Day two of our week of Macrobiotic recipes. One of the joys of Macro cooking is the deceptive simplicity – it is about rediscovering the wonders of flavor hidden in the foods we too often smother with salts and sugary condiments and sauces. Today we will explore Kuzu – a starch derived from the root of a plant that, when dissolved in a bit of water, has the consistency of corn starch – excellent for soups and sauces, and what’s more it strengthen the intestines and protects the digestive tract. It is virtually flavorless unto itself but works wonderfully in creating fascinating concoctions like today’s Macrobiotic recipe:

Diwali is the festival of sweets because sweets are the important part of the Diwali food. So majority of Diwali recipes consist of Diwali sweets and these sweets are very easy to prepare also.

Election Cake What an opportune time to go back to the time of the very first settlers and revisit their Election Cake.  Here it is from the delightful Plimouth Colony Cookbook itself: 2 cups raised light dough 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 teaspoon soda in 1 tablespoon warm water 1 cup […]