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Comfort Foods

The Vanilla Queen’s Apple Crisp

…adapted the following recipe years ago; the consensus of at least 100 people is that it’s the best Apple Crisp, bar none, that they’ve ever had. Obviously, I concur. Many…

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ethical coffee
Tropical Food Facts

Ethical Coffee Pushed Into Mainstream

…Kapeh logo. “The percentage of people who are interested in the Utz Kapeh principles is a maximum of about 10 percent. The other 90 percent do not care too much…

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Double Ginger Ice Cream

Double Ginger Ice Cream From Bite Size Desserts Courtesy of Carole Bloom, www.carolebloom.com This recipe uses candied ginger puree, available from the Ginger People: www.gingerpeople.com Print Double Ginger Ice Cream…

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Environment Links

…The Pachamama Alliance Indigenous peoples concerns and rights, especially in Ecuador. 516 Earth Justice Non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to the environment. 497 Chance of Rain Emily Green: journalist, environmentalist,…

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Fruit Desserts

Hot Damn! Homemade Fruit Jam

…hand out so much vanilla extract before people beg off, saying they have four bottles still in their cupboards. (At least it’s not giant zucchini.) When I first started processing…

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Bringing Morocco Into My Kitchen

…more. The trip promised to be beyond splendid. Unfortunately, not enough people were able to come at the chosen time. I’m not giving up as Morocco is more than a…

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Pongol: Festive Sweet Rice

The South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu produce vanilla along with many other products. Their major harvest festival is in January, a time when people traditionally worshipped…

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Tropical Food Facts

Dragon Fruit

…important component in the diet of indigenous people in the Sonoran desert and other desert regions of Latin America. The fruits have five to six growing cycles a year, and…

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Cakes

French Apple and Almond Cake

Contributed by Molly Pisula,Vanilla Bean Cuisine.com Having had an online presence for almost twenty years, I’ve met so many wonderful people, including Culinary specialists, bakers and book authors, who have…

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Fascinating Facts About Tea

…small quantities.  Tea’s health benefits have also encouraged people to drink more tea.  While initially it was believed that only green teas had significant flavinoids, this has been disproven; all…

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Awareness

Why is vanilla so expensive?

…there are travel advisories to not visit certain areas of the country. The current hoarding and selling of bad vanilla makes the country quite volatile. While the Malagasy people are…

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Tropical Food Facts

Mango

…the best and is very popular in the US. Mangoes are eaten ripened and unripened.  Some people enjoy green mangoes with chile pepper and salt.  Children in mango-growing countries often…

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How Pu’erh Got Me To Stockton

…was allegedly an historic treasure and San Joaquin’s county seat.  Mostly I saw seedy housing, boarded store windows, and extremely poor looking people in the area where I was lost….

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Tropical Fruits? You Betcha!

…Kadooka, who grows exotic flowers and fruits. He had trees laden with what Island people call “butter avocadoes” growing so large and fat that one he gave me weighed at…

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