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The Cranberry is a slender, trailing North American shrub growing in damp ground and bearing tart red berries. Along with blueberries and Concord grapes and cranberries are fruits unique to the North American continent. The use of cranberries as a food staple in Americans’ diets becomes more secure with each generation. In fact, the best…
With the arrival of 2024, the pulse of the food service and restaurant sector is changing to meet the demands of progress. Amid this forward march, two pivotal forces have emerged, reshaping palates and principles. First, embracing raw food ingredients makes it easier for customers with allergies and ethical eating requirements. Second, mushrooms ascend to…
Take anything away, but leave the pie. Americans can stand the prohibition of intoxicating drinks. But, I believe the prohibition of pie would precipitate a revolution. –David MacRae We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. –David Mamet Apple Pie And The American Revolution Nineteenth-century physician F. W. Searle,…
Human needs are far more than physical requirements. A distinguished biologist, Dan Jantzen, said human needs are “food, shelter, and sex.” If only it were that simple. Food is the most complicated of the three. What we need from our food is a vast range of nutrients. We also use food to provide feelings of security,…
Douce Ame Recipe. Take good cow’s milk and warm it in a pot. Take parsley, sage, hyssop, savory, and other good herbs. Chop them add them to the milk and cook them. Take capons, half roasted, cut them into pieces, and add pine nuts and clarified honey. Salt it color it with saffron and serve…
We have entered the era of super seeds as part of a common diet. Currently, you can find flax seeds in small markets and supermarkets everywhere. Over the past year, chia seeds have been in many new products. Popular in juice drinks and gluten-free flours. Quinoa was considered new and exciting in the 90’s and…
This is a dish with an unfortunate name but so delicious that it, nevertheless, demands a place in this book. Rapey is any spiced fruit spread. The star of the Rapey recipe is the almighty fig. Figs are one of the oldest documented fruits. Their cultivation was in Asia Minor as far back as eleven…
According to legend, in 774 Charles 1, the future Emperor Charlemagne, stopped in at the Priory of Reuil-en-Brie on his way home from defeating the Lombards. The abbot gave the king a bit of their cheese. He was so impressed that he decided to have two cartloads delivered to his palace in Aachen every year…
In the ever-evolving panorama of nosh, there lies a tropical gem. Capturing the palates and hearts of food enthusiasts and health-conscious consumers. That food is the dried mango. This sun-kissed delight is a versatile culinary player making waves in the dried fruit industry. Let’s peel back the layers of this trend to reveal why dried…
Walnut oil uses grows as the production continues to expand. The amount of walnut oil produced in the United States is about 600 tons annually. The raw material for oil pressing is divided between incredible men rejected during shelling and meat frames recovered from shells. The reflector has a slightly lower oil content (55.6%) than…