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Civet Coffee, Expensive and Rare, with no Aftertaste!

13. May 2010

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Civet Coffee, Expensive and Rare, with no Aftertaste!

One of the first things many of us ingest on a day to day basis is a cup of coffee. There are people out there that make coffee their life either by ways of a job, or in search of the perfect brew. Most of the rare coffees are up there on the list of the best coffee, but the most expensive in the world and thought to be the best by many coffee connoisseurs, is civet coffee.

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Peanut Butter Sushi?

10. May 2010

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Peanut Butter Sushi?

Peanut butter and sushi. These aren’t two types of food you see together in the same sentence. While peanut butter is pretty self explanatory (basically peanuts ground up into an incredibly yummy paste) and can be spread on all kinds of things. Sushi on the other hand is a Japanese sticky rice dish usually served with raw fish (though not always). The good people at Serious Eats have found a way to pair the two together!

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Food Photography, Friend or Foe?

7. May 2010

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Food Photography, Friend or Foe?

Photographing food can be a way to remember exactly what you ate or even a way to remember what the ingredients were in a certain dish. Food bloggers usually do this in a couple of ways, by cooking their own food and photographing it at home to show off a recipe or they go to a restaurant and photograph what they eat and write a review. Some even do it to just document what they eat instead of writing it down. Photographing food at home doesn’t really effect anyone, but what about in restaurants?

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Grow Your Own Mushrooms

6. May 2010

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Grow Your Own Mushrooms

Are you one of those people who are interested in growing as much of your food as possible? It’s pretty easy to get some herb pots going or some vegetables, but when it comes to things like mushrooms, most people think it’s not even possible. If you pick your own mushrooms, you never know what you’re going to get out in the wild, as they could be fine for you or possibly poisonous.

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A Few Ideas for Mother’s Day!

4. May 2010

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A Few Ideas for Mother’s Day!

Mother’s Day is this Sunday and we all want to do something special for that wonderful woman who has taken care of us through thick and thin. Food gifts are a great way to show Mom we care. Lets look at some great gift ideas that ideal to help celebrate what that special woman does for us every day!

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Food Tattoos, Not Just for Foodies Anymore

6. April 2010

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Food Tattoos, Not Just for Foodies Anymore

How much do you love food? Enough to eat it, sure. Enough to cook it, probably. Enough to draw or paint it, perhaps. How about enough to have it permanently on you in the form of a tattoo? Food tattoos are something that used to be only for chefs and major foodies, but now it’s growing into a bigger trend with those that aren’t the completely food obsessed!

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Cooking Technique: Crystallizing Flowers

23. March 2010

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Cooking Technique: Crystallizing Flowers

It’s spring, and although most flowers aren’t blooming yet, why not learn how we can incorporate flowers into food so we are already prepared when it’s time! Crystallized flowers are one way to not only make your decorative flowers look beautiful but also to preserve them.

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Japchae Noodles, Quick and Easy!

19. March 2010

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Japchae Noodles, Quick and Easy!

Korean food is becoming a trend a major trend in the food community. Here’s a recipe for quick and easy Korean Japchae noodles! You can make these with thin slices of beef, but this version is vegetarian and so yummy you won’t be missing your meat!

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Cheating on Food with already Prepped Food

19. March 2010

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Cheating on Food with already Prepped Food

When in the kitchen there are many things we have to do in order to prep our food before cooking it usually. When it comes to these culinary chores, people have seemed to have decided to take a culinary shortcut by getting vegetables that are already prepped such as peeled potatoes and carrots, cheese already grated or shredded, fruit already sliced. These food “cheats” are becoming more and more abundant in kitchens.

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Cheese as good as Mother’s Milk!

12. March 2010

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Cheese as good as Mother’s Milk!

On one end of the “weird” spectrum, a New York chef is making cheese that’s as good a mother’s milk! No, really! Chef Daniel Angerer and Lori Mason own Klee Brasserie, where they specialize in natural, local, and sustainable foods. They are also the parents of a newborn, which leads to the reason of how they came up with the idea for breast milk cheese.

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