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Lamingtons

…over pound cake or sponge cake that you no longer have to go down under to enjoy this adorable little treat. Enjoy these tasty morsels of chocolate and coconut dipped…

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Beverages

Tropical Paradise

…of the vanilla extracts work well. Yesterday afternoon I made the recipe again, this time using up some coconut milk “ice cream” which added a nice coconut flavor and an…

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Summer Sippers

…Add more or less juice or water to taste. Garnish with lime, lemon or orange slices. Serves 12. Island Coconut Quencher 4 slightly rounded tablespoons Coconut Green Tea 1 quart…

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Cakes

Vegan Lemon-Vanilla Cupcakes

…developed by the Food Network. I’ve tweaked it a bit, removed some of the white sugar, substituted coconut sugar, for the brown sugar, which gives the cupcakes both color and…

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Spice Farms in Kerala, India

…the back verandah we are offered fresh pineapple juice, moist carrot cake and salty banana chips fried in coconut oil. Behind us there is an elementary school. The children squeal…

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Patricia Rain’s Biographical Sketch

…samplings of vanilla-perfumed foods.  Sponsored by San Francisco Professional Food Society. Orchids Are Blooming at The Streets of Mayfair, 1997, Coconut Grove, FL. A cultural and culinary presentation of the only edible…

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Culinary

Cuban Chicken With Sofrito

…Rice and Beans with Sofrito. Cook white or brown rice using coconut milk for part or all of the liquid. Add freshly made or canned black beans, drained, and put…

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Passover Treats

…are light years better!  I’m still attempting to recreate the coconut-almond macaroons sold at Draeger’s Market years ago.  I adore both almonds and coconut and their macaroons were amazing.  But…

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Some Delicious Comfort Foods

…The recipe I served with the steak is in The Vanilla Chef, which I wrote in 2002. Every time I make the Basmati Rice with Vanilla, Coconut, Dates and Lemon…

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How To Create Your Own layered Desserts

…cookies, chocolate pudding, and gummy worms are always a kid favorite. PINA COLADA TRIFLE: Rum-soaked pound cake, coconut pudding, pineapple chunks, whipped cream, and toasted coconut would be perfect for…

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Pongol: Festive Sweet Rice

…ghee (unsalted butter can be substituted) 1 cup fresh grated coconut (1/2 cup unsweetened dried coconut can be substituted) 15–20 cashews, chopped 2–3 tablespoons raisins 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 6…

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Book Reviews

Book Review: Flavor Flours

…This led to a serious exploration of rice, corn, oat, buckwheat, teff, chestnut, sorghum, nut and coconut flours. In the process, she and colleague Maya Klein, did the heavy lifting…

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Brazil Nut Fruit and Seeds
Tropical Food Facts

Brazil Nuts

…the fruits to reach maturity.  The fruit is an endocarp, which looks like the inner hairy husk of a coconut, but without the hair, is hard and weighs four or…

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Souari

Souari, Caryocar nuciferum, is a large, elegant tree from Panama and Northern South America that produces a coconut-sized fruit with four nuts inside, surrounded by edible flesh. The nuts are…

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Culinary

36 Hours in San Diego

…the battle with some help from the perfect soup from Amarin, a chicken and coconut milk broth with mushrooms, chicken, lemon grass, galangal and ginger. New Year’s day was clear,…

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Healthy Cooking

Vanilla in Savory Foods — Really??

coconut milk and vanilla. French families tied to the Madagascar vanilla trade were no strangers to vanilla in poultry and meats. They knew. Pork is a shoe-in. Pork tenderloin with…

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