tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36131699210747708382024-03-13T03:47:09.116-07:00 Food Is ImportantAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09399680475461675580noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613169921074770838.post-9985417360424008962014-08-02T08:43:00.002-07:002014-08-02T08:43:38.417-07:00Food Is Important"Course to help with food safety"<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">An upcoming food safety training
course will help explain a new Alabama law that allows anyone to sell
non-hazardous foods directly to consumers.</span></div>
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The new Alabama Cottage Food Law took effect June 1, allowing
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ly packaged and sold without inspection from a
local health department. However, for the safety of others, experts
highly recommend those interested in baking and selling from home take a
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The Alabama Cooperative Extension Service will host a food safety
class in Selma August 12 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Alagasco, located at
Highway 14 west. The class will go over how to safely produce foods in a
home and those who complete it will get a certificate of completion.</div>
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“We have about 300,000 food borne illnesses reported every year
through the Center for Disease Control so the purpose of them learning
about it is to see what they can do to prevent that from happening,”
said Janice Hall, a regional extension agent. “We don’t want them to be a
statistic.”</div>
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Anyone who makes baked good at home must put a label on their foods
that displays the person or business’ name, the address where it came
from and state the food is not inspected by the Department of Public
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“At home you don’t have the commercial sinks and the sterilizers and
all of that to make sure everything is sterilized,” Dallas County
extension agent Callie Nelson said. “So what this is going to be
training people on is steps they can take to ensure food safety in the
products that they produce.”</div>
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Among the foods that can be sold directly to consumers under the new
law are candies, jams and jellies, dried herbs, cakes, cookies,
pastries, doughnuts, danishes, breads and other baked goods. Baked goods
made with an ingredient that requires refrigeration, such as cakes with
a whipped topping, barbeque sauces and soft or hard cheeses, cannot be
sold directly to the consumer.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09399680475461675580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613169921074770838.post-38042675241486755802014-08-02T08:33:00.003-07:002014-08-02T08:33:59.970-07:00 How to begin a Body weight-loss System <div class="copy-paste-block" style="text-align: justify;">
<i><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.6em;">Dr.
Oz is a trusted name in weight loss products. Dr. Oz has referred to
Garcinia Cambogia as a miracle worker in weight loss. This has made the
originally southern Asia recognized fruit take the world by storm.
Garcinia Cambogia, which is the scientific name to this fruit from south
Asia, has made it a trusted weight loss supplement. Recommended by Dr.
Oz, it has been tested and proven as effective. Through its numerous
weight loss contribution mechanisms, those with weight problems are in a
position to lose a substantial amount of fat around the belly and
other regions of the body too.</span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.6em;">This
supplement is derived from a small yellow fruit that resembles a small
pumpkin. It is a pale green and yellow colored fruit. It was first
discovered in the Pacific Ocean region. This fruit has been used as a
dietary component among the South Asian communities for centuries thus
proving it safe for consumption. It is not until recently that it has
been scientifically tested and proven an effective weight loss
supplement. It is good to note that not all the versions of the fruit
are effective in weight loss. The same applies to the supplements made
from the fruit in the market. There are fraudulent products in the
market that are not as effective as genuine forms of this supplement.
This calls for caution when purchasing the supplement.</span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.6em;">Garcinia
Cambogia contains HCA. This agent supports weight loss in two major
ways. It stops fat cells formation process in the body by altering the
process the body converts sugar to fat in the liver. It also curbs an
individual's thus lowering the amount of hunger pangs, which are the
source of taking in excessive content that is converted to fats in the
body. As it does this, it gives the user additional health benefits
like lowered stress levels, better sleep, and improved moods. The HCA
found in the supplement also targets on the belly fat that an
individual usually accumulates over time. This belly fat is usually
hard to shed thus making the supplement effective.</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.6em;">As the
supplement decreases the cortisol and increases the serotonin levels in
the body, the user finds it easy to keep to a healthy eating routine
and in return making it easy to lose weight and maintain a desirable
body weight. Comparing experiments conducted on individuals using the
supplement to those not using the supplement reveals a 3 times greater
weight loss on those using the supplement.</span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.6em;">While actively
participating in weight loss, Garcinia Cambogia should be consumed on a
daily basis. 1500mg dosage should be consumed everyday half an hour or
an hour before taking meals. This dosage contains 50% Hydroxycitric
acid, which is the active ingredient in the supplement. The dosage also
contains minerals like calcium and potassium that plays a major role
in boosting the body's metabolism rate. This in event increases the
rate of fat burning process in the body. This supplement is purely
active ingredients and carries no filler content.</span></b></i><br />
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loss, Garcinia Cambogia should be consumed on a daily basis. 1500mg
dosage should be consumed everyday half an hour or an hour before taking
meals. This dosage contains 50% Hydroxycitric acid, which is the
active ingredient in the supplement. The dosage also contains minerals
like calcium and potassium that plays a major role in boosting the
body's metabolism rate. This in event increases the rate of fat burning
process in the body. This supplement is purely active ingredients and
carries no filler content.<span> </span></b></i></div>
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A who's who of world food history: The Daily Meal is known for its endless lists of the best of the food world. Frequently, they're pretty inconsequential. But word comes from Ruth Reichl that they are working on a list of the 10 most-important people in food history. She makes a strong case for Christopher Columbus being No. 1, because he completely changed the way the world eats. "Before his voyage there were no horses, pigs or cows on the American continent. He also took a whole slew of plants to Europe from whence they traveled to Africa and Asia. Without Columbus there'd be no tomatoes in Italy, chiles in Thailand, peanuts in Africa or potatoes in Ireland. And that's just for starters."</div>
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Because they're looking at food in the scope of world history, it's unlikely that the final list will be weighted with contemporary food voices (sorry Rachael Ray!). But it's interesting to think about people from the last century who have had a big enough impact to qualify for the cut: Julia Child; James Beard; perhaps even food advocate Michael Pollan. We'll share The Daily Meal's list when they publish it. In the meantime, who do you think ought to be on the list? Apples, or French fries?: It's no secret that all the food advertising that's aimed at children is making it harder to fight America's epidemic of childhood obesity. But nothing really prepares you for this video, in which children can't tell the difference between apple slices and French fries.</div>
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Caught in a pasta rut? Add these 5 sauces to your cooking repertoire. (Food 52) Embrace spring with these 10 ways to make your kitchen feel lighter, brighter and fresher. (The Kitchn) Rev up your workout with 4 snacks that will help burn fat. (Active) Make it tonight: Earlier this week, we shared a collection of some of Foodday's favorite asparagus recipes. Of course, only later did we remember this spectacular recipe for gluten-free Asparagus Soup With Orange Gremolata from Portland food writer Laura B. Russell. It can easily be made vegan with the substitution of vegetable broth for the chicken broth, and the omission of the cheese garnish. Either way, it's perfect for a spring supper.</div>
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A new restaurant in downtown Bradenton will be a little bit of Viva La France and Cuba Libre with a side of Opa. Restaurateur John "Yanni" Zouroudis plans to open The Connection at 1207 Third Ave. W. next week at the former location of Havana Cabana Dos and Lucky Dogs. Zouroudis will be serving up crepes, Cuban sandwiches and Greek specialties. "The place is going to be called The Connection, and I'm going to do a connection between Cuban food and French," Zouroudis told the Herald. Zouroudis plans to be open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and hopes to start Monday.</div>
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Zouroudis has a menu prepared of 40 varieties of sautéed crepes, with sweet ones made with Nutella as a base filling, and more filling ones with fruits and meat. "I'm going to have seafood crepes, vegetarian crepes, chicken, turkey," he said. His signature crepe is perhaps the French Rivera Crepe, with cheese, chicken, artichoke hearts and tomatoes in a white wine sauce."People eat with the ear and the eye," he said. He also wants to keep some of the popular Cuban items served at Havana Cabana and add some Greek dishes.</div>
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"Greek food is tricky, so what I'm going to try to do once I create the clientele, I'm going to have Greek specialties, too," he said. "In the meantime I'm going to have simple <a href="http://foodisimportant4health.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">everyday food</a> that people know, like the gyro and spinach pie and the Greek salad." Zouroudis is going to focus on hospitality and quick service for his full-service restaurant.</div>
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"People who work here, they are from different parts of the city, and I know I can contribute because they only have a few minutes to eat something or pick up something and go back to work," Zouroudis said. Zouroudis is also going to focus on building relationships with his customers to know their preferences in each of his dishes. "When I cook for somebody, I cook for this somebody," Zouroudis said with his friendly Greek accent. "You come in here every day, I learn what you want, I will do it for you. I don't care how busy I am. When the plate comes to you, it'll be the way you want it."</div>
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Zouroudis has a good handle on the area, owning restaurants in Florida since 1989, spanning from Polk County to Sarasota, and he's working with Maria's Family Place in Bradenton Beach. One of his most recent restaurants in Sarasota, JnB Crepes, sold eight months ago and is now Alma's Kouzine in Sarasota Commons Plaza on Beneva Road. The owners kept most of his menu, too.</div>
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As for the Third Avenue restaurant space, Zouroudis knows he faces some challenges. The restaurant doesn't have an oven hood system, so he is limited to hot plates, sandwich presses and small griddles. The restaurant is also a bit hidden around the corner of Old Main Street. John Droukas, who still owns Havana Cabana in Holmes Beach, said while business was good, operating two restaurants got to be too much for him. Havana Cabana Dos opened downtown in July 2013, a few months after Lucky Dogs closed in April.</div>
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Zouroudis plans on adding a hanging sign so folks can spot the restaurant walking from across the street. Inside, the restaurant is getting a fresh look and a new high counter has been installed. Overall, Zouroudis hopes his restaurant will succeed with customer service. After all, Zouroudis said, he comes from a land where Zeus was known for hospitality. "My secret is that I respect people, I love people," he said. "I respect the dollar they spend because they can easily go somewhere else and spend it."</div>
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Top scientists heading a major new research initiative to develop new food products with validated health benefits say they are delighted to be chosen to lead one of the Government’s ten National Science Challenges. Top scientists heading a major new research initiative to develop new food products with validated health benefits say they are delighted to be chosen to lead one of the Government’s ten National Science Challenges.</div>
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In an announcement by Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce today, the University of Auckland, Massey University and University of Otago, along with Crown Research Institutes AgResearch and Plant & Food Research, will team up for the Government’s High-Value Nutrition National Science Challenge.</div>
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The task for the scientists from the five institutions is to produce, with other collaborators, cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research to help New Zealand companies take advantage of global demand for foods with health benefits. This ten year challenge is approved with $30.6 million subject to finalisation of contract conditions. A review at the end of five years means another $53.2 million becomes available for a second five-year period. Total funding for the High-Value Nutrition Challenge is up to $180.8 million over ten years.</div>
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“The Government has clearly signalled the science challenges must involve cutting-edge clinical, food and consumer science research that takes us in a new direction and we will be focused on exactly that,” says Professor David Cameron-Smith, Chair in Nutrition at the University of Auckland and head of the Science Leadership Team for the Challenge.</div>
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“The High-Value Nutrition Challenge will stretch the New Zealand research community but the potential for validated nutritional claims of foods to improve public health and to add value to New Zealand’s exports is enormous.”</div>
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“Being able to scientifically demonstrate tangible health benefits for consumers and have that approved by government food regulators is one of the few ways to add value to New Zealand’s primary products and will provide a competitive advantage to our food marketers so they can leverage into greater market share and margins,” Mr Major says.</div>
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AgResearch Research Director Professor Warren McNabb says he is looking forward to the opportunity of taking up the Government’s High-Value Nutrition Challenge.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="line-height: 28.5px;">The Monday Morning Cooking Club are six Jewish women from Sydney who meet weekly to cook. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 28.5px;">Three words became their mantra: share the recipes and stories of their community; inspire people to preserve their family recipes; and give all the profits to charity. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 28.5px;">Their first, self-titled cookbook was a bestseller and their new book The Feast Goes On, contains more than 100 recipes for every occasion, from feasting to light lunches, fressing (a Yiddish word for grazing), everyday eating, comfort food and traditional dishes. The Feast Goes On is released next Tuesday, April 1.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 28.5px;">They’ve kindly shared two of those recipes with Business Insider.</span></div>
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50 g (1/4 cup) salted baby capers, well rinsed and drained<br />
75 g (1/2 cup) pitted kalamata olives, halved<br />
2 cloves garlic, unpeeled<br />
250 ml (1 cup) white wine<br />
1 tablespoon olive oil<br />
3 thyme sprigs<br />
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Place the chicken pieces in an oiled roasting dish, then scatter the capers, olives and garlic on top. Pour the wine and olive oil over the chicken, then scatter on the thyme and season generously with pepper. Roast for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the chicken is golden and the juices run clear when pierced with a knife. If the chicken is not browned enough, turn the oven to the hottest setting.</div>
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Thanks to a recent exhibit at The Getty (Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome) and a current one at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (Lost & Found: The Secrets of Archimedes), I find myself fascinated by Sicilian culture. The Huntington's exhibit focuses on mathematician, inventor and astronomer Archimedes (also highlighted at The Getty), who I imagine enjoying the bread and cheese written about by another Sicilian, Archestratus, while developing his heady theories. Archestratus lived about a century before Archimedes and wrote one of the most significant works on food of the ancient world. The Life of Luxury is a poem written between 360 and 348 BCE. Meant to be read aloud at the symposia (wealthy male drinking parties), the poem, which today exists in fragments, advises the gastronomic listener on where to find the best fish, bread and cheese throughout Greece, Southern Italy and Sicily, the coast of Asia Minor and the Black Sea. Archestratus repeatedly mentions the importance of fresh produce, chosen in the right place during the right season, and that food should be cooked simply and not buried under layers of spices and strong seasonings. (I like the way he thinks). The Roman Athenaeus cited the text about 500 years later in his own poem, Deipnosophistae (The Learned Banqueters), saving it from forever fading into obscurity.</div>
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The cuisine of Sicily was already renowned by the time Archestratus and Archimedes were strolling around the streets of Syracuse. Around 734 BCE, Greek colonists from Corinth introduced figs, pomegranates, olive trees, grapes and vineyards, building a considerable reputation for Sicilian wines. Native bees made honey used as offering to the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite. Rich pastures supported sheep and goats whose milk was made into the cheese we know today as ricotta. Sicily's glory continued under the Roman Empire. Pliny the Elder wrote that Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, taught milling and bread making there, and Emperors Augustus and Hadrian encouraged the development of agriculture. Durum wheat was planted on the island, turning it into the Empire's granary.</div>
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During the Middle Ages the island was taken over by Arab colonists who introduced rice, sugarcane and eggplants, and kept lush gardens of citrus, date palms, pistachios and apricots. By the early 16th century chocolate and tomatoes, native to Mexico, had made their way into the Sicilian pantry and Sicily, still on the forefront of gastronomy, became the center of chocolate production in Italy. With so many outside influences it is no wonder that Sicilian food is so unique! This rustic eggplant dish is inspired by Archestratus and includes my latest ingredient obsession, anchovies.Eggplant with Anchovies and Capers Athenaeus referred to eggplant as "the meat of the earth."</div>
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1 large eggplant, stems removed and sliced lengthwise into long, thin strips</div>
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Fry the eggplant strips in olive oil until golden brown. Meanwhile, in a small bowl mix the breadcrumbs with the finely chopped garlic, capers, anchovies and parsley. And the bread mixture, salt and pepper to the pan with the eggplant and toss to coat. Taste, adjust seasoning and serve hot or at room temperature.</div>
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From the humid Mississippi delta to New Orleans, gumbo is serious business. The pot of salty shellfish with smoked pork sausage (andouille), and sometimes oysters, in a dark chocolate-brown sauce is piquant and comforting. In Louisiana, gumbo cook-offs are frequent. But can you cook it here? I knock on the doors of Brad McDonald of the Lockhart restaurant (lockhartlondon.com) near London’s Marble Arch. Not only has the American chef worked at Michelin-starred duo Noma and Per Se (in New York) but he grew up on the edge of the Mississippi delta. It helps explain why his American menu has been knocking spots off others here. To start me on my gumbo gambol, McDonald gives me the lowdown on ingredients. ‘It would typically have chicken, shellfish, maybe shrimp or crab,’ he says. ‘You wouldn’t see beef but you would andouille.’ He says the origins of the dish are confusing. Some theories say ‘gumbo’ derives from the West African word gombo (meaning okra, a key ingredient). Others say it originated with Native Americans – leant support by the fact that they introduced a thickening agent called filé powder (from the sassafras herb, or kombo) to the French, which found its way into bouillabaisse.</div>
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Certainly, okra (pictured below) seems compulsory – all the chefs I consult use it. Cook it wrong and it’s quite slimy but when chopped finely it thickens and enriches, so I’m keeping it. Filé powder also seems to be obligatory but okra on its own thickens enough for me. Every recipe today features the Holy Trinity of Louisiana cooking: onion, green pepper and celery. So it goes without saying that this is my base. But it’s the sausage that is the soul of it. As I can’t get andouille from Louisiana, I need substitutes. In my tests, I try chorizo, courtesy of Jamie Oliver’s recipe in Jamie’s America (Michael Joseph). I love chorizo but its salty, winey and paprika notes are too distinctly European, so I evict it for a subtler Polish option recommended by McDonald – although he makes his own. I also make a meaty cajun version from The American Cookbook (DK Publishing), which has other options including the classic catfish version. Some experts claim gumbo is a poor man’s food so you throw in what you have at hand but this corpulent Cajun variant with chicken stock, sausage and raw king prawns, shelled and deveined, seems positively opulent.</div>
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Alongside this, there are spices to consider. Blogger Creole Contessa has a recipe handed down through her family. She includes creole seasoning, normally garlic powder, onion powder, crushed red pepper and black pepper. Others mention thyme and Mediterranean herbs. I like thyme, although McDonald warns: ‘I’d add cayenne or Tabasco but no cumin or oregano, that would take you away from it to something else.’ The American Cookbook’s suggestion of ancho chilli powder makes me jittery. The ancho’s mild smoky flavour enlivens my Polish sausages but is it a bastardisation? I decide no, it’s just a cheeky deviation. However, there is no compromise on the roux. This is what gives gumbo its distinctive flavour and should be the colour of chocolate. The Creole Contessa, who has been making gumbo roux since she was ten – ‘Yes, I knew it was dangerous’ – suggests heating vegetable oil for five to eight minutes until very hot, then adding flour. The roux sheens a caramel brown. McDonald says: ‘My guys work it between milk chocolate and dark chocolate. Cook it to the colour level you like chocolate. A darker roux will have more bitterness.’</div>
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<b>Chloe’s ultimate gumbo</b></div>
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200g smoked sausage, preferably Polish, chopped into rounds</div>
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♦ 150g-200g shellfish (prawns, crabs, mussels, clams) </div>
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♦ 150g chicken legs, thighs or breast (the latter can be sliced into 1in chunks) </div>
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♦ 1 white onion, finely chopped </div>
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♦ 1 green pepper, finely chopped </div>
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♦ 1 celery stick, finely chopped </div>
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♦ 100g okra, chopped into 2cm chunks </div>
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♦ 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed </div>
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♦ 800ml chicken stock (you may need to add a little more)</div>
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♦ ½tsp Tabasco</div>
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♦ ½tsp cayenne pepper</div>
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Garnish: 2-3 spring onions and/or freshly chopped parsley</div>
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<b>Step 1</b>: In a large casserole pot or sauté pan, get the lard sizzling on a medium heat. Stir in the chopped pork sausage rounds so they release their fat then remove them with a slotted spoon.</div>
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<b>Step 2</b>: Lower the heat. Pour in the flour and stir gently. Turn the heat down as low as possible and stir. Be patient, you want the roux to be quite loose at this point. Your aim is to gently brown it – this is what adds the distinctive flavour. Don’t take your eye off the pan for a second. After about 10min of whisking or stirring with a wooden spoon, it should turn a milk chocolate colour. Cook for up to 30min to a medium chocolate shade – not too dark or it will be bitter (unless you love the bitterness of very dark chocolate).</div>
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<b>Step 3</b>: Stir in the onion, pepper and celery. Cook for a few minutes, then mix in the garlic, cayenne, ancho chilli powder, Tabasco and okra. Add some more lard or vegetable oil if needed. Now, little by little, on low to medium heat, stir in the stock. Once it’s complete, add the chicken. Let it simmer in the stock for 25min or until cooked. When the chicken is cooked, being careful not to burn yourself, remove any skin or bones then stir the chicken meat back in. Add the shellfish and sausage and let it simmer for a few minutes until everything’s cooked. Taste and season with salt and pepper.</div>
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<b>Step 4</b>: Now it’s ready to eat – although many recommend leaving it in the fridge for 24 hours for the flavours to settle. Serve with basmati rice. Sprinkle each serving with spring onions and/or parsley.</div>
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Source : metro.co.uk/2014/04/01/how-to-cook-the-ultimate-gumbo-4684403</div>
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<span class="name fn" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333;">A few months ago </span>I was asked to develop a class around a group of stained glass windows at the J. Paul Getty Museum from the Canterbury Cathedral. (They're now at <span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">The Cloisters</span> in NYC and totally worth seeing before they head home). I was stumped. The windows were stunning, but fine dining doesn't exactly come to mind when thinking of medieval England.</span></div>
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<span class="name fn" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With the end of the Roman Empire, the culture resp<span style="color: #333333;">onsible for the first western cookbook with the 5th century's </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">De re coquinaria (On the Art of Cooking)</span><span style="color: #333333;"> attributed to Apicius, the widespread understanding of high cuisine and fine dining was destroyed. The influence of Apicius may have lingered in modern day Italy and Spain, but not in England. That said; the rich, heavily spiced dishes and bizarre sauces that flavor the Middle Ages weren't the absolute norm, even among the upper classes. I was surprised to learn that simple salads and vegetables were common fare among all classes of society, even though in many ways they were considered an inferior menu item. Vegetable dishes are hardly ever mentioned in medieval cookbooks because the pure simplicity of their preparation - raw tossed with oil and vinegar - often meant that precious vellum or parchment (expensive in an age before paper and the printing press) wasn't wasted on recording the recipes. Some cookbooks go so far as to point out that "the ability to prepare vegetables is common knowledge and further instructions are not necessary". Raw salads were considered an excellent way to begin a meal.This Shaved Root Vegetable Salad is inspired by those stained glass windows. Its preparation is simple but the outcome is as gorgeous as stained glass.</span></span></div>
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Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, is great for many reasons. Chief among those reasons is the fact that so many fabulous applications reside on the platform. iDevice users probably wouldn't be so enamored with their iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads if not for numerous high-quality apps available to them on the iOS App Store. </div>
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Among the many amazing third party apps available to iFans are made are cooking applications. Now, these food apps aren't just cookbooks repurposed for a digital format. They are aimed at making you a better performing, more confident cook in general. These apps are interactive and show you, rather than just tell you, how to throw together some delicious dished. Below is a list of some of the highest user-rated and most popular cooking and recipe apps on the App store today. Be sure to check them all out... your tastebuds won't regret it.</div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">Understandab</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">ly, food safety is something that 93 percent of shoppers consider very, or somewhat, important when making food purchasing decisions, slightly outweighing concerns over nutritional value (92 percent). Interestingly, though, while 74 percent of consumers indicated buying locally is a consideration in making decisions, fewer, at 54 percent, said buying organic is a consideration. Evidently shoppers are prepared to spend extra dollars to support their “buy-local” sensibilities, with 66 percent of those surveyed saying they would pay more, and sacrifice variety, in order to purchase locally-produced foods. The top reason provided for buying locally is that people want to support local businesses and communities, which they deem more important than the potential environmental or health benefits of doing the same.</span></div>
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It seems unthinkable but in a major US city, thousands cannot get to places where fresh, affordable food is availableIn most of the world's densely packed urban areas, you can pick up fresh produce at a stall on the way home from work or buy bread, meat and staples at the cornershop across the street. But in sprawling metroAtlanta, where the model is megamarkets surrounded by mega parking lots, few of us have the option of a quick dash to the store.</div>
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When you're trying to figure out what to fix your young children for dinner and you realise you need milk and eggs and a bag of salad greens and chicken breasts, and you have no choice but to load everyone in the minivan and drive five miles through traffic to get to the store, you're feeling the impact of US development patterns that have made Atlanta the third-worst urban food desert in the country (behind only New Orleans and Chicago).</div>
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Living in a food desert doesn't just make it tough to get your daily servings of fruit and vegetables. A 2011 Food Trust geographic analysis of income, access to grocery stores and morbidity rates concluded that people who live in metropolitan Atlanta food deserts are more likely to die from nutrition-related sicknesses like diabetes and heart disease.</div>
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In Atlanta, the ninth-biggest metropolis of the world's richest country, thousands of people can't get fresh food, and some are getting sick as a result. Which raises a simple question: why can we build multimillion-dollar highway systems and multibillion-dollar stadiums, but not more grocery stores? If we can build a museum dedicated to a soft drink and one that celebrates college football and another that trumpets civil rights, can't we help our neighbours with what seems to be a most essential and basic right: putting an affordable and healthy dinner on the table?</div>
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When you talk about Atlanta's food deserts, you have to talk about the three themes entwined in every civic issue in this region: race, class and sprawl. The fact is, food deserts are more prevalent in non-white neighbourhoods. In poor communities, food is more expensive and there are fewer healthy options. Ironically, much of the local produce prized by the city's finest chefs is grown in urban farms in poor neighbourhoods – produce that is often trucked across town to farmers markets in wealthier enclaves. But of all the factors that contribute to Atlanta's food-desert problem, none is more important than transportation. Our low population density combined with a lack of comprehensive public transit means many people simply cannot get to places where fresh food is available.</div>
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European cuisine, or alternatively Western cuisine, is a generalised term collectively referring to the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries, including (depending on the definition) that of Russia, as well as non-indigenous cuisines of Australasia, Latin America, North America, and Oceania, which derive substantial influence from European settlers in those regions. The term is used by East Asians to contrast with Asian styles of cooking. (This is analogous to Westerners' referring collectively to the cuisines of East Asian countries as Asian cuisine.) When used by Westerners, the term may sometimes refer more specifically to cuisine <i>in</i> Europe; in this context, a synonym is Continental cuisine, especially in British English. The cuisines of Western countries are diverse by themselves, although
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meat used in Western cooking). Many dairy products are utilised in the
cooking process, except in nouvelle cuisine. Wheat-flour bread has long been the most common source of starch in this cuisine, along with pasta, dumplings and pastries, although the potato has become a major starch plant in the diet of Europeans and their diaspora since the European colonisation of the Americas. Maize is much less common in most European diets than it is in the Americas; however corn meal, or polenta, is a major part of the cuisine of Italy and the Balkans.</div>
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The term "cooking" encompasses a vast range of methods, tools, and combinations of ingredients to improve the flavor or digestibility of food. Cooking technique, known as culinary art, generally requires the selection, measurement, and combining of ingredients in an ordered procedure in an effort to achieve the desired result. Constraints on success include the variability of ingredients, ambient conditions, tools, and the skill of the individual cook. The diversity of cooking worldwide is a reflection of the myriad nutritional, aesthetic, agricultural, economic, cultural, and religious considerations that affect it. Cooking requires applying heat to a food which usually, though not always, chemically changes the molecules, thus changing its flavor, texture, appearance, and nutritional properties.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27">[27]</sup> Cooking certain proteins, such as egg whites, meats, and fish, denatures the protein, causing it to firm. There is archaeological evidence of roasted foodstuffs at <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Homo erectus</span> campsites dating from 420,000 years ago.<sup> </sup>Boiling as a means of cooking requires a container, and has been practiced at least since the 10th millennium BC with the introduction of pottery.</div>
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Aesthetically pleasing and eye-appealing food presentations can encourage people to consume foods. A common saying is that people "eat with their eyes". Food presented in a clean and appetizing way will encourage a good flavor, even if unsatisfactory.</div>
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Texture plays a crucial role in the enjoyment of eating foods. Contrasts in textures, such as something crunchy in an otherwise smooth dish, may increase the appeal of eating it. Common examples include adding granola to yogurt, adding croutons to a salad or soup, and toasting bread to enhance its crunchiness for a smooth topping, such as jam or butter.</div>
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Another universal phenomenon regarding food is the appeal of contrast in taste and presentation. For example, such opposite flavors as sweetness and saltiness tend to go well together, as in kettle corn and nuts. </div>
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While many foods can be eaten raw, many also undergo some form of preparation for reasons of safety, palatability, texture, or flavor. At the simplest level this may involve washing, cutting, trimming, or adding other foods or ingredients, such as spices. It may also involve mixing, heating or cooling, pressure cooking, fermentation, or combination with other food. In a home, most food preparation takes place in a kitchen. Some preparation is done to enhance the taste or aesthetic appeal; other preparation may help to preserve the food; others may be involved in cultural identity. A meal is made up of food which is prepared to be eaten at a specific time and place.</div>
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The preparation of animal-based food usually involves slaughter, evisceration, hanging, portioning, and rendering. In developed countries, this is usually done outside the home in slaughterhouses, which are used to process animals en masse for meat production. Many countries regulate their slaughterhouses by law. For example, the United States has established the Humane Slaughter Act of 1958, which requires that an animal be stunned before killing. This act, like those in many countries, exempts slaughter in accordance to religious law, such as kosher, shechita, and dhabiĥa halal. Strict interpretations of kashrut require the animal to be fully aware when its carotid artery is cut.On the local level, a butcher may commonly break down larger animal meat into smaller manageable cuts, and pre-wrap them for commercial sale or wrap them to order in butcher paper. In addition, fish and seafood may be fabricated into smaller cuts by a fish monger. However fish butchery may be done on board a fishing vessel and quick-frozen for preservation of quality.</div>
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Many cultures have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions using various spices or a combination of flavors unique to that culture, which evolves over time.</div>
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Other differences include preferences (hot or cold, spicy, etc.) and practices, the study of which is known as gastronomy. Many cultures have diversified their foods by means of preparation, cooking methods, and manufacturing. This also includes a complex food trade which helps the cultures to economically survive by way of food, not just by consumption. Some popular types of ethnic foods include Italian, French, Japanese, Chinese, American, Cajun, Thai, African, and Indian cuisine. Various cultures throughout the world study the dietary analysis of food habits. </div>
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While evolutionarily speaking, as opposed to culturally, humans are omnivores, religion and social constructs such as morality, activism, or environmentalism will often affect which foods they will consume. Food is eaten and typically enjoyed through the sense of taste, the perception of flavor from eating and drinking. Certain tastes are more enjoyable than others, for evolutionary purposes.</div>
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Generally regarded as the most pleasant taste, sweetness is almost always caused by a type of simple sugar such as glucose or fructose, or disaccharides such as sucrose, a molecule combining glucose and fructose.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-New_Oxford_American_Dictionary_15-0">[</sup> Complex carbohydrates are long chains and thus do not have the sweet taste. Artificial sweeteners such as sucralose are used to mimic the sugar molecule, creating the sensation of sweet, without the calories. Other types of sugar include raw sugar, which is known for its amber color, as it is unprocessed. As sugar is vital for energy and survival, the taste of sugar is pleasant. The stevia plant contains a compound known as steviol which, when extracted, has 300 times the sweetness of sugar while having minimal impact on blood sugar.</div>
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Sourness is caused by the taste of acids, such as vinegar in alcoholic beverages. Sour foods include citrus, specifically lemons, limes, and to a lesser degree oranges. Sour is evolutionarily significant as it is a sign for a food that may have gone rancid due to bacteria. Many foods, however, are slightly acidic, and help stimulate the taste buds and enhance flavor.</div>
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Saltiness is the taste of alkali metal ions such as sodium and potassium. It is found in almost every food in low to moderate proportions to enhance flavor, although to eat pure salt is regarded as highly unpleasant. There are many different types of salt, with each having a different degree of saltiness, including sea salt, fleur de sel, kosher salt, mined salt, and grey salt. Other than enhancing flavor, its significance is that the body needs and maintains a delicate electrolyte balance, which is the kidney's function. Salt may be iodized, meaning iodine has been added to it, a necessary nutrient that promotes thyroid function. Some canned foods, notably soups or packaged broths, tend to be high in salt as a means of preserving the food longer. Historically speaking, salt has been used as a meat preservative as salt promotes water excretion, thus working as a preservative. Similarly, dried foods also promote food safety.</div>
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Bitterness is a sensation often considered unpleasant characterized by having a sharp, pungent taste. Dark, unsweetened chocolate, caffeine, lemon rind, and some types of fruit are known to be bitter.</div>
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Umami, the Japanese word for delicious, is the least known in Western popular culture but has a long tradition in Asian cuisine. Umami is the taste of glutamates, especially monosodium glutamate (MSG). It is characterized as savory, meaty, and rich in flavor. Salmon and mushrooms are foods high in umami. Meat and other animal byproducts are described as having this taste.</div>
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Most food has always been obtained through agriculture. With increasing concern over both the methods and products of modern industrial agriculture, there has been a growing trend toward sustainable agricultural practices. This approach, partly fueled by consumer demand, encourages biodiversity, local self-reliance and organic farming methods. Major influences on food production include international organizations (e.g. the World Trade Organization and Common Agricultural Policy), national government policy (or law), and war. </div>
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In popular culture, the mass production of food, specifically meats such as chicken and beef, has come under fire from various documentaries, most recently Food, Inc, documenting the mass slaughter and poor treatment of animals, often for easier revenues from large corporations. Along with a current trend towards environmentalism, people in Western culture have had an increasing trend towards the use of herbal supplements, foods for a specific group of person (such as dieters, women, or athletes), functional foods (fortified foods, such as omega-3 eggs), and a more ethnically diverse diet. Several organisations have begun calling for a new kind of agriculture in which agroecosystems provide food but also support vital ecosystem services so that soil fertility and biodiversity are maintained rather than compromised. According to the International Water Management Institute and UNEP, well-managed agroecosystems not only provide food, fiber and animal products, they also provide services such as flood mitigation, groundwater recharge, erosion control and habitats for plants, birds fish and other animals.</div>
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Animals are used as food either directly or indirectly by the products they produce. Meat is an example of a direct product taken from an animal, which comes from muscle systems or from organs. Food products produced by animals include milk produced by mammary glands, which in many cultures is drunk or processed into dairy products (cheese, butter, etc.). In addition, birds and other animals lay eggs, which are often eaten, and bees produce honey, a reduced nectar from flowers, which is a popular sweetener in many cultures. Some cultures consume blood, sometimes in the form of blood sausage, as a thickener for sauces, or in a cured, salted form for times of food scarcity, and others use blood in stews such as jugged hare. Some cultures and people do not consume meat or animal food products for cultural, dietary, health, ethical, or ideological reasons. Vegetarians choose to forgo food from animal sources to varying degrees. Vegans do not consume any foods that are or contain ingredients from an animal source.</div>
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In fact, the majority of food consumed by human beings are seed-based foods. Edible seeds include cereals (maize, wheat, rice, et cetera), legumes (beans, peas, lentils, et cetera), and nuts. oilseeds are often pressed to produce rich oils - sunflower, flaxseed, rape see (including canola oil), sesame, et cetera. Many plants or plant parts are eaten as food. There are around 2,000 plant species which are cultivated for food, and many have several distinct cultivars.Seeds of plants are a good source of food for animals, including humans, because they contain the nutrients necessary for the plant's initial growth, including many healthful fats, such as Omega fats. Seeds are typically high in unsaturated fats and, in moderation, are considered a health food, although not all seeds are edible. Large seeds, such as those from a lemon, pose a choking hazard, while seeds from apples and cherries contain a poison (cyanide). Fruits are the ripened ovaries of plants, including the seeds within. Many plants have evolved fruits that are attractive as a food source to animals, so that animals will eat the fruits and excrete the seeds some distance away. Fruits, therefore, make up a significant part of the diets of most cultures. Some botanical fruits, such as tomatoes, pumpkins, and eggplants, are eaten as vegetables. (For more information, see list of fruits.)</div>
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Vegetables are a second type of plant matter that is commonly eaten as food. These include root vegetables (potatoes and carrots), bulbs (onion family), leaf vegetables (spinach and lettuce), stem vegetables (bamboo shoots and asparagus), and inflorescence vegetables (globe artichokes and broccoli and other vegetables such as cabbage or cauliflower).</div>
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Most food has its origin in plants. Some food is obtained directly from plants; but even animals that are used as food sources are raised by feeding them food derived from plants. Cereal grain is a staple food that provides more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop. Maize, wheat, and rice – in all of their varieties – account for 87% of all grain production worldwide. Most of the grain that is produced worldwide is fed to livestock.</i></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></b></h2>
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Some foods not from animal or plant sources include various edible fungi, especially mushrooms. Fungi and ambient bacteria are used in the preparation of fermented and pickled foods like leavened bread, alcoholic drinks, cheese, pickles, kombucha, and yogurt. Another example is blue-green algae such as Spirulina. Inorganic substances such as salt, baking soda and cream of tartar are used to preserve or chemically alter an ingredient.</i></span></b></h2>
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