Andrew Vennari

The Tour heads to the Alps, land of cheese

America seems to be continuing its fascination of comfort foods, a trend which leads to the simple, satisfying meals in life. Macaroni and cheese is a common dish at restaurants these days, usually doctored up with truffle oil as...

Riding the plains, puff pastry along the Tour de France

Sprinting across the plains of France is a different kind of riding than the mountain stages—just like food in valleys is different from food in the hills. Fields of wheat conjure up images of the baked goods...

Tour de France, eat well after a long ride

The riders have completed their tour of southwest France—after tooling around the rugged Pyrenees mountains for the past few days, the peloton must have worked up quite an appetite. It can be assumed that the cyclists must...

Romesco sauce, a taste from the Tour de France

The latest stage of the Tour de France goes through an agricultural heartland renowned as a producer of food and wine. The beautiful countryside must be a powerful temptation for the riders to dismount from their bicycles...

The beans of summer

Pole beans appear earlier in the season and go strong into the summer. Call these string beans what you will, there are too many varieties to name—wax beans, bluelake beans, haricot verts, Kentucky wonders—they are...

Fresh herb salad

An herb garden takes minimal space to plant and many herbs require little maintenance in our mild weathered climate. Once you have planted an herb garden, regular harvest will help to keep the plants in check and provide a...

Eating weeds: dandelion, the free greens

A gust of wind launches their tiny feathered parachutes into the air—the trick that has these weeds spouting just about anywhere. Dandelion is a green which is free, nutritious and underutilized. It is strange to see them...

Grilled vegetables with balsamic vinaigrette

Summertime is the season of cooking outdoors. There is no celebration that embodies the spirit of summer more than the BBQ. When the weather warms and the days last longer the urge to fire up the grill becomes like...

Get more from your meat

Filet mignon is the tenderloin of beef, a muscle along the back of a cow that is not used to do any hard work. It is a long, slender cut, marbled with fat and so tender you can cut it...

The magic fruit

Beans are underrated—and because of their gas generating quality, they get a bad rap. The truth about beans is that they are a near perfect food. They aren't expensive, they hold in dry storage for a...

The Tour heads to the Alps, land of cheese

Riding the plains, puff pastry along the Tour de France

Tour de France, eat well after a long ride

Romesco sauce, a taste from the Tour de France

The beans of summer

Fresh herb salad

Eating weeds: dandelion, the free greens

Grilled vegetables with balsamic vinaigrette

Get more from your meat

The magic fruit

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