by Tom Becker I’m told that this is normal. I’m told that this is not a big deal, that it is precautionary. I’m told to be aware and to moderate. But, I’m this northern European type of cook. Beef, pork, cream and butter. I need a sauce. And where is the cheese? I love to cook and I love really good palette intriguing food, it’s what I do. Don’t get me wrong, seafood can be fabulous and so fun to cook. And, it offers so much creativity from a culinary stand point. Remember t

by Francesca Arniotes Picky eaters are made, not born. As with many things, affluence doesn’t necessarily breed happiness and can in fact be counter productive. In most of the world people can’t, or choose not to, spend money on prepared food for babies. In most of the world, Baby’s first solid food is simply a baby-friendly presentation of whatever the family is eating, that being as you can probably guess something local, seasonal, and home made. Asian babies eat rice, fish

By Francesca Arniotes Italian Food. We are evolving in our understanding of what Italian food is and is not. More restaurants in the Denver area are embracing true Italian cuisines instead of the Italian- American dishes of the 20th century. The cooking of Italian immigrants in America is a story of newfound abundance by hungry people, almost needing to eat to make up for lost time: “so much food! so little time!” . Combined with the fast pace of life found in this new wor

By Francesca Arniotes Not talking about good Samaritans today. It’s good sandwiches, or “sammiches” as our little kids say, or “sangwiches” as all the old Italian ladies in the neighborhood used to say. Making lunches for the grandkids last week, I was thinking back to my elementary school days and the excitement, only a hair behind Christmas Day, of flicking open the latches of my tin lunchbox to see what marvelous creation was waiting to be unfolded from its wax paper wrapp