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[1] Here’s what you can make from the King Cake Kit (photos #1 and #2 © King Arthur Flour). [2] You can use icing and sparkling sugars to create your own special design. Egad: It’s a perfect storm of food holidays! In 2016, the Super Bowl is February 7th, Lunar New Year begins February…
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[1] Egg drop soup is known for its strands of eggs, beaten into the hot soup (photos #1 and #2 © Good Eggs | San Francisco). [2] Bottom: A fresh herb garnish—chives/green onion, cilantro or parsley—makes a big difference. Photos courtesy Good Eggs | San Francisco. Chinese egg drop soup is a very simple…
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January 29th is National Corn Chip Day. Before THE NIBBLE, we thought that corn chips and tortilla chips were synonymous. They aren’t, as you’ll see below. The best-known corn chips in America are Fritos, which were created in 1932 by Charles Elmer Doolin of San Antonio. FRITOS HISTORY Dolan was the manager of…
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[1] A new approach to breakfast: egg with grain and veggie (photo and recipe © Good Eggs | San Francisco). [2] Quinoa fried rice topped with an egg (photo © P.F. Chang’s). The quinoa bowl recipe is below, but first: A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON BREAKFAST TRADITIONS There’s a yummy recipe for a…
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Top: Emmer wheat, one of the eight founder crops. Photo courtesy Sortengarten. Bottom: Figs were the first fruit to be cultivated. Photo courtesy Melissas.com. All of the plant-based food we eat first grew wild. When man transitioned from packs of nomadic hunter-gatherers to settled villages of farmers, they learned to cultivate the foods that…
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