KICKSTARTER: Hot Bread Kitchen Scholarships

We normally don’t promote Kickstarter campaigns because we have limited bandwidth, and prefer to focus our efforts writing about food. But here’s an organization we feel strongly about, and your chance to pay it forward for very little. The Hot Bread Kitchen is a Harlem based artisanal bakery that trains disadvantaged women to become professional…
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RECIPE: Goat Curry

Goat curry with naan, Indian flatbread. Photo courtesy AG Local.   Got your goat? AgLocal has it! The e-tailer sources its meats from family farms that treat their animals well. The goal: a marketplace where consumers can easily purchase high quality meats while actively supporting the development of sustainable, regional farms. Learn more at AgLocal.com.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Autumn Chocolates

While Halloween chocolate is creeping into stores—chocolate ghosts, pumpkins, candy corn and other holiday specialties—you have a few weeks to enjoy some “autumn chocolate” until Halloween week. Until then, how about some “autumn chocolates” that are in chocolate shops until the Christmas flavors come in? Today, we feature two of our favorite chocolatiers, with very…
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PRODUCT: Scorpion Chile, The World’s Hottest?

How hot do you like it? Chile heads—people who can’t get enough heat in their foods—are always looking for hotter and hotter varieties, so breeders keep creating hotter breeds. What’s the world’s hottest chile? Whatever it is today, it can change tomorrow. In 2007, the Bhut Jolokia also known as the ghost pepper, was rated…
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