Cooking

At Tulane University’s Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine, students are learning to pair nutrition with allopathic care — and other schools are catching on.

Ever wondered which cooking oil is healthiest? There’s canola oil, olive oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil — even hazelnut, avocado and apricot kernel oil. Each oil has a unique composition of fats and is manufactured in different ways. Some cooking enthusiasts will say that the healthiest oil is the one with the most omega-3s. Others warn against too much chemical processing and opt for “virgin” oils. What’s a person to do?

In Chinese tradition, women who give birth are supposed to spend a month indoors with their new babies. It’s not easy to follow that tradition here in the US, but one second-generation Chinese American woman in New York City did savor one part of the tradition — special foods made by her mother-in-law.

If you’re familiar with Gordon Ramsay, you probably know how high-pressure professional kitchens can be. But in the face of long-running verbal and physical abuse from their bosses, some French cooks have created a manifesto to put an end to kitchen hazing.

“Eat your cauliflower!” It’s a phrase that might bring back horrific memories from childhood. But in the hands of London-based British-Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi, the humble cauliflower can be transformed into appetizer, side dish, main dish — and even dessert.