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Although I do drink coffee from time to time, I consider myself a tea drinker.  There are about twenty different types of tea in my cupboard, some loose some in bags.  I prefer loose tea, but it has become increasingly hard to find outside of specialty shops.  I guess most people prefer the convenience of […]

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According to the Food Lover’s Companion a chowder is a “thick chunky seafood soup, of which clam chowder is the most well known.The name comes from the French chaudièr a cauldron n which fisherman made their stews fresh from the sea… The term is also used to describe any thick, rich soup containing chunks of […]

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OK, the final countdown to Thanksgiving has begun!  Are you ready yet?  I hope this final countdown post will help you with your final preparations, and make this the least stressful Thanksgiving you’ve ever had.  It can’t be said enough, the more you can get done ahead of time, the easier the day will be. […]

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The phrase REAL FOOD seems to be everywhere lately and I’ve started to wonder if what I think is real is the same as what other people consider real.What makes food real; or more pointedly, what make it un-real or fake?   Certainly artificial colors, flavors, and additives aren’t found in real food, but what additives […]

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I’m sure you associate tomato sauce with Italy, but tomatoes didn’t exist in Italy until after Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred ninety two.  Well, not really, as it took Columbus until his third voyage to reach South America in 1498, and his fourth to reach Central America.   Eventually he returned home […]

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