Gourmet Videos

Well it’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere and raining like mad out here in California…perfect weather for ICE CREAM SANDWICHES!!! As promised, I’m posting the final episodes of ORGANIC A to Z from Southern California. Both “I” and “J” were taped back in a warmer, sunnier and more ice cream friendly Los Angeles. If you’re too cold to rock the ice cream, just make these awesome cookies. If you’re sweating down under this January, enjoy the whole sando with some OG ice cream in between!!! read more

Today, Healthy Helpings TV presents a very special episode on wine pairings! Fellow Grasshopper Becky McCray presents her choices of wines and spirits to accompany five of host Michelle Koen's recipes that aired earlier this summer, including: Ma Po Tofu Vietnamese Fresh Rolls Aromatic Asian Poached Chicken Vietnamese Pho Soup and granola (!!!) Salut!

New house! New kitchen! New episode! How to make a fowl into a tasty soup, fluffy rice and tender flesh, all at once with this simple Chinese recipe for Hainan chicken. Payment

Side tracking a bit, we re showing you how to GROW HERBS for the letter H!

G is for GINGER, my favorite rhizome! More info and recipes to come SUPER SOON! -GGG

For the letter F we rock the FENNEL BULB! I used to be afraid of FENNEL simply coz I didn t know what the hell it was or what to do with it. But now I love it and eat it every chance I get! Watch on and check back soon for recipes and more info on this glorious veggie! read more

EGGPLANT, YUMMY! Eggplant rocks, a most glorious fruit! I know some of you out there are not fans…but I blame that on poor execution. Eggplant is so versatile and there are so many varieties, you need to expand your repertoire! Go out there and try some of the funky ones you can easily find at any health food store or farmer’s market. Japanese, Chinese, Filipino and the real Italian varieties are my favorites because they are sweet, tender and easy to cook. As they’re not bitter they do not require any salting and sweating—just cut ‘em up and cook them! read more

D is for DAMN GOOD! Dates are cute, wrinkly, healthy, sweet and yummy little buggers! A great raw choice for sugar! I remember the first time I ate a real date—not the crusty cigar kind you find in lame groceries. A real date isn’t dried out, it’s plump and moist with a thin skin, long seed and an incredibly intense sweet flavor. I have fond memories of eating dates and spitting the seeds out into humid Florida nights with my crazy old raw food friend Jason. Dates are high in iron, potassium, fiber and a bunch o’ vitamins. They’ve got no fat or cholesterol. YES they are 50 to 70% sugar…but it’s a good, natural sugar. Most dates don’t even have sucrose. If you’re looking for a healthy way to satiate a sugar craving dig on a date! !--break-- read more

Hey Hey! Here s the third installment of ORGANIC A to Z! Featuring C we jump off the vegetarian tip and cook one of my favorite tasty treats: CHICKEN! YES, the bird. I know a lot of the vegetarians out there are retching at me for doing chicken on the show. Oh well. I love to eat chicken and I think the majority of people out there do too. I also suspect that the majority of folks out there don’t think about chickens enough and assume poultry is a lesser evil of meats. That’s not true baby. Conventional poultry production is just plain wrong. Tens of thousands of birds “living” together under bright lights day and night, with no access to sunlight, fresh air, or a space to walk, which is irrelevant anyway ‘coz many chickens have been bred to have ginormous breasts that are so large their little legs cannot support the weight! Imagine eating a sickly, depressed, mutant bird that rooted in its own shit, rarely slept, couldn’t walk and was kept alive by antibiotics and freakish growth drugs? Doesn’t sound very appetizing, nutritious or ethical. So make an effort to go organic—it’s really the only way to ensure you are eating a healthy, happy bird that was given a humane life. read more

A "comfort food" recipe from our Canadian friend Christie. So simple!Click here to get Crash Test Kitchen in iTunes - it also works on video iPods - and make sure to visit our site. Payment

Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit? Either way, no bunnies were harmed in the making of this tasty episode. Click here to get Crash Test Kitchen in iTunes - it also works on video iPods - and make sure to visit our site. Payment

Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit? Either way, no bunnies were harmed in the making of this tasty episode. Click here to get Crash Test Kitchen in iTunes - it also works on video iPods - and make sure to visit our site. Payment

One from the CTK archive ... marbled Bailey's cheesecake! A classic episode from our early days. Click here to get Crash Test Kitchen in iTunes - it also works on video iPods - and make sure to visit our site. Payment

Just like French fries, but Belgian! Plus a recipe for great home-made mayonnaise. We visit our friends Phil and Chef Michelle for a Belgian feast.Click here to get Crash Test Kitchen in iTunes - it also works on video iPods - and make sure to visit our site. Payment

A "comfort food" recipe from our Canadian friend Christie. So simple!Click here to get Crash Test Kitchen in iTunes - it also works on video iPods - and make sure to visit our site. Payment

After making their own beef stock from scratch, Waz and Lenny use it as the base for a delicious French classic, complete with crusty toasted bread and gruyere cheese on top. Payment

Crash Test Kitchen is one year old! As we continue to celebrate this milestone of food podcasting, Lenny shows how to make a simple rice pudding. Check out her pineapple slicing technique! Click here to get CTK in iTunes - it works on video iPods! Payment

Waz and Lenny dive into the Crash Test Kitchen vault for a previously unseen episode involving tandoori chicken, a very small barbecue and a short amount of time. Payment

Nothing is more disappointing than a cappuccino where the barista just DOESN'T DO THE FROTH RIGHT! Waz gives a lesson in producing perfect foam Payment

Rhubarb: Who would have thought something so delicious could be so easy? Payment

A previously unseen episode from CTK's early days in Canada. Waz makes a disastrous cod recipe. Payment

Chocolate cake: the third generation. Waz masters a family favourite recipe handed down from his nana for "boiled" chocolate cake Payment

Is it a tajine? A casserole? A stew? Waz and Lenny make their version of a classic Moroccan dish, accompanied by cous cous. Payment