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Food humor found in the calabash bowl: Very funny!

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Food Marketing Enters A New Stage

Mr. Potato Head gets a makeover Looks like the potato crop in Toyland isn’t what it used to be. At the 2011 International Toy Fair last week, it was revealed that the upcoming Mr. Potato Head and his starchy spouse have dropped a few pounds and are now being marketed as Active Adventures of Mr. [...]

Diet is important to control Alzheimers Disease

Good Diets Fight Bad Alzheimer Genes Tuesday, February 15, 2011 TAU says diets high in fish oil have a beneficial effect in patients at risk Scientists today agree that there are five molecules that are known to affect or cause Alzheimer’s disease, which plagues an estimated five million Americans. The potency of these molecules is [...]

A list of ten foods u can cook in a coffee maker

Here are a few of the items listed.  Go to the leap at the bottom of the page…. Oatmeal Put two packets of instant oatmeal into the carafe. Add an individual packet of honey, an individual packet of fruit jam, and a pinch of salt. Put an herbal tea bag (e.g. orange flavored) into the [...]

Farmers markets expand activity accross the country.

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A steady stream of customers filled baskets and shopping bags with vegetables, cranberries, cheese, fresh-baked breads and pies while chatting with the dozen or so farmers selling goods in the visitor’s center of a local museum. It was a bitterly cold, gray December day, but for many, it felt just right for [...]

Did you say Chicken and Bean Burritos?

Chicken and Bean Burritos Ingredients 1/2 cup brown rice 2 cloves garlic; 1 smashed, 1 minced Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper 1/2 pound (about 2 cups) frozen diced butternut squash, thawed 1 cup shredded rotisserie chicken, skin removed 1 15-ounce can black beans 1 cup grape tomatoes 1/2 cup fresh cilantro 1/4 cup pickled [...]

Mashed potatoes with garlic!

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes Servings: 6 Prep Time: 5 Cook Time: 35 If you’re roasting garlic, you might as well roast more than one head…you can use the rest for other recipes (it will store in the refrigerator for a few days) or just spread the soft, warm, mellow garlic over toasted baguette. Ingredients: 1 [...]

Factory Farming? Egg Recall!

World wide recall of eggs from the US. As hundreds of millions of eggs get recalled over salmonella fears, The Daily Beast talks to farmers and food activists about what went wrong—and finds 9 reasons to remain concerned from here on. It’s one of the country’s worst food-safety recalls, with more than 380 million eggs [...]

10 most common allergenic foods

It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. You’re sitting down to dinner when, all of a sudden, your 9-month-old starts having difficulty breathing and begins swelling up around the mouth. Your child just consumed soy and is experiencing anaphylactic shock, anallergic reaction. What most people can eat freely might be fatal to someone with an allergy to [...]

Michael Pollan’s da man for shure!

I t can be complicated to simplify things, but sometimes we need to be reminded of the essentials. Michael Pollan’s done just that with his new book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. After researching The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (2008), Pollan came to an important realization: [...]