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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:27:42 GMT

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chocolate peanut butter cake

Alex’s birthday was this past weekend and in case you are new here, let me give you a loose outline of a Standard Dessert Alex Politely Requests: Chocolate. Chocolate with chocolate. Chocolate with caramel. Chocolate with toffee. Chocolate with coffee. Chocolate with hazelnut cream. Chocolate with Oreos. Chocolate cheesecake with brownie chunks. Chocolate icebox cake. Chocolate with raspberries. Chocolate with white chocolate. Chocolate with dulce de leche. Chocolate with banana cake.

What, can you sense a theme or something?

This year we added one more to the chocolate cake pile: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake. Well, actually, the technical title of the cake is Sour Cream-Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting and Chocolate Peanut Butter Glaze, though it is actually a Sour Cream-Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Peanut Butter Frosting and Chocolate Peanut Butter Glaze,

Tags: chocolate, peanut butter, cake, cakes, desserts, food, recipes

13 Mexican ingredients that changed the world…

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:24:55 GMT

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Clip Source: whatscooking.us

13 Mexican ingredients that changed the world…

…or are changing the world. First I want to explain that when I say Mexican ingredients I am talking about ingredients native to the part of the world where now Mexico sits. When these ingredients were discovered/engineered/domesticated there was not a place called Mexico. That would come many centuries, and thousands of years, later. So here they are, 13 Mexican ingredients that changed the world:

Let’s start with my favorite one, cocoa. Can you imagine a world without chocolate? I wouldn’t like to live in a place like that.

Maize (Corn, Maíz) was first domesticated in what is now known as Oaxaca, Mexico, almost 9,000 years ago (according to some scientists).

vanilla

Tomatoes

Squash and all its varieties (zucchini, pumpkin, chayote, etc.)

chillies

beans

Papaya was cultivated in Mexico and Central Americ

Nopal

Annatto

Tobacco is not a food ingredient

Now it is time to introduce to you one of the best kept secrets of Mexican cuisine: huitlacoche

Tags: mexican, ingredients, food, recipes, chocolate, cooking

Is visual taste perception coloring your appetite?

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:46:48 GMT

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Clip Source: www.colourlovers.com

From casual observations of our own eating we know that the visual ‘taste’ of food can be just as important as the ingredients in a dish. But how much does your internalized color and food associations

impact what you are tasting now, and how are food producers exploiting this information to influence consumers?

Food Color Research

researchers manipulated orange juice by changing color (with food coloring), sweetness (with sugar)

or by labeling the cups with brand and quality information

brand had no effect on perceptions of taste

In contrast, the tint of the orange juice had a huge effect on the taster’s perceptions of taste. As the authors put it: “Color dominated taste.”

During one experiment in the early 1970s people were served an oddly tinted meal of steak and french fries that appeared normal beneath colored lights.

Everyone thought the meal tasted fine until the lighting was changed.

Once it became apparent that the steak was actually blue and the fries were green

some people became ill.

In pictures: From edible to incredible

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:51:10 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

In pictures: From edible to incredible

Incredibly, everything you see in this image can be found in the kitchen. Photographer Carl Warner has painstakingly captured all kinds of food in a series of still lifes.

Tags: optional. separate by commas., cooking, food

Raising a glass to pricey wine

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:00:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: An interesting wine experiment

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Wine, we know, gets better with age - but now it appears it tastes better the more it costs.

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have shown that a person's enjoyment of wine can be heightened if they are simply told that it is an expensive one.

Twenty-one volunteers were asked to sample different bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon and rate the ones they preferred.

The only information they were given was the price of the wine - but in a number of cases, they were not told the real price. In one case, the volunteers were given two identical red wines to drink and were told that one cost much less than the other.

Prestige

Expert knowledge

Appreciation

Do you buy wine just because it has an expensive label? Let us know what you think.

Tags: wine, experiment

Which Cooking Oil do we Use

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:51:01 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thaigirl.in.th

With so many different oils on the market, some people are uncertain about which one to use for shallow-frying, stir-frying, or even salad dressings. Therefore we going to try to explain the different oils and their best use.

One important tip to match the oil with the dish's origins when cooking. For example, don't make a curry using olive oil or coconut oil when making a pasta sauce. The oil you use for deep-frying should have a high smoke point, which means it can handle high heat without burning. For frying over really high heat, peanut, canola (rapeseed) or rice bran oils are the best choices, as they have particularly high smoke points, but this oils also come at a higher price tag. Refined safflower and regular sunflower oils are also good for frying.

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Funny Food

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:13:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.funniez.net

Tags: food, funny, photography, photo, photos, pics., pictures, images

The World's Healthiest Foods

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:07:04 GMT

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Clip Source: whfoods.org

130 foods that can serve as the basis of your Healthiest Way of Eating. Links to the articles about these foods can be found below.

Of course, there are many other nutritious foods other than those that we have included on our list that we feel are wonderful, health-promoting foods; if there are other whole foods - such as fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, etc - that you like, by all means enjoy them. Just because a food is not on our list doesn't mean that we don't think that it can be included in a diet geared towards the Healthiest Way of Eating as long as it is a whole, natural, nutrient-rich food.

Vegetables

Fruits

Nuts & Seeds

Grains

Spices & Herbs

Low-Fat Dairy

Fish & Seafood

Poultry & Lean Meats

Beans & Legumes

Natural Sweeteners

Other

1. The World's Healthiest Foods are the Most Nutrient Dense

2. The World's Healthiest Foods are Whole Foods

3. The World's Healthiest Foods are Familiar Foods

4. The World's Healthiest Foods are Readily Available

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The 7 Secret Foods that Only the Healthiest People in the World Eat

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:38:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Good advise for eating better......

Clip Source: www.buzzle.com

Superfood #1: Cacao (Raw Chocolate)

Superfood #2: Goji Berries

Superfood #3: Maca

Superfood #4: Raw Honey

Superfood #5: Spirulina

Superfood #6: Sea Vegetables

Superfood #7: Pumpkin Seeds and More...

There is some mystique about them, isn’t there? Imagine a food--or a group of foods--that alone can elevate moods, enrich your body with almost hundreds of minerals and taste great all at the same time?

The 7 foods I want to talk about do all this and more... and are not just the "ordinary" superfoods like the cherry, the avocado or extra virgin olive oil. These foods are from the corners of the world and they will pack a super-punch into your everyday diet.

You’ve heard the buzz about superfoods.

Tags: food, health, nutrition

How Chocolate Can Save the Planet

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:46:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Out of 330 million acres of rainforest, 7% remains - is anyone paying attention?

Clip Source: www.npr.org

The answer is found in a little piece of paradise, a patch of rainforest in eastern Brazil.

Some areas have been thinned out and planted with cacao trees — the source of chocolate

There used to be 330 million acres of rainforest in eastern Brazil, called the Mata Atlantica.

Only 7 percent of the Mata Atlantica remains, and destruction is still going on.

persuade farmers to return to chocolate farming and preserve the forest

They grow cocoa using a method called cabruca — cutting down just a few of the tall rainforest trees, and planting the mid-height cacao trees underneath.

hopes that cabruca can become part of the carbon credit market.

Farmers would then get money for preserving forest trees, as well as for their chocolate.

you could take totally abandoned land, and you could restore it to profitability after about three years

will preserving, and even replanting, some of this forest in eastern Brazil fix the Earth's climate problem? No. But in this little corner of the world, it may help.

Tags: chocolate, planet, rain forest, carbon credit, farmer, cabruca

Top 6 Healthiest Nuts

Tue, 01 May 2007 23:14:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sixwise.com

1. Walnuts

It's a great source of the healthy omega-3 essential fatty acids, which have been found to protect the heart, promote better cognitive function, and provide anti-inflammatory benefits for asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, eczema and psoriasis.

2. Almonds

Just a quarter cup of almonds contains nearly 25 percent of your needed daily value of the important nutrient magnesium, plus is rich in potassium, manganese, copper, the antioxidants vitamin E and selenium, and calcium.

3. Cashews

lower in fat than most nuts, and 65 percent of this fat is unsaturated fatty acids.

4. Pecans

excellent source of over 19 vitamins and minerals including vitamins E and A, folic acid, calcium, magnesium, copper, phosphorus, potassium, manganese, several B vitamins and zinc.

5. Brazil Nuts

These nuts are extremely nutrient-rich and contain protein, copper, niacin, magnesium, fiber, vitamin E and selenium.

6. Macadamia Nuts

high in protein, fiber, healthy monounsaturated fats, potassium and magnesium

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