Category: Great Food

TIP OF THE DAY: How To Avoid E.Coli In Your Food

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In the U.S. in 2006, a fierce strain of E. coli in spinach and lettuce caused some 200 cases of illness and three deaths. Today, the E. coli outbreak in Germany is dominating headlines: thousands of Europeans taken ill, hundreds in intensive care units and worse, 35 dead as of this writing—from eating raw bean…
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RECIPE: Homemade Corn Tortillas

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Yellow and blue corn tortillas, handmadefrom hand-ground corn byHotBreadKitchen.org.   We whipped up homemade tortillas yesterday, inspired by this recipe from Hot Bread Kitchen. Tortillas, a flatbread, are a staple in Mexico. As Mexican food continues to increase in popularity, more of us are buying them to make burritos, enchiladas and tacos at home. The…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: German Chocolate Cake

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German Chocolate Cake has a coconut-pecanfilling and frosting. Photo © H.D. Connelly |Fotolia.   Today is National German Chocolate Cake Day—a day we don’t mind celebrating in the least. German Chocolate Cake is a chocolate layer cake filled and topped with a coconut pecan frosting. The cake has nothing to do with Germany. It is…
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