Freelance writer specializing in food, nutrition, and education

Cheryl Sternman Rule

One Skillet Dinners

One Skillet Dinners

in the May 2007 issue of Delicious Living

It’s fun to serve multicourse, use-every-pot-you-own meals once in a while, but let’s face it – who likes all that washing up?  (with original recipes for Mediterranean Style Cod, Triple Soy Stir-Fry, Bok Choy and Mussels in Coconut-Lime Broth, Spring Vegetable Risotto with Toasted Pine Nuts, and Sweet and Spicy Garbanzo Skillet) [more]


Seeds of Knowledge: Veggie U

Seeds of Knowledge: Veggie U

Feature in the May/June 2007 issue of Vegetarian Times

Can growing squash in fourth grade reduce obesity among American youth? One Ohio family is betting the farm. [more]


Best Grilling Tips Ever

Best Grilling Tips Ever

in the May/June 2007 issue of EatingWell

Gas vs. Charcoal? The age-old debate over which grilled method is “better” involves multiple variables, from flavor to cost to convenience… [more]


Healthy Hemp Foods

Healthy Hemp Foods

in the May/June 2007 issue of EatingWell

Healthy hemp foods: smoking-hot trend or heading for burn out? [more]


College Chow 101

College Chow 101

in the May 9, 2007 issue of Metro Silicon Valley

IT MAY HAVE BEEN 15 years ago, but I still remember my favorite college meal: a huge slab of mozzarella, deep-fried and set lovingly atop a pool of marinara. My roommates and I dubbed this delicacy “cheese island,” and there was no skipping dinner the nights it graced the menu. Fast-forward to 2007, and the scene in college cafeterias is altogether different. [more]


Restaurant Review: Slice

Restaurant Review: Slice

in the May 9, 2007 issue of Metro Silicon Valley

SAMMY RAMIREZ JR. is clearly having fun with Slice, his new venture on Campbell’s now-bustling main drag. With sandwiches like the “Hot Italian (The Joe Cirone)” named after the chef, a dessert pizza with Nutella and marshmallows, a garage door in lieu of a front wall and a playful star twinkling over the “i,” Slice serves up a sense of humor alongside its darn good thin-crust ‘za. [more]