La ricetta del giorno

Napoli ieri oggi e domani

Sformato primavera

Ingredienti: piselli sgranati (o surgelati) 150gr, carote 200gr, patate 400gr, fontina 200gr, latte 5dl, 3 uova, parmigiano, prezzemolo, olio extravergine d’oliva, sale.

Esecuzione: lessare separatamente in acqua bollente salata piselli, carote e patate, pelare le carote e le patate e tagliarle a dadini.

Ungere una pirofila con un filo d’olio, formare uno strato uniforme di verdure e cospargerle di prezzemolo tritato e parmigiano grattugiato.

Mettere a scaldare il latte in una casseruola con il formaggio a pezzetti e un po’ di sale, finché il formaggio sia sciolto evitando che prenda il bollore.

Sbattere le uova in una ciotola, versarvi il latte mescolando in modo che gli ingredienti si amalgamino bene e versare il composto nella pirofila sulle verdure.

Cuocere lo sformato in forno già caldo a 160° per circa 45 minuti.

Quando si sarà ben rappreso anche al centro, verificando la cottura con uno stecchino, farlo intiepidire e…

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Feeding the People

From Behind the Pen

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Whenever I have one of those days where I am feeling listless and not useful, something shows up to slap me out of my conundrum. Just before going to bed one night, I watched one of my late-night show homeboys, Stephen Colbert. His two guests were Chef Andrés and Ron Howard, discussing their recent trip to Ukraine. This segment was a simple reminder of the reason why we cannot get bogged down in our woes because there is someone in a far dire situation.

José Ramón Andrés Puerta, a Spanish chef and founder ofWorld Central Kitchen, heads a non-profit devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. I was watching him recently when he reluctantly allowedRon Howard(my Opie Taylor from The Andy Griffith Show) to do a documentary about his organization. He was reluctant in the beginning because he…

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Jicama Avocado Salad

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Fab Foodstuff: Jicama Avocado Salad! Allow me to introduce you to the legume family. Jicama is a cousin to beans, peas, and lentils. It provides protein, which is important to everyone, whether you’re a vegetarian or not. Choosing foods that are beneficial to a healthy diet can keep a weekly menu from turning hum-drum and boring. Jicama can be prepared in any number of ways. Eating it raw is just one of them. Its taste slightly resembles a crispy red apple. Only recently I slathered peanut butter all over a slice as a variation from a celery stick. Jicama is also low-carb, if that’s important to you. Not a raw-veggie-kind-of-person? Slice ‘em up and make a batch of french fries. It works.

JICAMA AVOCADO SALAD

Ingredients:

I large jicama

1 avocado, pitted and chopped

Zest of 2 limes

1 teaspoon Tajin seasoning

1/4 teaspoon smoky…

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Does the World Still Need New Covid-19 Vaccines? | NEJM

Many reasons dictate a need for the development of a range of Covid-19 vaccines available for use across the world with the aim of bringing the pandemic under control. Each vaccine product has different attributes and advantages and disadvantages, and multiple factors must be considered to guide policy decisions. Different countries and health care settings, as well as different subpopulations and age groups, may benefit from different vaccine products developed on different platforms. Efficacy and safety, as evaluated in phase 3 trials, are not the sole outcomes to be assessed in a country’s decision to procure and introduce new Covid-19 vaccines. Ease of schedules, vaccine effectiveness when used in routine programs, need and frequency of boosters, cost, considerations regarding cold-chain logistics, manufacturing scalability, acceptability by communities, and scope for local or regional production are additional important factors.

Source: Does the World Still Need New Covid-19 Vaccines? | NEJM

Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s2e4 Teaches About Life, and Listening — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

What do we learn from season 2, episode 4? Lessons: 1.)  Voluntary isolation is not lockdown. 2.)  Listen to people. Levent’i guvenİbilir mi? Güvenlik ev, hapishane’den  çok  farklı. Ne isterseniz yapın. Leyla için hiç iyi değil. You going to send your best warrior to babysitting duty because you’re worried about her? Levent… Why bring a […]

Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s2e4 Teaches About Life, and Listening — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

DON’T MISS this magical 38-second film – “The Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle”! – Please be a friend, you too, for Indigenous peoples …

Yanomami boys, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela Please help protect the forests, rivers, wildlife and the lives of the Yanomami and other Indigenous…

DON’T MISS this magical 38-second film – “The Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle”! – Please be a friend, you too, for Indigenous peoples …