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June 29, 2009 at 7:00 am
· Filed under Cookies-Cake-Pastry
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A pie with a beautiful lattice crust—one of the
terms you’ll find in our Pie & Pastry glossary. Photo courtesy of Cherry Marketing Institute. |
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While the French have the reputation as the great pastry makers, the Egyptians, who were great bread bakers, worked out the details of early pastry. Theirs was a savory pastry: a dough of flour and water paste to wrap around meat and soak up the juices as it cooked. Pastry was further developed in the Middle East and brought to Europe by the Muslims in the 7th century. By medieval times, pies had developed, and the pastry was used to provide a casing for the various fillings. By the 17th century both flaky and puff pastries were in use, with pastry chefs working intricate patterns on the crusts. And thank goodness, because who doesn’t enjoy a great piece of pie!
But do you know the difference between short crust and plain pastry crust? The difference between puff pastry and phyllo? A cobbler and a crisp? And what is a Black Bottom Pie, anyway? Explore the world of baked wonders in THE NIBBLE’s newest food glossary, the nine-page Pie & Pastry glossary.
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June 29, 2009 at 6:59 am
· Filed under Diet Nibbles, Low Calorie, Recipes, Tip Of The Day
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Make a delicious, low-calorie fruit soup by puréeing 2 pounds of cantaloupe (two melons—reserve some melon balls for garnish). Then add 3/4 cup of herbal fruit tea and 1 to 2 tablespoons of lime juice. Garnish with chopped mint and melon balls or berries. Enjoy it at any meal as a first course or dessert, or anytime as a snack. For protein, add fat-free plain yogurt, which you can sweeten with a no-cal sweetener. If the cantaloupe isn’t sweet enough, add a small amount of sweetener to the soup, too. This is one of our favorite diet treats!
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June 29, 2009 at 6:19 am
· Filed under Ice Cream-Sorbet-Yogurt, July 4th/Independence Day
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| Freedom ice cream from Sheer Bliss is red, white and blue: vanilla ice cream with red and blue swirls of pomegranate and blueberry. It’s the perfect flavor for an Independence Day celebration (it’s all natural and certified kosher, too).
Sheer Bliss is available at fine food stores nationwide; you can find a store locator on the website, SheerBlissIceCream.com. If you live near a Publix store in the Southeast, there’s a two-for-one special beginning July 2, in honor of AmVets, the veterans service organization.
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Celebrate Independence Day with Freedom ice cream from Sheer Bliss. |
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