Monthly Archives: March 2012

Friday Fun: Honoring Culinary Greats!

Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin

James Beard televised the very first cooking class in 1946. This brought him fame and fortune, and then in 1954, the New York Times dubbed him the “dean of American cookery.” One year later in 1955, he started the James … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: All About Chocolate!

Posted on March 16, 2012 by admin

Chocolate contains over 300 mineral properties that are beneficial to your health. White chocolate really isn’t chocolate. It’s made from cocoa butter, the substance you get by pressing cocoa beans. Cocoa butter is absent of the cocoa solids used to … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: A Little Bit of This… A Little Bit of That

Posted on March 9, 2012 by admin

A hard-boiled egg spins but a soft cooked or raw egg does not. Riviana reports that it takes 300 gallons of water to grow one pound of rice. Did you know that an ear of corn never has an odd … Continue reading →

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