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Tropical Food Facts

Citrus Fruits

…changing to limone in Old Italian and French.  In addition to a myriad of culinary uses, lemons are used in aromatherapy as well as housecleaning, and lemon oil is used…

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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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Appetizers

Israeli Hummus

…the chickpeas with at least 1 inch of liquid. Place on medium high and bring to boil. Reduce heat so that the liquid is at a slow boil. Cook the…

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Candlenut

…raw. Candlenuts have a very high oil content.  In Hawai, they are known as kukui and have been used for centuries as candles.  It is the state nut of Hawaii…

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Book Reviews

My Paris Kitchen by David Lebovitz

…au Vin and Beef Bourguignon, drank red wine, ate crusty breads with olive oil and was given my first vanilla bean. Thank you David for conjuring my old friend through…

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Bringing Morocco Into My Kitchen

…Strawberry-Rhubarb jam for the appetizer. The salad was simple: baby lettuces, small cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, scallions and a good sheep’s milk feta cheese with an oil and lemon juice vinaigrette….

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For Farmers

Cheap vanilla? Hold onto your wallet!

…1890s a terrible imitation vanilla made from a component of clove oil came on the market. Another strange and long-popular imitation was made from coal tar. In the late 1920s,…

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Consciousness

LittlePod Honored by Queen Elizabeth

…smallholder Indonesian growers to stop them from burning peat bogs and planting palm oil. Instead, he has encouraged them to grow needed sustainable products like cacao and vanilla. The sum…

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Brunch

Lemon Curd

…bowl or jar, it’s perfect as a jam on toast, biscuits, scones, waffles and pancakes. You can blend 1/2 cup of lemon curd with some fruity olive oil to use…

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Tropical Food Facts

Cashew

…for treating tooth abcesses.  The nut oil is a good anti-fungal.  The bark is boiled and used as an anti-diarrheal, and the nuts (seeds) are ground up and used as…

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True Cinnamon or Not?

…made with cassia oil from Cinnamomum aromaticum, a harsher, hotter variety known as Korintje, Chinese or Vietnamese cinnamon.  This is the cinnamon carried in grocery stores and used in most…

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Cloves

…is some indication that cloves can also lower blood glucose levels. The active ingredient in cloves, eugenol, was the first aromatic oil used to create imitation vanilla.  It didn’t taste…

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Cassia and Cinnamon

…largest producer of cassia, though Saigon cinnamon has recently become available in the U.S. again.  The Korintje or Indonesian cinnamon has a lower oil content than the Vietnamese variety and…

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Enchanting Tahiti

…items worth seeking out. Monoi, a refined coconut oil that is made into soap, shampoo, and body oils is the preferred product of the locals. It is also sometimes fragranced…

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Cakes

Italian Custard Cake

…aside. Oil a 10-inch tube pan or 9 x 13 x 3 inch rectangular plan. Set aside. Custard Sauce In a small bowl put 1/2 cup cold water. Sprinkle 1…

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