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Re-melting leftover cheese fondue?">Re-melting leftover cheese fondue?
I would refrigerate it depending on the other ingredients. I would use the double boiler or fondue pot to reheat and you will need to add a little liquid and incorporate slowly to avoid a greasy mess. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreA Dream Deferred: The Right to Food in America">A Dream Deferred: The Right to Food in America
This year our nation commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, giving us all occasion to reflect on his civil rights aspirations and the extent to which they have been fulfilled.... Read more
Spices Have Double Salmonella Risk Compared With Other Imported Foods: FDA">Spices Have Double Salmonella Risk Compared With Other Imported Foods: FDA
WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says that almost 7 percent of imported spices over a three-year period were contaminated with salmonella.
In a report released Wednesday, the FDA says testing of imported spices between 2007 and 2010 showed... Read more
Junk Food Companies Dish up More Anti-GMO Labeling Dough">Junk Food Companies Dish up More Anti-GMO Labeling Dough
With just six days left until Washington state voters decide on I-522, the ballot initiative to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs), money for the opposition continues to pour in. According to the state's Public Disclosure Commission, the No on... Read more
Pre-holiday rant: I am NOT a snob!">Pre-holiday rant: I am NOT a snob!
Tangenting off of the new Thanksgiving thread, WHY oh why are people who are passionate about food and recipes and freshness and variety and good quality, etc., often considered to be snobs and/or people to be made "fun" of? Is it an attack fueled by jealousy? I...
Read moreScience Aside, How's The GMO-Free Food?">Science Aside, How's The GMO-Free Food?
Some people just can't wait for scientists to be convinced that genetically modified food is harmful.
Adam Eidinger, a marijuana legalization and food-labeling activist, is one of those, and told HuffPost he has tried to avoid genetically modified food... Read more
A Halloween Contract for More Acceptable Working Conditions">A Halloween Contract for More Acceptable Working Conditions
Five kids is a lot of kids, man, and that means no matter how frugal (read: cheap) we try to be, birthday parties and Christmas presents and Easter baskets and, oh dear Lord, school fundraisers make our bank balances weep with the pain of... Read more
Cheers to Duvel for Buying Our Craft Brewery">Cheers to Duvel for Buying Our Craft Brewery
To listen to some of my beer snob friends talk, Belgium invaded Kansas this month. Figuratively, of course -- the Belgians have not been serious aggressors since the times of Julius Caesar, and even then they were better known for superior waffle technology. Recently,... Read more
What veggie with a shrimp scampi type meal?">What veggie with a shrimp scampi type meal?
If you're making shrimp scampi, you better add some garlic to that dish :-D As for a veggie side -- steamed broccoli, roasted cauli, sautéed snow peas, peas w/mint, leaf spinach (with more garlic)… all good options, I think. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreThings to do with your digital timer/thermometer">Things to do with your digital timer/thermometer
Hi, sorry it took me so long to get back... http://www.amazon.com/Fluke-FoodPro-Thermometer-Display-Temperature/dp/B000VRECPQ/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1383156483&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=foodpro+plus Reading More May Cause Envy...
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