Joe Morales

3 weeks ago | outvoices.us | Joe Morales

Years ago, we took a road trip through Kansas and made an unexpected stop in Wamego. What we thought would be a quick visit turned into an entire afternoon of magic. We wandered through the Oz Museum — surprisingly rich and heartfelt — and even stepped inside the nearby historic Columbian Theater, which holds the original painted panels salvaged from a Chicago building dating back to the 1893 World's Fair.

Mar 18, 2025 | foodandwine.com | Joe Morales

Photo: Food & Wine Chef Daniel Boulud knows that great cooking starts with great cookware. “I designed this cookware to have a connection to the pots and pans I used as a young chef in France,” he says of his recently launched line. That passion is evident in every piece of the Daniel Boulud x Sardel collection; I was sent the 10-piece set to test out, and from the moment I started cooking, I could tell this wasn’t just another stainless steel set.

Mar 17, 2025 | foodandwine.com | Joe Morales

Photo: Food & Wine / Getty Our recent article about coffee's health benefits got me thinking about what it takes to brew the perfect cup. Coffee prices may be at record highs, but that hasn’t slowed down our love for it. If anything, there’s no better time to invest in a quality coffee maker. After all, making coffee at home is always more cost-effective than a daily visit to the coffee shop. A lot of people take coffee seriously. Take my son-in-law, for example.

Oct 25, 2024 | foodandwine.com | Joe Morales

Photo: Amazon After learning that black plastic and food containers may contain cancer-causing flame retardants, I got to thinking. What about Teflon? Since we know about Teflon flu from the PTFEs in the cookware’s coating, we reconnected with Megan Liu, science and policy manager at Toxic-Free Future and co-author of From E-waste to Living Space. In regards to Teflon, “They still use PTFE, which is one of many types of PFAS,” she said. Liu continued, “Ceramic cookware is generally free of PFAS.

Oct 14, 2024 | foodandwine.com | Joe Morales

Photo: Food & Wine / Amazon If you’ve read the recent news about the dangers of black plastic, then you might be rethinking your kitchen utensil choices. Plastic tools may seem inexpensive and convenient, but there’s concern that harmful chemicals are leaching into our food. "Plastic as a material is harmful throughout its lifecycle, from production, use, to disposal," says Megan Liu, science and policy manager at Toxic-Free Future and co-author of From E-waste to Living Space.