Whaddya Think, Doctor Fink?

  Cheese begins with milk. Do you prefer cow or goat milk? Sheep or water buffalo? How about camel, yak, or moose? You might want to try donkey or reindeer . . . Cheese is one of the most popular foods in the world. You can eat it straight, melt it, spice it, or add it to endless recipes. Where the milk comes from and how the cheese is produced affects the flavor, texture, and intensity. You can make it

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They are thousands of years apart and equally delicious. It’s up to you – enchiladas, nachos, or both? They go together like an old married couple. Let’s start with the old. An enchilada is a corn tortilla filled with cheese, meat, or veggies, and covered with sauce. There are dozens of variations from super spicy to mild, a wide range of fillings, and even colors like verde (green), red (chili), and brown (molé). Enchiladas are an old Mexican dish that

  Do you love pretzels? You’re in good company – over $7.2 billion are sold each year. Soft or hard, flavored, baldie, dipped, or salted – the world adores pretzels. In Israel you might eat pretzel beigales; Icelanders snack on kringla; and the Dutch have krakeling. The average American gobbles two pounds of pretzels every year. If you’re from Philadelphia – the “pretzel capital of the U.S.” – you will consume 12 times that amount. What’s so great about twisted

  Do you shout or just think, “Me want cookie!” when you pass a bakery or stroll down the cookie aisle? We’re all secret cookie monsters. And it’s been going on for over 1,400 years. According to Wikipedia, “cookies appear to have their origins in seventh century AD Persia, shortly after the use of sugar became relatively common in the region.” It probably began when bakers needed to test the temperature in their ovens – without thermostats and electricity. They