Spices Of Life
About this original series
Spices of Life is an innovative food/health/lifestyle website featuring video blogs, easy, delicious, and health-giving recipes, and cooking and wellness tips from nationally recognized authorities. Interviews on current health issues with Harvard University's School of Public Health, Walter Willet, nationally recognized Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, public television’s Ming Tsai and organic food producer Nell Newman of Newman's Own are among the many videos found on Spices of Life. There are, also, travelogues of Nina’s adventures in Europe and Asia.
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Rating
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Episodes of Spices Of Life
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How to Celebrate Chinese New Year
On the eve of January 22, Chinese the world over will gather to usher in the Year of the Dragon. New Year is unlike any other festival of the lunar calendar. Preparations begin weeks in advance: Houses are cleaned from top to bottom. All accounts with tradespeople are settled and the cooks in the family pause to plan the New Year’s feast. In Chinese astrology anyone born during the year of the dragon is special and it is considered to be a year filled with good fortune- a wish we all need in t...
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Release date
Jan 18, 2012
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Runtime
06:41
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The Healthy Eating Plate
With the beginning of every new year comes resolutions and inevitably, vows to “eat better” or lose weight so we thought we would go to the BEST POSSIBLE source for advice: Nutrition guru, Dr. Walter Willett, Chairman of Nutrition of the Harvard School of Public Health and author of the best-selling “Eat Drink and Be Merry” . Walter not only gave us some great tips, he introduced the newly-released “ HSPH Healthy Eating Plate”, a VAST improvement of the USDA Plate, which according to Walter, h...
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Release date
Jan 3, 2012
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Runtime
05:07
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Dim Sum Christmas
It may seem odd for me to be writing about dim sum and featuring the secrets of a “how to” do dim sum at Christmas, but the fact is that for the past 10 years, my close family’s preference has been to go to Boston Chinatown on Christmas and then walk next door to the Multi-plex cinema to catch one or two movies. And believe me, my husband and son are DETERMINED to keep this ritual. First of all, Don hates turkey so for years, following another old Simonds’ family tradition, I made a huge lobst...
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Release date
Dec 20, 2011
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Runtime
03:28
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Best Recipe for Pad Thai Ever
Pad Thai is one of those recipes that I generally stay away from because EVERYONE has their own version of what it should taste like that is based on what they’ve eaten at their favorite Thai restaurant. I feel there is NO way I could ever compete with that. BUT, when I was working on my Asian Noodles book, I decided it was crazy for me to write a book on the subject and not include a recipe for Pad Thai. After all, isn’t it quintessential Asian noodle dish? I was determined and I must have te...
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Release date
Dec 6, 2011
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Runtime
08:33
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All You Need to Know About Asian Noodles (Part 2)
In part 1 of “All You Need to Know About Asian Noodles”, I tackled the family of Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai noodles. In part 2, I show and talk about the many varieties of Japanese Noodles. You will be introduced to: ramen, udon, soba, and somen noodles as well as suggestions for substitutions. These days, however, you don’t even have to go to a specialty market since most well-stocked supermarkets now carry many of these varieties. In addition, if you go to the recipe section, you will see ...
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Release date
Nov 22, 2011
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Runtime
04:03
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All You Need to Know About Asian Noodles (Part 1)
For their pasta issue, the newly-revived Gourmet @Gourmet.com asked me to write an Asian Noodle Primer and I was thrilled. One of my favorite dishes from my student days living in Taiwan was Cinnamon Beef Noodles and I became a serious Asian noodleholic when I started writing a book about the topic " Asian Noodles" which was published in 1997. I spent about four years traveling all over Asia ( especially Japan because I couldn't get enough of soba or udon). I decided it would be really useful ...
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Release date
Nov 8, 2011
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Runtime
05:07
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QuickBites: Wild Mushrooms
Wild mushrooms contain numerous health-giving properties:Contain lentinoneLower cholesterolReduces blood pressureAnti-tumoric –helps prevent recurrence of tumorsTry the easy Wild Mushroom and Chicken casserole (from my new book) and enjoy!
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Release date
Oct 25, 2011
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Runtime
02:05
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Food Day 2011
Food Day, October 24th, is quickly approaching and there are now more than 1200 events being planned all over the country! The map at wwwFoodday.org lists all of the events.
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Release date
Oct 11, 2011
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Runtime
03:14
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Spices of Life: Miso
Not long ago, miso was only available in Asian markets. Today, it's found in many supermarkets. Miso has fantastic health benefits.
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Release date
Sep 20, 2011
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Runtime
02:46
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Spices of Life: Basil
It's that wonderful time of year when basil ( and tomatoes) plentiful and fragrant, but did you also know that in addition to its sublime taste, basil is chock full of health benefits? For instance:*It contains volatile oils that are anti-bacterial & anti-inflammatory.*It's a great source of Vitamin A & Betacarotene so it's great for good heart health.*It helps digestion and eases gas.So go heavy on the basil and see the recipe section for a quick and easy ( delicious too!) Stir- Fried Chicken...
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Release date
Sep 7, 2011
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Runtime
02:28
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