer Produce – The Farmer’s Market (A Photo Essay)

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Summer Produce (A Photo Essay) Going to shop for fresh produce from a local Farmer’s Market is one of today’s most enjoyable routine tasks. The produce is usually very local, with that just-picked-freshness! Below our editor & publisher has created a photo essay, showing the beauty of a simple farmers market. by Jack A. Atkinson […]

Cooking with Cathy: 3 Perfect Sides for a Summer BBQ

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By Cathy Addoms Summer is a time to enjoy the great outdoor weather and the long days. If you’re planning a summer BBQ or a 4th of July celebration, these sides will make a festive addition and are sure to be a hit. Cheese and Pea Macaroni Salad A summer treasure from the past. This […]

Vegan Ratatouille –

Vegan Ratatouille

  Vegan Ratatouille With colorful layers of fresh squash, eggplant, and tomatoes, in a garlicky tomato sauce, this vegan casserole is perfect when you want a comforting dish without a ton of calories. This dish (Ratatouille) is so good Pixar even made an animated movie about it! Serve Ratatouille as an entree over steamed rice […]

A Vegetarian Picnic: Cold Cucumber Soup with Avocado Toast

Summer has arrived and there is nothing better than a picnic lunch overlooking a lake or other outdoor landscape. We suggest you make a simple meal with cold cucumber soup (a soup that most people never tried) and the latest “IT” food avocado toast. A chilled soup is one of the rewards of midsummer. Serve […]

A Vegan Dinner Party at a NYC Artist’s Loft

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Recently, while staying with artist friends in their loft in Bushwick, Brooklyn NYC, I decided to host a dinner party for several of their friends as a return favor for my accommodations and they told me that many of their friends were vegan. I had personally never created an All-Vegan-Dinner-Party before, so the meal turned […]