Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Weight Loss Recipes

To eat the right food during a weight loss period is not always easy.You can measure every thing before you cook or put it into your mouth but that is not necessary.Use the "plate method"

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The Sous-Chef Is an Inkjet, Printed Edible Sushi, Cooking w/Lasers, & more

Likely the only restaurant in the world with class IV lasers, InkJet Printers, Liqud Nitrogen, Helium, Superconductors, and Ion Guns in the kitchen, all to make us change how we experience food.

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End of the free recipe era: copyrighting food

From the lets-make-lawyers-more-rich detp: Megnut food blog points to a moral panic among chefs reacting to plagiarism of their recipes and presentation -- cooks who propose that they should be able to copyright food.

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Monday, October 29, 2007

Some cereals 'contain just as much sugar as a chocolate bar'

Anyone swapping a traditional cooked breakfast for a bowl of cereal for health reasons may end up eating food with as much sugar as a chocolate bar, according to a survey. Which? said that many breakfast cereals were stuffed with sugar and salt despite many being aimed at children or health-conscious shoppers.

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Cooking Up a Good Holiday Read

An award-winning wine and food writer from Texas gives his choices for the best cookbooks to give for the holidays and the reasons why these are the books to use in your kitchen. Top of the list: "How to Cook Everything." But you will also find other cookbook classics on this list. Check it before you do that last minute shopping.

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Chattanooga Foodie Tour

Brief report about where to get down home cooking (BBQ, soul food, southern cuisine, and more) in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. All the restaurants are extremely low budget options, except for the upscale (yet understated) Canyon Grill, which is still reasonably priced and very good value for money.

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Post-Peak Oil Puppy Chow

The recent pet food scare has led many people to cook for their pets. Not surprisingly, pet food companies and veterinarians are warning of the dangers of trying to feed your own pet – the former for fear of profit loss and the latter for liability reasons.However, just as we humans used to be capable of procuring our own food, so too were our pets

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BayWolf in Oakland: Go Duck Yourself!

BayWolf Restaurant in Oakland is why I personally eat out. Inventive, creative and very different food is the only reason, I believe, to go to restaurants. Without sounding snobby, I can honestly say that my fiancée and I are fairly decent cooks. If we want to eat something that we know how to make, we can stay home and cook it.

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Organic Tuscany - The healthy way - eat organically and locally in Italy

This site is for an organic cooking school in Tuscany. It promotes organic farming and cooking, reflecting the ever-growing concerns about pesticide residues and GM foods. The ingredients used on the cooking course are organic, fresh and locally produced. There are visits to organic and biodynamic farms, with meals and olive oil and wine tastings.

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Indian Spices

This site is made for some of best veg Indian food dish . read some of the best cooking recopies and enjoy the test of India.

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Family Dinner: A Man in the Kitchen: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

Father, who escapes into gourmet cooking leaves family because of wife's alcoholism. Father and son reunite years later in Italy with food being common denominator. Story's theme is excellent but it's far too elliptical and poorly constructed particularly for the New Yorker Magazine.

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Aboriginal Dreamtime Experience with Didgeridoo Music and Australian Food

Aboriginal dreamtime experience with Didgeridoo music and Australian Food. Our Australian television cooking show and the country’s only Australian cuisine promotional events company, Dining Downunder recently formed a strategic alliance with Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torrens Strait Island dance theatre, Descendance Aboriginal Dancers.

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New Reality TV show: Fat Kids Can't Hunt

A BRITISH reality television program to be filmed in Australia this winter will force fat children to hunt for food with Aborigines. If the children want to eat, they must follow the strict rules of the Aborigines, eating plants, grasses and fruits as well as trapping, killing and cooking any animals or insects they find.

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Step-By-Step Guide to Using Your Knife Like a Pro

We've all see cooks on the cable food channels, cutting, dicing and slicing like kitchen Samurai's. It's as if your kitchen knife was some strange Cuisinart Borg implant, that people like Bobby Flay and the Iron Chef ____ dude are only able to assimilate at culinary school. Well fear not my cutlery challenged here's a great step-by-step guide!

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Food Borne Illnesses - Hepatitis A

On February 14, 2007, Sports Illustrated threw a party to celebrate the launch of their 2007 Swimsuit Issue that was catered by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck’s catering service, Wolfgang Puck Catering. Unfortunately, one of the cooks for the event was infected with acute hepatitis A, and the Sports Illustrated event is merely one of 13 events ...

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How the Crack Dealer Became a Chef

Have you ever heard of Chef Jeff Henderson?Until a few weeks ago, I hadn’t either. That’s when our publicist mentioned him and his new book. (We have the same publisher.) Jeff grew up in L.A. and San Diego, became a big-time crack dealer, and was sentenced to a long term in prison, where he learned to cook and became passionate about food....

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Download Restaurant Empire - A Gastronome's Dream Come True

Starting with nothing except some cash, a passion for food and a great idea, you start by building a restaurant from the bottom up - hiring waiters, decorating, even cooking the meals. Restaurant Empire takes the art of cooking and running a restaurant to new heights. Command over 30 chefs and conquer the culinary world!

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Will Your Food Taste the same Without Trans Fat?

No more trans fats with those french fries? No problem. The city's ballyhooed ban on trans fat cooking oils in all New York restaurants — an idea that gave chefs indigestion when first proposed — seems to be going surprisingly smoothly. Across the city, most fast food chains say they've already made the switch days before the July 1 deadline, which

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Green Food Blogs Satisfy Picky Eaters

America is becoming a land of foodies. From the popularity of the Food Network and shows like Bravo's Top Chef, to the popularity of cooking gear stores like Sur La Table and Williams Sonoma, more and more of us are finding out how sublime and satisfying preparing and eating dishes at home can be. Just yesterday I lingered over a bowl of perfectly-

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Ratatouille Free

Here is an update for the movie Ratatouille. Its all free, and the quality isnt too bad either! This movie is about a rat. This rat wants to become a chef. So he secretly does… pretty disgusting that a rat is cooking up brilliant food in the kitchen, but its a feel good film, by [...]

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Niamh Jones Bikram yoga workshop: County Galway, Ireland

The cost of the course is €300 and includes accommodation and vegetarian meals.The food is cooked by Paddi the gourmet vegetarian chef who ran Seventh Heaven the well known restuarant in Galway city. A single room costs €60 extra. Suitable for beginners to intermediate, but one should be reasonably fit, as the Bikram yoga is quite dynamic.

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Back On The Chopping Block

So we’re three episodes into the second season of Top Chef and I don’t think it’s measuring up to last season quite yet. Maybe I’m just getting burned out on reality TV cooking shows through multiple seasons of Hell’s Kitchen and The Next Food Network Star and last season’s Top Chef but something about […]

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Trial by fryer | Salon Life

Chef Gaby Hamilton recounts an early lesson on running a restaurant and being a chef. Well-written as usual, her tales of exploding appetizers, kitchen combat, and foolhardy flight-by-the-seat-of-her-whites will echo for anyone who has ever worked a kitchen, and amuse everyone with an interest in food and cooking.

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Gordon Ramsay - Does all that Bad Language affect the taste of the Food?

I love watching celebrity chefs on TV. Hugh Fearnley-Wearnley is a favourite, as was Nigella when she was still cooking. Gordon Ramsay, though, just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Obviousl...

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Backyard Chefs Fired Up Over Infrared Grill

With the expiration of a key patent, major gas-grill manufacturers have scrambled to bring infrared cooking to the masses. The grills are still powered by propane and have traditional gas burners that heat mostly by convection - or hot air. But they also can cook foods with radiant heat generated by one or more infrared burners.

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Yahoo Launches Yahoo Food

Yahoo launched Yahoo Food, that contains “recipes, advice from regional celebrity chefs, video cooking guides and easy-to-use Web tools.” See screenshot below.

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Health & Fitness: The Raw Vegan Food Revolution

An explanation of raw food veganism. Why are people only eating fruits and vegetables and, then, not cooking it?? Discover chef videos, podcasts, and more.

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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Bobby Flay: Egotistical Jackass

All about the hidden lies of his show, Throwdown. First of all, Food Network lies to the chefs, telling them that they want to do a show about them. At no time is Bobby Flay or a challenge mentioned. Just "we wanna do a show all about you". And once the cameras are rolling, in walks Flay - without warning - to challenge the chef to a cook-off.

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ITALIAN COOKING SCHOOLS

Would you like to learn more about cooking? Has it always been your dream to be a chef? Maybe you are not ready to take the leap yet? Maybe you are? Maybe you are not certain if you are a good cook? Maybe you just want to learn how to cook like a pro? Or maybe you have always loved Italian food and can make a great spaghetti dish that leaves your f

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Hell's Kitchen 2007 Loses Another Chef and Food Network's 2007 Star Begins

Here's the weekly review of Food Network's "The Next Food Network Star" 2007 and Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" 2007.Lots of pics, and VIDEO, you'll find nowhere else on the Internet and a wannabe cook's review of all the action.Also we peeked into "The Next Best Thing" and got some notes and pics from the world of celebrity lookalikes.

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Speedy meals for time-poor chefs

Gill Levett was just like many of us – she wanted to cook healthy, tasty meals for her family but ended up relying on convenience foods just because – well, you do, don’t you? One day, after seeing a ‘well known celebrity chef’ on TV extolling the virtues of trying something new, she decided that she was going to REALLY try something different...

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Cooking Tips For Outdoor Chefs

Outdoor cooking isn't for everyone. It takes a person who is willing to put his reputation as a grilling superstar on the line each time he lights a gas grill or tosses a match onto a flammable pile of charcoal. that the people he feeds will appreciate the food he has cooked. Each time he (or she) steps out of his home into his back yard, armed wit

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McDonald's Fry Cook Watches Too Much Hell's Kitchen, Coworkers Blanched

VILLANOVA, NM - Villanova east city mall McDonald's fry chef Andrea Popp, apparently obsessed with recalcitrant "Hell's Kitchen" pop-star Chef Gordon Ramsay, promised to "shake her franchise owned fast food restaurant to the Draconian core." Rattled and unamused coworkers explain.

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Cooking Mama

This cute cooking game uses the touchscreen of the Nintendo DS to let you cook meals. Playing as a female chef, you have to prepare the food (slicing the vegetables, slicing the meat), then cook it on the stove. Use the stylus as their master kitchen tool to chop, slice, pan fry, knead, grate, mash, peel and more. With touchscreen play, you can do

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Passion For Food And Life ( I aint no Chef but I sure love to Cook)

A place to share recipes, cooking tips, healthy eating, lifestyle. Also educational story telling through Teddie Tailers. Come and watch and give us your feedback. We're new at this and we aim to improve as we do more shoots.

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Look cool while you're cooking

This post and video explain how to flip food around in your pan like a professional chef. Like the guy says, "Look like a stud at dinner parties". It's all in the wrist, baby.

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Food ingredients essential for healthy cooking

wow, its all i can say after reading this. a chef gives a list of the necessary HEALTHY ingredients for a healthy cooking lifestyle. VERY informative and helpful.

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Food trends sprouting at Virginia farmers’ markets

Americans are changing their eating habits. They are dining in, trying new foods and new recipes, eating healthier and searching for the freshest ingredients. Celebrity chefs are encouraging more adventuresome cooking.

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Grilling Tips with Celebrity Chef Jon Ashton!

"Celebrity Chef and TV Personality Jon Ashton Provides Unique Tips to Thrillthe Grill This Summer and Announces a Nationwide Cooking ChallengeSummer time is just around the corner, and that means it's time to dust off the grill and release your inner-chef! Steaks, hamburgers, chicken and hot dogs consistently top the list of foods that Americans gr

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Four Simple Chef Secrets For Cooking Up Success

Ever wonder what makes professional chefs' food taste so good? Sure, they have great kitchens and tools and an army of people helping them, but more importantly they know lots of great steps to make food more special. These simple shortcuts will help you add great flavor when you cook, and might even save you some time and money!

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Ayurvedic Cooking - organic vegetarian Indian health food

Looking for a healthy alternative for your personal chef or catering needs? Interested in learning about the health benefits of vegetarian Indian (Ayurvedic) cooking? Need authentic Indian herbs, spices and supplies? Whatever your Indian cooking needs, for personal and experienced assistance, Vedic Cooking is the answer.

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A WFT Reader Asks: “Why no African American Cooks on the Network?”

Help us discover the answer to why there is a lack of African American chefs on the Food Network.

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Mario Batali and Gwyneth Paltrow in the Kitchen Together

The unusual combination of Food Network (the Iron Chef)'s Mario Batali, and Academy Award winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow team up to explore Spain, cook, enjoy the food, and spend time together.

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Audi Cooking

Observer Food Monthly and the Audi A6 have teamed up to present four films with the four most revolutionary young chefs in the country using cutting-edge philosophies of food, innovative technology and techniques to re-define our concept of food and some classic British menus.

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Celebrity Chef - Winter Barbecue

Celebrity health food chef Bethenny Frankel hosts a Winter BBQsponsored by Diet.com. Bethenny has cooked for celebrityA-listers such as Paris and Nikki Hilton, Mariska Hargitay and Anne Heche. Bethenny was the runner-up of The Apprentice: Martha Stewart show.

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Chef, ready to take a gamble? Sign Up for 'Food Poker'

Cooking right now in the BBC Idea Kitchen is Food Poker. They seem to be recruiting cheering (jeering) audiences rather than chefs actually.Chefs might already be fighting for a spot on the show. They are the new Pop Stars after all or so they think.

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Dominick Evans’ Top Five Chefs who can Cook for Me from Food Network

The Top Five Chefs you want to eat food from on the Food Network.

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Ratatouille (2007)

Remy is a rat, constantly risking life in an expensive French restaurant because of his love of good food, as well as a desire to become a chef. Yet, obviously, this is a rather tough dream for a rat. But opportunity knocks when a young boy, who desperately needs to keep his job at the restaurant, despite his lack of cooking abilities

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Crazy celebrity chef cooking a tortialla with a Steam Iron

This guy is actually cooking the food on TV with an Iron? Seen a lot of crazy stuff on cook shows but this has gotta top it all! Wack

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iCooking.TV - video guided channel TV about cooking

iCooking.TV is a unique website devoted to all things about food with a video demonstrations, celebrity chefs and hosts, cooking techniques.Simply all about cooking.

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iFoods.tv - Not 'Facebook for Foodies' But a Good Web Cooking Show

This week chef to the stars Niall Harbison launched a social network aimed a food lovers, iFoods.tv.

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Molto Mario leaves Food Network

Mario Batali is leaving Iron Chef America after network executives decided to chop his cooking shows.

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Chef JoAnna

Can't wait to get live cooking help and talk food with Chef JoAnna.

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French Cooking made easy

French food is always elegant and refined. The masterpieces of royal cooks have become a signature in French cooking. The world’s greatest chefs were masters of French cooking or cuisine. French cuisine is also noted for the diverse food preparation coming from the 26 different French regions. French cooking and techniques have greatly..

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Favorite Steak House in Town

I have been an avid Chef ever since I moved off to college. My parents never taught me how to cook when I was a kid, so I was pretty unprepared for living on my own. Once I learned, however, I took to it like a duck to water. In general – unlike most gourmet food fans – I prefer to cook almost exclusively at home. I very rarely eat at restaurants..

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Cooking with Alice Waters: California Food Revolutionary

Alice Waters is one of the best-known American chefs since the 1970s. She has been credited with creating a culinary revolution in the U.S. In 1971, she founded Chez Panisse, the original "California Cuisine" restaurant in Berkeley, Cal. This article is about the experience of cooking lunch with Ms. Waters. Photographs and a video are included.

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Pennsylvania Culinary Institute

Students entering Le Cordon Bleu program at the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute will be trained in the finest disciplines necessary to begin a culinary career path toward success in the food services world. Graduates from the Culinary Institute are ready to enter the cooking industry as a caterer, baker, cook, chef, or pastry chef.

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NEW PHOTOS! Hottie Chef Giada de Laurentiis of Food Network In Hawaii

Look … gotta be honest with ya here. The only reason these photos are getting posted are because hottie GIADA DE LAURENTIIS has the ability to take grown men turn to the Food Network to learn how to cook. It’s an amazing, mystical power she has. No chance she eats though - have you ever seen a cook with a figure like that? More pics of Giada ...

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What is “Mise En Place”?

You probably heard this term before. Watching a cooking show or maybe as a staff worker in a food service establishment. This term makes or breaks a professional cook. This shows the Executive Chef if their new cook knows what the hell they are doing. Mise En Place basically means...

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Why didn't I think of that? "What are you hungry for?" IPTVRecipes.com

IPTVRecipes is _the_ place you've been waiting for - serving up food lovers needs. Home cooks, professional chefs, and food-related businesses have a divine cooking social network, all user-generated, for free. Broadcast your favorite "comfort food" videos through your personal MyKitchen (soon, straight to your home TV)!

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Super Mazipanario! - Mario and friends in marzipan- A twist on tradition

Marzipan has been used for centuries in countries around the world to make elaborate characters, fruits, objects that are both amazing to look at and edible. Well, check out this food blogger's take on cooking with marzipan. She admits that the princess must have been eating her own gingerbread cottage as she is a bit "thicker" than in the game.

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Free Stand O'Food download game | No Stand O'Food full cracks or serials -

Keep the line moving as customers and orders start piling up. Slap together burgers and cook up some bacon as quickly as you can! But it's not all about speed. You've also got to plan ahead. Put the sandwiches together in the correct sequence, and set yourself up so you can make the next sandwich without difficulty. Stand O' Food will satisfy all o

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Be like a McDonalds in a Stand O'Food Game

Keep the line moving as customers and orders start piling up. Slap together burgers and cook up some bacon as quickly as you can! But it's not all about speed. You've also got to plan ahead. Put the sandwiches together in the correct sequence, and set yourself up so you can make the next sandwich without difficulty. More in new Stand O'Food Game!

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Worst Wii game ever gets an equally fun contest in New York

Cooking Mama was fun on DS, but bringing it to the Wii as a stand alone cooking game? Come on Nintendo, give us a complete Harvest Moon Wii game with cooking implemented, what a waste of fifty bucks. There's a cooking challenge contest in New York where they'll give away food and a free copy. I expect a line of 300 Spartan starving hobos.

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Blogs Touch Lives

Blogs touch others by stimulating their intellectual interest, building relationship, influencing others on issues ranging from simple blogging tools, monetizing a blog, gaming, foods and cooking, to serious stuffs like career and business and to the most serious life issues like marriage, parenting, faith, unbelief, etc.

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Restaurant Empire Game at BD Studio Games!

Restaurant Empire: A gastronome's dream come true! Starting with nothing except some cash, a passion for food and a great idea, you start by building a restaurant from the bottom up - hiring waiters, decorating, even cooking the meals. Restaurant Empire takes the art of cooking and running a restaurant to new heights.

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Honeymoon To Start Your Marriage Right

The twosome on a honeymoon together should want for nothing if they did their proper planning and chose an ideal resort area. However one enjoys their food cooked can be accommodated by the world-class chefs of popular honeymoon resorts around the world. It does not appear like much at the time, but any small trip may do for a honeymoon as long...

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Freezer Friendly Tips

Eating properly takes a lot of effort, so I'm always looking for things that will save time in the kitchen. One of the biggest timesavers is simple. Cook double and triple recipes, then freeze individual servings for later. Not everything can be frozen, so here's a lesson on what freezing does to food and tips on how to freeze foods successfully.

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Cooking Barbecued Food Properly

Thinking of a barbeque this summer, there are a few simple safty tips to remember! So before you turn your thoughts to having barbeques and parties, inviting family and friends over to share the beautiful summer weather and some food. We need to be aware of how to correctly cook the food, and ensure that all meat on the barbeque is cooked properly

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The Power Of Even Heat Distribution

The Power Of Even Heat Distribution by Robyn Cook - When the time comes to invest in new cookware, consider the importance and power of even heat distribution. Even heat distribution can not only help to ensure that you save on energy costs but also that your foods are cooked properly.What comp

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How To Make Crispy Hash Browns with a Fried Egg

Hash browns almost seems like the forgotten comfort food. Maybe because really good ones are difficult to come across, or at least they can be tricky to make yourself. If you don't take your time, they won't cook properly; if you cut them too large they'll take forever; if you utilize a skillet or cast iron pan and skimp on the fat, they will stick

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Avoiding Holiday Emergency Room Visits from Food Poisoning

Taking extra care while cooking for your family during the holidays will avoid making costly painful emergency visits to the doctors or hospital due to food poisoning. Follow directions and as always ask for help if you need information to properly cook and serve your family this season.

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China develops first cooking robot

I've been tracking this field for years, finally the first proper cooking robot has been unveiled! This one is about the size of a refrigerator, can cook thousands of Chinese dishes, and will go on sale in 2007. Initially it's intended to be used for fast food, but will eventually be available for home use. (no photo)

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Saturday, October 27, 2007

Restaurant Empire Game

A gastronome's dream come true! Starting with nothing except some cash, a passion for food and a great idea, you start by building a restaurant from the bottom up - hiring waiters, decorating, even cooking the meals.

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Food Word of the Day Game - Play & Learn New Cooking & Food Terms

Check out this fun new food game on Find More Facts. You can play and learn lots of new cooking and food words. It's a lot of fun!

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Lovely cooking, Delicious food!

Something awesome to soothe your eyes and water your mouth. Something different to taste. This site seems to have some novel dishes, some useful information and ideas to make your food taste better! Have a look! Too bad there isn't a "food" category in Digg :-)

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5 Bits of Advice I Wish All My Friends Would Heed

I’ve long believed that healthy doesn’t have to be ho-hum and delicious doesn’t have to be over-the-top decadent. And they don't. After writing articles on health and food for Cooking Light, Health, Fitness, Prevention and other magazines, I've distilled the messages down to these five things--bits of advice I wish all my friends would heed.

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Zipties for your food

There's a new product called foodloop designed to replace butcher's twine and toothpicks in cooking. It's made of food-safe silicone, reusable and sold in packs of six for $15 US.

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Tips to Keep Cooks Out of Trouble This Holiday Season

The holidays can be a recipe for accidents in the kitchen: There's a lot of family, a lot of food and a lot of cooking to do - but not a lot of time.That's why the National Consumers League (NCL) is offering tips to keep consumers safe in the kitchen this holiday season.

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Beyonce Safe From Hepatitis A – And The Rest of the Party-Goers?

Guests to a Sports Illustrated party are faced with some unsavory effects – a risk of hepatitis A contamination because of a prep cook. Hollywood caterer Wolfgang Puck was responsible with food supplies at a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue party on Feb. 14. The event centered around this edition’s cover, graced by the beautiful Beyonce Knowles.

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Yummy for Dogs: A Cook Book for Canines - Lulu.com

Worried about all the poisons that keep turning up in commercial dog food? Here's a cookbook for safe, healthy, homemade dog food. The author donates all profits (and a lot of her time!) to animal rescue organizations.

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Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Pot Pies

Several state health departments have told ConAgra Foods Inc. its Banquet pot pies may be linked to cases of salmonella, but the company says the pies are safe if they're cooked properly.

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Cooking Up a Storm (The History of Chez Panisse)

David Kamp offers an insightful look at the history of Chez Panisse and Alice Waters, the visionary behind the renowned Berkeley restaurant that ushered in the era of California cuisine, organic cooking, and a host of related food trends that changed how everyone from chefs to adroit home cooks think about food and its preparation.

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Southasian Recipe, Home for Indian,pakistani,bangladeshi, Srilankan recipe

South Food Recipes, Indian Recipe, Indian desserts, Indian Cooking, Indian Food, and information on Indian food culture,cooking equipment, glossaries, food history,desserts.

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Tutankhamun's Cook Book - Egyptian Food

Ancient Egyptians were one of the most successful civilizations in the history of planet Earth. I've always wondered what did the Egyptian pharaohs eat. Now there's this book promising to reveal the truth. It claims to contain some real ancient Egyptian food recipes.

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A brief history of Amsterdam

Two Frisian fishermen were fishing off the coast but had caught little. They decided to land their boat and cook up the few fish they had caught. Their dog ‘hond’, she had no other name, was tired and hungry and ready for some food........

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A brief history of Amsterdam

Two Frisian fishermen were fishing off the coast but had caught little. They decided to land their boat and cook up the few fish they had caught. Their dog ‘hond’, she had no other name, was tired and hungry and ready for some food........

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Eurasian Tomato Chicken

Today I prepared Eurasian Tomato Chicken, therefore I would like to share a little about Eurasian Food. I am proud to say that the food of the Eurasian community represents the deepest blending of the cultures of Malaysia, including the influences of Malay, British East Indies, Dutch, Portuguese, Indian, Chinese and Nyonya cooking which...

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The Chinese and Exotic Food Legends

Including the delicacy: live monkey brains. "The cooks first force the monkeys in the cage to drink rice wine to make them drunk, then pull them out from the cage and bind their limbs ( to prevent them from awakening), then they chop open their skulls with a sharp knife, and then scoop out the white brains"

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Mongolian fire pot

Also known as a Chinese hot pot or steamboat (in Singapore), this is not unlike a fondue pot, in that it allows food to be cooked at the table. The design is different from that of a fondue, however, as it consists of a central funnel, which is filled with burning charcoal, surrounded by a moat in which hot stock is placed

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Chinese cook entire cow for charity

During a Food Festival in Sheng Yang China, one company boiled a 1,500 lbs cow. It was 1.3 meters long and 2.5 meters high.

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What is an msg allergy?

MSG is the acronym for Monosodium Glutamate, which is a type of food additive that is used in Asian cooking to enhance the flavor. Although most often used in Chinese food, it is used throughout most other Asian cultures. For people with an MSG allergy, the symptoms could range from mild to serious. Typically, if a person has sensitivity to MSG...

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The Last Chinese Chef and Technology

Things like food and porcelain are so old hat now that we rarely think of the technology behind them and the significant discoveries that have gone into the centuries long developments that we enjoy everyday. This interview discusses the technology of Chinese cooking and the role in plays in Mones' novel.

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Robot Cooks Chinese Food

"You want eggroll wit dat?" Chinese company Fanxing Science and Technology Co. Ltd in Shenzhen has invested four years and more than 2 million yuan (about 250,000 U.S. dollars)developing a robot that cooks perfect Chinese food. Called the AIC or AI Cooking Robot, the automatic kitchen can do.

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How to Cook Chinese Food with Videos

Instructions on How to Cook Chinese food with Videos.

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What do Black Chicken have to do with country loving in Beijing?

Black chicken the newly discovered antioxidant rich Chinese food cooked in a video about country loving in Beijing.

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Retain The Culture With A Chinese Cooking Wok

The experience of cooking Chinese food can be fun with the use of proper cooking utensils. People have now realized the importance of cooking Chinese dishes with traditional utensils allowing them to re-creating the exact flavor...

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Ginger Sesame Hakka Noodles Recipe

An introduction to the fusion of Chinese and Indian food, also known as Hakka cuisine, followed by a recipe for Ginger-sesame Hakka Noodles. Written by Nandita, a qualified medical doctor who enjoys cooking and writing in her spare time.

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Filipino Recipes - Why they are special

Filipino food are not very popular when compared to other Asian food like Chinese or Japanese. But that shouldn't be the case. Filipino food are a delight to have and so easy to cook. Find out how.

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Chinese Food Recipes

Cooking Chinese Food

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Learn to cook chinese food:The best mentation-pineapple -olla rice

Our city is expanding everlastingly while our transportation is getting more and more congested.we are getting used to having food and water bec we probablely will be caught in a jam for 2 or 3 hours

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Food & Cooking : preparing hakka noodles

a cool recepie of cooking hakka noodles being shown at a chinese restaurant

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Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems.

Traditionally, Wikipedia supporters have responded to criticism in one of several ways. The commonest is: If you don't like an entry, you can fix it yourself. Which is rather like going to a restaurant for a date, being served terrible food, and then being told by the waiter where to find the kitchen. But did you come out to cook a meal?

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PETA TO AL GORE: YOU CAN’T BE A MEAT-EATING ENVIRONMENTALIST

The Most ‘Inconvenient Truth’: According to U.N., Animals Raised for Food Generate More Greenhouse Gases Than All Cars and Trucks Combined. PETA sent a letter to former vice president Al Gore explaining to him that the best way to fight global warming is to go vegetarian and offering to cook him faux "fried chicken".

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5 Things Your Caterer Won’t Tell You

Here are the top 5 things that your caterer will NEVER disclose to you... 1. “WE RELY ON THE ‘FULLPLATE’ THEORY”... 2. “THERE’S A TRICK TO LAYING OUT THE FOOD"... 3. “STARTERS AND LESS IS THE WAY TO GO”... 4. “WE COOK UNDER GROSS CONDITIONS”.... 5. “WHO SAID WE WERE GOOD AT MATH?”

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Fun ideas to teach even young kids about healthy eating and cooking

In light of the growing epidemic of childhood obesity and diabetes, many parents wonder how to teach kids healthy eating habits with preaching. One practical way is to involve them in the kitchen and show them healthy foods can be delicious, fun to make and don't come in a paper bag....

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For Easter day: Easter Basket

Easter is only a short while away and Johanna at The Passionate Cook invites us to blog about Easter, Easter baskets, Spring, Passover and all the other ways that we celebrate the end of winter and the coming of new life. Well, that’s the theme of Waiter There is Something in My…Easter Basket, but the focus is food. My basket holds brightly colored

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Possible Long Term Effects From Processed Foods

With all the hustle and bustle of juggling our jobs, along with making sure the children and the rest of the family is fed, the easiest way of course is to keep the freezer filled with diverse frozen dinners. With homework, transportation to and from school activities and maybe diverse sports, there is not much time to cook dinner.

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Contaminated Water At Lejeune Suspected In Death and Illness

The government for failed to protect marines and their families from an enemy that invaded their lives in a most intimate way: through the water that quenched their thirst, cooked their food and filled their bathtubs every day. U.S. health officials here in Atlanta hope to finish a long-awaited study by year's end to examine whether the water

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An Enemy that Fulfilled their Thirst but Killed them

Thousands of Marines and their families went to serve their country at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune. Many wound up fighting it, blaming the government for failing to protect them from an enemy that invaded their lives in a most intimate way: through the water that quenched their thirst, cooked their food and filled their bathtubs every day

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Chicken Parmesan Polenta

I love Italian food, but pasta sort of works my last nerve. I spend all this time preparing and cooking it, and three bites later, I am completely full for 20 minutes or so. It pisses me off. Screw you, pasta, and the noodle horse you rode in on. I have also been looking for a healthier way to make crispy and bread

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Saving the world, over lunch

The Sydney Morning Herald brought together environmental scientist Tim Flannery and Margaret Fulton, a cookery writer, over an organic lunch cooked by chef Justin North at Becasse. A discussion, over a meal, is a great way to consider the big issues facing Australian food production, and giving them a human dimension. I suggest a new food guide.

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Brightcove - iFoods - Cooking the perfect Fish

This is an cool way of cooking that i found on a video on brightcove

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Bali Cooking Class

Bali cooking is a creative process that is simple and a lot of fun. In Anika Balinese Cooking Class, you will learn the techniques and become familiar with the fresh herbs, spices, and other ingredients that make Balinese food delightfully tasty as well as nutritious and cleansing. Over the day we will explore different ways to blend and balance th

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Filling The Freezer -Getting Through Cooking Day

Make plans for your cooking day so that you can fill your freezer with tasty dishes that your family will and that will make daily cooking a breeze. Bulk cooking is a very popular way to save time and money when it comes to food preperation. You usually use more whole foods in bulk cooking so it is healthier for your family.

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The Cook's Thesaurus

Cooking a meal and missing some ingredients OR too cheap to buy the good stuff? Its a food mod!Check here to see what you can substitute.

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Ten pet-food "healthy" recipes that you can cook at home.

Carefully screened "healthy" pet-food recipes for dogs and cats. There are no raw ingredients, everything is cooked. No cream, butter, or sugar. Several recipes suggest canned items but most are fresh ingredients. If you're really into it, substitute organic.

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Wheat and Bread Recipes

Inasmuch as hulled, or whole, wheat requires very little preparation for the market, it is a comparatively cheap food. It is used almost exclusively as a breakfast cereal, but serves as a good substitute for hominy or rice. Although, as has been mentioned, it requires long cooking, its preparation for the table is so simple.

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Pinoy Ingredient Substitutes

Have you ever wanted to try a new recipe with hard-to-find ingredients? Discover practical Pinoy substitutes for your cooking needs. Get it first from the Nestle Club, your guide to good food and good life. Here's something to get you started: Water chestnuts->Singkamas, Lime or Lemon->Calamansi, Saffron->Atchuete or Kasubha. Happy cooking!

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Friday, October 26, 2007

Secrets To a Pomodoro: REVEALED!!

Many people ask me what makes italian food awesome.Actually, no one asks me, but they should. The answer is: Simplicity. Fresh ingredients cooked in a simple way. There you go.So when you look on the side of you jar of tomato sauce and see 18 ingredients, you can consider yourself a sucker. A simple pomodoro sauce is a thing of beauty...

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Ah, spicy food. Is there anything better than this?

Ah, spicy food. Is there anything better than a spicy meal, especially when it’s homemade? There is no one around to tell you that it’s too hot, no overly-cautious cook afraid to add too much piquant, and no one to watch as you sweat bullets and gulp down your molten concoction just the way you like it.

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Top Ten Reasons Not to Eat Food Cooked in a Microwave Oven!

Scientific evidence proves that the general obesity in this country, the lack of energy, and INCREASED CANCER along with all the new “designer diseases” ( Erectile Dysfunction est. ) can be traced in part (quite possibly a very large part) to our habit of eating food cooked in microwave ovens as the “lazy mans” way out of a little extra work!

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A healthier way of living with raw foods

As we all know, the life of our body is the totality of the lives of our individual cells, and that only lively cells make a lively body. For a cell to be lively it needs first to be healthy, and this depends entirely on the way we consume our food. The latest research has shown that consuming raw foods is a healthier choice than cooking it and tha

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The new Hybrid Microwave.

Sanyo is already pretty big on induction heating (IH), but the company seems to think it has found an even better way to speed up cook times while still producing food that's (presumably) edible, announcing what it claims to be the "world's first" microwave / IH oven hybrid.

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Black & Decker 4 Quart Food Steamer for only $19.99!

Cook Veggies the Healthy Way with this Black & Decker 4-qt. Steamer. Ideal for Wholesome Cooking - No Added Fats or Calories. Features Built-In Flavor Scenter Screen, Divider to Steam 2 Foods at Once. 75-min. Timer with Auto-Off. Keeps rice, veggies, & meat warm for up to 12 hours!

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Fast food revelation

It tastes good, so what's the prob? Well, fast foods are often heavily processed. And many eat-in restaurants aren't any more healthful than fast-food places. Most chain restaurants cook foods in a way similar to boxy burger or taco joints.

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Bacon Vodka? Oh my God, that's disgusting. (loads of pics!)

An anonymous denizen of 4chan's food and cooking imageboard goes where no woman has gone before in an attempt to make bacon-flavored vodka, and takes pics every step of the way. The results may surprise you.

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The Worst Service in The USA?

Sun Sentinel Reviews April 1, 2007BobSunrise, FLWay way overpriced, dirty, rude & lousy service, long waits for food, food not properly cooked as in burnt on the outside, raw in the center burgers - “Best Burgers in Town” - Ha! I came here 15 years ago and it hasn’t changed one bit - Still the “Biggest cesspool in Town” - the locals who thi

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Homestyle Cooking - Eating At Home Is Healther Than Eating Out

Our planet seems to have turned into a fast food junk yard. The ingredients used in our restaurants would shock us if we knew what they were. More and more people eat out than ever before either because they have no time to cook, or they're to lazy. It's time to control what we eat and the best way to do that is with a good home cooked meal.

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Pizza in your La Jolla Backyard!

We are always looking for a unique way to cook in our La Jolla Backyard. Pizza is always a popular food. We could always get take out, but there is something really special about making your own!

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The Importance of Meal Planning

If you have a social life or a family to take care of let alone a full or even part-time job consider the ways that meal planning can help improve your life. Meal planning in advance can save you time cooking time spent in the food market and the amount of food that was left in the refrigerator after the meal is done. Here are some ways in which me

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CES Gaming update: Cooking with the Wii

Set it and forget it? No way, cooking becomes a series of mini games with Cooking Mama:Cook Off, which adds several new recipes, foods, and even multi player battles (though you must provide your own Iron Chef style introductions) as a semi-sequel to the DS title which has been out since September.

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Is This Any Way to Help the Homeless?

Mary Baker and Ruth Neikirk love to cook. What's more, they love to cook for poor people. They do it frequently, preparing meals at home and bringing them to their church . The people they cook for love it too. But there's a problem. It was "criminal activity." Mary and Ruth are actually preparing food and serving it to people! Without a license!

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Eating to prevent Cancer:

This article give a list of the healthy foods that can help prevent cancers and other chronic illnesses; it also gives suggestions on the best way to cook and store foods and what to avoid.

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i pod, i tunes, i phone and now...... i Foods

a revolutionairy new way for anybody to learn to cook, this should change the way we lead our lives.

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Let Kids Play with Their Food

A fun and creative way to get kids to eat nutritious foods - create sandwich people with hard boiled eggs for heads and other food items for body parts. Kids love cooking up fun in the kitchen.

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Bamboo Extract Helps Eliminate Carcinogens in Fried Foods

Chinese scientists report finding a way to diminish the development of acrylamide—a potential carcinogen—in baked and fried foods: Dip them in an extract of bamboo leaves prior to cooking....my french fries have been carcinogenic all this time?

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When Good Food Goes Bad

Almost any food can be healthy or unhealthy, depending on the way that food is processed and cooked. The key is to use some common sense and a little restraint. Here are five foods that have been branded as bad for you, that can be part of a healthy diet.

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microwave oven+explosions+lightning= A fun way to spend Friday nights!!!

This is a page full of stuff you can do with microwaves, besides cook food.

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Food Hacking - Cooking Meets Science in Weird Ways

Food Hacking, or molecular gastronomy, involves things like nitrous oxide siphons, edible printer inks, lasers and a lot of liquid nitrogen. If you happen to be in Chicago, there is a GREAT restaurant recommendation, too.

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iFoods........A new way to cook

not in over 100 years has there been a revolution in cooking like this

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Quick Food

Leek Soup with Toasted Swiss Croutonseasy way to cook breakfast!

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iFoods.....South Beach Diet Video recipes

The growing popularity of iFoods as a way to cook is being embraced by all, now they have diet videos as well

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French Cooking Lessons from iCooking.org

They say that the way to your lover's heart is through their stomach. The easy path is through French Cooking, indeed. French cooking isn't just about eating food. It's about the celebration of love for food. I once cooked a french based meal, fit for a queen, for my girlfriend and needless to say, she instantly fell in love with me.

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A Beginners Guide to Chinese Cookery

To help you on your way to cooking Chinese food at home, I’m going to briefly describe the basic equipment, ingredients and techniques which you need to know so that you can produce some simple and tasty dishes. I hope you enjoy the article and that it inspires you to get cooking!

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The Fun Way to Cook Lessons

Cooking can be learned very easily by watching cooking lesson videos. Discover new ways of cooking techniques from world chef experts. Home food can be very special so it's really good to learn these things

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Weekend Web Review: SolarCooking.org -- A Free Resource for a Free Fuel

"Solar cooking is the simplest, safest, most convenient way to cook food without consuming fuels or heating up the kitchen."

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How to Boil an Egg in a Paper Cup

Ingenious ways to cook breakfast foods are welcomed when one is camping. This recipe will help you to stay satisfied while allowing you to bring one less cooking utensil.

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Hard Gay & The Cooking Show

"Our Hard Gay decides that it's time to cook healthy food his way and shows us how to get it in kid's stomachs. For more go to http://www.hard-gay.org"

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Food & Cooking : cooking the perfect basmati rice

a very easy and convenient way to cook the best basmati rice.

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How to cook healthy foods the organic way?

You hear about foods in the grocery stores that are no longer health for you . You hear about the amounts of pesticides used in the process of growing produce. You hear the amount hormones, and antibiotics used raise poultry and cattle. All these chemicals, and artificial ingredients must be bad for you.

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Cute Japanese Bento Lunch Boxes [pics]

Bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables as a side dish. Bento can be very elaborate, aesthetically pleasing cuisine arrangements. Often the food is arranged in such a way as to resemble other objects: dolls, flo

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Microwaves vs. Ovens: What’s the Greenest Way to Heat Your Food?

You might have several appliances available in your kitchen that can cook, but which one you choose—and how you use it—can have a significant impact o

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How to Cook Tilapia fillets

Do you want to know how to cook Tilapia? You dont have to be an expert cook! This is a really easy way to get the omega 3 rich food into your diet. Try this you will like it!

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Lasagna cooked in dishwasher recipe

I’ve seen recipes for cooking food in your engine block, which requires leaving the house, spending twenty bucks in gas to drive far enough to cook something, ingesting fumes trapped in your food, and destroying the environment with that carbon emitting planet death trap called a car. That requires way too much work and going outside, this [...]

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How To Cook Food on Your Car Engine

Have you ever watched a movie where people cooked food with their car? An easy way to do this is to place a piece of meat directly on your motor and watch it cook, but it probably won't taste right. Here is how you can cook food with your car in way that will actually make you want to try it out.

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Total Chef Convection Oven Cooks Its Magic For You!

When cooking with the Magic Chef Oven you can quickly and easily cook nutritious foods for your family by simply turning a dial and pushing a button. That’s all you have to do, the Total Chef Oven does all the rest for you. Due to the way it cooks, you will never have to add oils or fats as you would if you were cooking on the stovetop...

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Science and food mix in molecular cooking

Pino Maffeo throws on plastic safety goggles and vanishes in a puff of smoke as he pours liquid nitrogen out of a large metallic canister. But appearances aside, Maffeo is no mad scientist.

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Genetically modified spud healthier

Biologists in Idaho are hoping their breakthrough potato, which they say delivers superior taste and health benefits, will quell suspicions about the safety of genetically modified foods. Researchers say the altered potato's gene structure will rebuff acrylamides, a natural byproduct that is produced when starchy foods are cooked at high temps.

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Poison From The Sea

Are you a seafood lover? If so you could unknowingly be served up a plate of parasites, toxins, and mercury with that delectable lobster dish or tasty shrimp scampi. Mercury toxin in fish cannot be destroyed by cooking or freezing the fish, but there are some foods from the sea that carry less of a risk than others. Read on for seafood safety tips.

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Spectroscopy on the go with new, portable tech

Chemical sniffing device uses water, handheld computer. Purdue University has helped develop a handheld sniffing system that can detect bacteria, drugs or any other residue of interest. Applications range from food safety to homeland security. In this video provided by Purdue, analytical chemist Graham Cooks explains DESI (Desorption Electrospray

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The power and glory of the five-second rule

Who could resist a painstaking scientific study investigating whether the safety claims of the "five-second rule" are grounded in measurable reality? Not Harold McGee, author of the fabulous "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen,"

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Teach Your Children To Cook The Easy Way

How to make life easy for yourself when your children want to do cooking. It's an amazing way to teach youngsters basic cookery skills including kitchen safety, food handling and hygiene.

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Tank Johnson Spent $700 on Junk Food - SportsWrap Interviews Tank Johnson

Did you ever wonder how Tank Johnson earned his nickname? Me neither, but just in case there was any doubt, reporters at the Chicago Sun-Times dug up some grub (pardon the pun) about his eating habits during his 60 days in the Cook County jail. Specifically, he spent $665 at the jail commissary on the following:Food….QuantityBeef sticks….162

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Hand made cat food

This is the meal that you prepare yourself at home from ingredients such as meat that you cook, rice and vegetables. While you can easily control the quality of its ingredients, you can never be entirely sure of its nutritional balance, nor provide sufficient quantities of all the nutrients that your kitten needs to be growing, such as minerals and

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Dinner Impossible takes Chef Robert out to the Ballgame

A television review of the season opener of Food Network's hit show, Dinner Impossible. Chef Irvine gets one heckuva "impossible" challenge when he has to cook for 200 policemen and their friends by the seventh inning stretch at a Chicago White Sox game.

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H K Cafe - Online Flash Game

This is a fun simulation game, you need to serve the cooked food to the customers, don't take to long or they will get angry.

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Something to whip up in the kitchen

Discusses a new web 2.0 food/cooking/recipe site that allows you to find recipes based on the groceries you already have at home. Search results return with recipes ranked by the % of ingredients you already have.

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The World's Healthiest Foods

"Our purpose is to provide you with unbiased scientific information about how nutrient-rich World's Healthiest Foods can promote vibrant health and energy and fit your personal needs and busy lifestyle." Site includes tips for cooking healthy, eating healthy. And the most refreshing part... it's actually based on science.

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BakeSpace.com Earns Webby Award Official Honoree Distinction

BakeSpace.com -- the first true social networking site for people who are passionate about food, cooking and the culinary lifestyle -- has been named a 2007 Webby Award "Official Honoree." BakeSpace was the only food-oriented site recognized in the popular Social Networking category.

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How To Cook Filipino Adobo Alloha

The Philippines are a magnificent country to visit. They are well known for their breathtaking white beaches, unique artistry, preserved historical sites, hospitable people and their delicious food. A unique cuisine has developed in the Philippines. Filipino food has a very exquisite taste, always using the freshest and strictly picked ingredient.

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iFoods.tv Launches!

iFoods is the new and hip way of interacting with other food lovers worldwide. Not only do you get to upload your own videos, develop your profile and prove your culinary genius to everyone but you also have the option of learning a few things from our professionally produced video cooking tutorials. An awesome site, be sure to check it out!

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Like Korean/Asian Food? Great Step by Step Illustrated Cooking Instruction

A great site I found that shows you how to cook a wide range of Korean foods. She does a great job taking pictures of the steps and explaining how to do things. Korean food is probably my favorite Asian food and now I'm able to experiment at home cooking it.

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Nice list of food and cooking related sites

From restaurants in your area, to ethnic food, to vegetarian, to chocolate, there's a lot of good stuff on the web for your palate.

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Cooking Scallops - Awesome BBQ Recipe!

Great food site with an incredible recipe for cooking scallops on the BBQ!

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Spanish Food Recipes

Good site with info on Spanish cooking

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Play video : iFoods.tv - video recipes, cooking tutorials, foodie community

just found this great recipe on a video site claiiming to be new "YouTube for Foodies"

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Nature of Food on the Web

Geeks now how to cook too, or rather they know how to organize web sites so that it can store how to do things.

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Really Useful Websites for Foodies, Bakers and Cooks

The internet is alive with multitudes of websites for anyone who loves good food. Whether you’re looking for supplies, recipes, measurement conversions, or kitchen supplies, it can all be found on the web. Here are some useful sites for anyone who loves to bake or cook.

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Create your own cooking show online?

Interesting site that launched last Wednesday.... sort of an interesting merge of old-fashioned YouTube + FoodTV. Some of this stuff works so much better when you can actually SEE what they're doing.

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iFood.TV - An Online Video and Social Network for Food Lovers

i checkes this story about ifood.tv and the site seems to be a haven for food lovers with tons of cooking and other food videos.

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Our Favorite Cooking Blogs Online

There are so many interesting and beautiful food sites out there. Here are a few which we enjoy reading. It’s a pleasure to take part in the lives of these food enthusiasts. Each one puts a lot of time and effort into their blog! Most of them write very personally and descriptive and post gorgeous photos next to their recipes. So for some ins

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Cooking For Engineers

Cooking for Engineers - food dictionary and ultimate kitchen resource for all cooks and chefs.

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Took 'Chow' the online Food Magazine with Zest of Attitude for a Test Drive

Most of us read more recipes than we actually cook. 'Chow' stopped publishing its print edition and was then acquired by CNET. It has relaunched as an online food magazine. It is currently available by invitation only. I gave them a sneak peak over the week-end, learned a few things. I like the layout and tone and plan to return for frequent visits

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Healthful fried foods?

The New York Times Sunday Magazine asserts that deep fried food, done properly, doesn’t absorb much of the cooking oil. Does that make it healthful? If you drop onion rings, shrimp or green beans into hot oil, take them out and drain them, they absorb little or no oil. But most deep-fried foods are first coated in a batter . . .

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Yahoo! eats; books on cards; spice

A new Web site for foodies of both the cooking and the dining varieties appeared last month. Yahoo! Food features archived and current content from a host of magazines, Web sites, blogs, city dining guides and lots more.

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New blog "What's New In Food"

Frederic R. Abramson, a New York Attorney, has created a new blog, What's New In Food. Each day, he cooks a recipe from one of the current issues of the major food magazines. He also provides lively commentary on the latest in cookbooks and restaurant news.

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Cooking directory, recipe resource, cooking portal, food and beverage

Supercuisine.com is a cook directory, website which brings you a lot of useful information for cook, cooking, recipe, food, cook book, healthy food, cooking magazine, beverage and more

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Toops Scoops: Young cooks look for ‘easy wow’ | Food Processing magazine

Women from different generations express themselves differently in the kitchen, according to “How America Cooks II,” a national consumer study of 1,553 women (half in the 20s and half in their 40s).

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A matter of taste - How does temperature affect the taste of food and drink

For example, white wine, tap water, Cointreau, lager and even chocolate taste much better cold. On the other hand, tea, coffee and brandy, as well as most cooked meals, taste much better warm or hot. English beer and red wine are better at room or cellar temperature. Why?

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Microwave Oven Meets Barcode

Using a bardcode scanner, this micro can automatically adjust cooking times and temperatures. It features 4000 preprogrammed items and based on what you scan, it analyzes the food and estimates appropriate settings based on what information the barcode gives it.

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Eat safe this holiday - New safety recommendations for turkey cooking

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has updated poultry cooking recommendations this year, including the recommendation that the bird be cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit, said Lynn Paul, Montana State University Extension food and nutrition specialist.

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Let's Go Raw!

When I think of “recipes”, my first thought is about “cooking”. How long to cook, at what temperature, etc. When we are talking about raw food recipes, it’s not about the “cooking”. It’s more about the ingredients and combining in such a way as to create delicious combinations of raw, living food full of nutrients and minerals.

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Whole-wheat pizza crusts get HEALTHIER when cooked longer at higher temps

Awwww Yeah!!! University of Maryland food chemists said on Monday they had found ways to enhance the antioxidant content of whole-grain wheat pizza dough by baking it longer at higher temperatures and giving the dough lots of time to rise. Then they ruined the healthiness by adding extra pepperoni, sausage and cheese.

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Rats, below temperature food cause two KFC's to close

Violations include; not stopping food from becoming contaminated, failing to keep food stored at correct temperatures, failing to keep cooking supplies and equipment sanitary, not supplying hot water to the bathroom for employees,

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Wireless BBQ Thermometer Talks Back, Enables Multi-Task Cooking

Ever wonder if your meat is cooked to the right temperature? After reading this you can stop worrying about any bacteria lingering in my food. Stop babysitting your food and start having fun with your friends and family. Relax and let this gadget do the cook for you!

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Fatty foods cooked at high heat causes dysfunction in blood vessel dilation

Fatty foods high in compounds called advanced glycation end products (AGEs) cooked at high temperatures -- such as hamburgers and french fries -- cause a short-lived but significant dysfunction in blood vessel dilation that can lead to heart disease,

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Eggs are a Special Food

You can scramble, fry, poach and bake eggs or cook them in their shells. You can use eggs to make pancakes, waffles, French toast and omelets, too. Eggs are also the main ingredient in some dishes that came to the U.S. from other countries, such as a frittata, egg foo yung, quiche or souffle.

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On Food and Cooking - Harold McGee

The Bible is to Christianity as On Food And Cooking is to Cooking. This is non-negotiable algebra. This book is not a mere cookbook in all actuality it offers very few recipes within its 900 pages. The main purpose of On Food and Cooking is to explain food. Explain how food works, and how the ingredients behave when you change certain properties. I

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Play with Your Food this November at Florida's Food Festivals

Play with your food this November at one of the many food festivals held throughout Florida. Besides the main attraction, delicious food, these events feature off-beat competitions, cooking contests, and a variety of entertainment - something for everyone in the family to enjoy!

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The chef who turned his kitchen into a chemistry lab

At Chicago's Moto restaurant, executive chef Homaro Cantu combines science and cooking into an unusual experience.Floating food with liquid nitrogen and helium. Searing steaks with lasers. Sheets of soybean paper into a Canon i560 inkjet printer. Wierd but wonderful.

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Marinade Is Soy Good for You

New research shows traditional Chinese recipes and cooking methods cut dangerous carcinogens in well-cooked and barbeque food.

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Dispelling Myths About Biodiesel, Ford Motor Company Cautions Home Methods

"It shouldn't be a surprise that a country that runs on fast food would expect their cars to do the same." The Ford Motor Company's take on people who claim to run their diesel-operated vehicles on cooking oil. Another very interesting turn in the growing interest in finding alternative energy sources.

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New Speedcook Oven

If cooking is one of your favorite pass-times then do it in a much smarter way with TurboChef’s new 30″ double wall Speedcook Oven which cooks food up to 15 times faster than conventional cooking methods. Turbo Chef uses their patented Airspeed Technology to cook delicious meals in less time. The oven cooks food evenly and thoroughly, retaining mor

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How to preserve vitamins in food while cooking?

Many foods cannot be consumed in raw and have to be cooked to make them tasty and digestible. But by the time food is cooked, several nutrient loses occur in the food.Methods of cooking:

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Safety of Microwave Ovens & Healthfulness of Microwaved Food

Microwave ovens do have benefits. They are certainly convenient. They are more energy-efficient than other cooking methods. But are they safe?

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The Case of the Dreaded Microwave and Your Food

The dangers of microwave cooking due to the havoc they reek with what little nutritional value is left in your food. People now use these as their primary method of preparing a meal…and cannot remember when they last used their oven.

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Summer Food Nutrition

Summer cooking methods are light and short, with some salt and more water (relative to the spring season). On hot days (above about 23°C), stir-fried vegetables are cooked at high temperatures and quickly. This leaves the food cooked on the outside and raw inside. On hot days you also use some salt to replace body minerals...

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barbecue

Barbecue is a method and apparatus for cooking food, often meat, with the heat and hot gases of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of charcoal and may include application of a vinegar or tomato-based sauce to the meat

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Free Weight Loss Programs

This is a good review of different free weight loss programs. It promotes the Raw Foods Diet as the healthiest weight loss program. It discusses the different cooking methods and recommends using a steamer to cook vegetables, rice, and meat. Steaming food is quick and usually takes about 7 to 15 minutes, and steaming does not add extra fat or oil.

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About the Culinary Review

In our world, food serves as nourishment, comfort and the subject of experimentation. Apart from loving food and being deeply interested in any culinary experience, whether it's preparing it or eating it, we like to approach each cooking moment as an opportunity to explore. No matter whether the ingredient is the focus or the method itself, each mo

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