Food & Nutrition: Culinary Techniques, Diets & Metabolic Health

Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.

Beef Stew

How to Keep Stew Meat Tender

Loosely defined, a stew is a dish of meat and vegetables slow cooked in a closed pot at a simmering temperature.

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Chickpeas

How to Cook Garbanzos in the Rice Cooker

Garbanzo beans -- or chickpeas -- are the most commonly consumed legume in the world. Garbanzos are a good source of vitamins B6, C and zinc. They’re high in complex carbohydrates and fiber, and are an excellent source of protein.

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How to Cook a Single Prime Rib Steak in the Oven

A single prime-rib steak – or rib steak -- is a bone-in cut from a standing prime-rib roast. Remove the bone and you’ll have a rib-eye steak. Rib steaks are tender cuts of beef, full of fat and flavor, low in connective tissue, which makes lesser cuts of beef tough.

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