Cooking

Etiquette Tip of the Week: when I dip, you dip, we dip!

I have always balked at communal snacking . If I see a salsa sampling table at a grocery store, I pass. If there is a bowl of nuts on a bar, I scoff. Even if I host or am responsible for serving food, I try to provide individual serving options for things like dips, bread [...]

5Feb2008 | Garry | 2 comments | Continued

Healthy Eating

As we enter 2008, many of us are looking for ways to live healthier lifestyles. Along with exercise, a healthy diet is the key to controlling and maintaining our health.
But what do you do when you crave foods like pasta, bread and rice? How do you fit these items into your healthy diet? Try eating [...]

23Jan2008 | ewells | 3 comments | Continued

Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving. It’s one of my favorite Holidays. When I was younger it was all about the RIDICULOUS amounts of food present. Turkey, ham, dressing, pies, cakes, and red Kool-Aid. It was one of the few days in the year when you could sit on grandma’s couch, with the fine plastic covering and eat [...]

21Nov2007 | Molifeney | 2 comments | Continued

Wine Savvy not Wine Snobby

The May 2007 Oprah Magazine featured a story about The Wine Divas, a group of African-American women, professionals and wine lovers who pride themselves on being “wine savvy not wine snobby.”
Divas Uncorked was started in 1998 by a group of “40’s, 50’s and early 60’s friends.” Now it is a successful business that educates consumers [...]

17Aug2007 | Garry | 3 comments | Continued

Healthy Food for the Soul

If you’re anything like me, you love a well-seasoned plate of good ol’ soul food (something I have missed very much since being in London). But no matter how good it is, soul food just isn’t healthy for us.
At Hampton University’s 29th Annual Conference on the Black Family, a group called Hebni Nutrition Consultants, Inc. [...]

16Mar2007 | Kimberly | 3 comments | Continued

Pick Me Up?

I know many of you YBP’s don’t get started in the morning without that first cup. But, is that morning caffeine fix really helping you? A recent BBC News article, citing University of Bristol research, suggests that maybe coffee doesn’t do more than “ease withdrawal symptoms which build up overnight.” You may have noticed that [...]

8Mar2007 | Garry | 7 comments | Continued

How to Cook…(even when you may not feel like it)

As Young Black Professionals, our health is of utmost importance, and a major part of our health is our diet. We may be busy people, but we have to remember to eat healthy so that we do not pack on unwanted pounds or get a disease like hypertension.
There are many benefits to cooking and you [...]

14Nov2006 | Kimberly | 2 comments | Continued