Eat This—Cooking my favorite pea recipe

In this vlog, I talk about the best peas to eat fresh, and what to cook—and what to save for planting. I include a favorite recipe! Summer Bounty: Potato and Shrimp Salad with Peas Eat fresh peas! In this vlog, I talk about the best peas to eat fresh, and what to cook—and what to…

FoodWISE foods that begin with E

For this month, I present a series of four videos, featuring a food beginning with W, I, S, E. I say a few things about the food I’ve selected, give a recipe link, and then some sources for you to follow up with! For more, see: https://gigiberardi.com/ Let’s look at “E.” I’m going with “Eggplant.”…

EASY AND BEST RECIPES—for FoodWISE foods beginning with S

For this month, I present a series of four videos, featuring a food beginning with W, I, S, E. I say a few things about the food I’ve selected, give a recipe link, and then some sources for you to follow up with! For more, see: https://gigiberardi.com/ Let’s look at “S.” I’ve got snow peas,…

EASY AND BEST RECIPES—for FoodWISE foods beginning with I

https://youtu.be/urgfkUc6vWc For this month, I present a series of four videos, featuring a food beginning with W, I, S, E. I say a few things about the food I’ve selected, give a recipe link, and then some sources for you to follow up with! For more, see: https://gigiberardi.com/ Let’s look at “I.” I’ve got “Iodized…

Delicious FoodWISE spring recipes

Spring is here (at least in some calendars!). Gigi talks about her Guacamole recipes—good to use sustainable versions of avocado, and experiment! Like, with broccoli—broccomole! Look for rhubarb which is emerging now…. For more recipes and book giveaways, visit: gigiberardi.com/ #food #foodie #instafood #foodphotography #foodstagram #yummy #instagood #love #foodblogger #foodlover #delicious #follow #like #healthyfood #homemade #foodWISE…

FoodWISE Dandelion wine and the promise of spring

Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, the final part, the final recipe—Dandelion wine. She makes it in honor of Ray Bradbury’s famed novel—and the magic both writing and dandelions hold. Visit gigiberardi.com for recipes and book giveaways. #food #foodie #instafood #foodphotography #foodstagram #yummy #instagood #love #foodblogger #foodlover #delicious #follow #like #healthyfood #homemade #foodWISE #tasty #healthy #instagram #eat…

FoodWISE and a primer on fats

Image: Nutritious fats, homemade Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on fats. Tonight, a compendium of good articles, but this most relevant to colleges and universities: “States and college towns in the U.S. are now cracking down on student partying,” NYT: Colleges and universities      

FoodWISE, making obesity a disease, and Donald Byrd a household name

Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, critically looking at how we demonize and pathologize “obesity,” in the words ofJulie Guthman, and highlights a critically important artist—Donald Byrd. You can see some of his work here: Donald Byrd and Donald Byrd/on-view/.   Donald-Byrd-Headshot-by-Gabriel-Bienczycki

Mushroom hazelnut pate (nutrient-rich)

  My recipes are nutrient-dense.Recall that foods that typically contain saturated fatty acids are butter, red meats, coconut oil, and palm oil. Unsaturated fatty acids are found in plant foods; examples of monounsaturated fatty acids are olive oil and peanut oils. Examples of polyunsaturated fatty acids (two or more carbon bonds along the carbon chain)…