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Cakes

Applesauce Cake with Caramel Glaze

…It’s especially good with homemade applesauce, but this isn’t a requirement. Given most people don’t bake these days, I’m finding people are overjoyed to have fresh, homemade desserts and fancy…

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Book Reviews

Vinaigrettes and Other Dressings

…I  discovered that most people have no idea of how to make a good salad dressing! Really. My grandmother ran a restaurant and taught me how to make her vinaigrette,…

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A Constant Thirst

people have lost their lives due to cholera. It seems that every rainy season there is an outbreak of the disease. Cholera and other sanitation-related diseases like trachoma are the…

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Intrepid Spice Hunter

…and left thousands of people stranded. Gerard was among those who were cut off. Following is my translation of part of his email: “In Madagascar the cyclones didn’t go directly…

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125 Gluten-Free Vegetarian Recipes

Working, as I do, in a health-oriented organic market, I encounter people with food allergies and gluten sensitivities on a daily basis. Further, I’m allergic to wheat and the majority…

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For Farmers

Cheap vanilla? Hold onto your wallet!

…it was like the drug wars. There were inspection stations with guards watchful for stolen beans, helicopters hovered over plantations, and people were robbed and murdered. The biggest winners were…

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The Voladores of Papantla Veracruz

Ask anyone who’s been to Papantla what most impressed them, and they’ll probably say, “The Voladores.” Many people who’ve never been to the Gulf Coast — or even to Mexico…

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Consciousness

LittlePod Honored by Queen Elizabeth

people have typically left Devon and headed to big cities. Janet, who taught school for many years, has provided employment and training for a significant number of young people since…

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Sugars and Sweeteners

…many people in developing countries, unrefined sugar provides energy to sustain them during or after a day of hard labor.  Because it is unrefined, the glucose is not released as…

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Fascinating Facts About Coffee

…beans. After the cherries are harvested, they must go through a multi-step processing before being ready for roasting and consumption. Currently, more than 20 million people worldwide work in the…

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Comfort Foods

The Queen’s Pie Crust

…don’t over-handle it. No surprise that a lot of people skirt the pie crust issue entirely and buy pre-made crusts! I grew up eating my mother’s foolproof pie crust. It…

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Cakes

Rose Red Velvet Cake

…a bottle of food coloring. But when several people on my blog sang its praises, I decided to investigate it more thoroughly. It turns out that there is more to…

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Peanut

Peanut, Arachis hypogaea, is not a nut but a legume.  However, as it is so universally used as a nut, and as most people refer to it as a “nut,”…

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For Farmers

The Promise of Jatropha

people with no experience in farming, much less in putting together an offshore agricultural project.  Understandably, investors have been reluctant to fund these projects for that very reason, but just…

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