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Building For Generations

Cory Ybarra is a dynamic woman with a big heart and enormous determination. In 2006 she launched Building For Generations, a non-profit organization based in

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Chocolate Tempering: Seeded Method

Courtesy of Chef Stephany Buswell: www.chefany.com This is one of the easiest methods of tempering chocolate. The chunks of tempered chocolate “seed” the melted chocolate

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Female Coffee Growers in Peru

Female Coffee Growers Find New Freedoms in Peru By Sadie Hoagland – WeNews correspondent NUEVO YORK, Peru (WOMENSENEWS)–Her hands move methodically down the branch, raking

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Cafe Feminino

Female Coffee Growers Find New Freedoms in Peru By Sadie Hoagland – WeNews correspondent NUEVO YORK, Peru (WOMENSENEWS)–Her hands move methodically down the branch, raking

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Don Fernando Patino

1908 — September 2001 — National Treasure of Mexico When I first met Don Fernando in October of 1994, I was already in possession of

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Enchanting Tahiti

As I stepped off the plane into Faaa airport on Tahiti, I pinched myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. No! I really am in

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Vanilla in Tahiti

There are several styles of vanilla growing in Tahiti. There are traditional family plantations of several hectares or less, where the entire family cares for

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Vanilla and Aromatherapy

Just as “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out,” was a catch phrase of the 1960s pop subculture, “Calm Down, Feel Good, Lose Weight,” seems to

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The Magic of Chocolate

Remember the game where you’re asked what three things you’d bring with you if you were stranded on an island?  Of course, as the game

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Churros

If you have never had real churros, you are in for a treat!  First, lightly sweetened fried dough is hard to beat as long as

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Dominga’s Vegetable Soup

Dominga has cooked for Heriberto and Joaquin Larios of Papantla, Vera Cruz, for so many years that she and her daughter, Gabriella, are considered part

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