Who doesn’t love Indian food? Delicious recipes that are filled with exotic spice blends and easy-to-get ingredients. But many favorite Indian recipes can take hours to prepare. Cookbook author, blogger and cooking teacher Rinku Bhattacharya has put together a collection of 100 authentic Indian recipes, full of diverse flavors, all made easy in the hottestRead more
The incidence of children with obesity in the United States has more than tripled since the 1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Currently, about one in five school-aged children (ages 6-19) are obese. In addition, “about one-third of American youth are overweight, a problem closely related to the increase inRead more
Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia Honey Festival buzzes into fall on September 7, 8 and 9 2018, at Glen Foerd on the Delaware, Wyck Historic House and Bartram’s Garden. This annual event, organized by the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild, celebrates nine years and works to raise awareness about the importance of honey bees to the environment, theRead more
Raya here! Inspired by the stories from Chef Marcus Samuelsson’s PBS series No Passport Required, here are a few books that will guided me from dinners of canned veggies and precooked meals to a pretty decent cook. These books will inspire any novice cook to kick their culinary skills up a notch! Of course IRead more
Summer has always been a source of stress. Instead of embracing the end of the school year, and what should be relaxed schedules, worry about what summer would bring would invade my thoughts. There was the mad dash for summer care. When she was younger, The Bee needed someone to look after her while IRead more
The East Passyunk neighborhood has a new dining spot: Redcrest Fried Chicken, which opened February 1st. My family and I had an opportunity to check it out and here is what you need to know. Chef Adam Volk and his partner Adam, offers multiple menu choices. Buttermilk and spicy curry fried chicken (the latter withRead more
Plant based, not vegan. So here’s the thing…as a kid I would decide that I was going to be a vegetarian. When this happened, this meant that meals for me were lots of bread, potatoes, *some* veggies and maybe fruit. Eggs, chicken and fish were debatable; sometimes I would eat them, sometimes I would not.Read more