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Category Archives: Food Knowledge & History
The Paleo Diet, Why it is a Fad and Why it’s not Healthy
I have a friend who came over the other night, and it was dinner time. I asked if she wanted to eat with us. I was cooking Mushroom Veggie burgers with all the fixings. The burgers had rice and … Continue reading
Arrowroot and It’s Companions
When we think of thickeners, classic French cooking comes to mind with a mixture called roux. Roux involves butter and flour. The butter is melted and the flour added to the butter and then cooked until the flour loses … Continue reading
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Tagged arrowoot powder, arrowroot, what is arrowroot
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Questions and Answers about Vegans and Vegetarians
1) How do you get nutrients in a vegan/vegetarian diet? 2) Why don’t vegans eat honey? 3) Isn’t being vegan just like being a vegetarian? These are the tops questions that come up in discussions about vegan cuisine. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged vegan, vegan mofo, veganism, vegetarianism
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The Golden Spice, Turmeric
Turmeric is called the Golden Spice. It is a root, a rhizome of a plant in the ginger family. Turmeric is used as a spice, a coloring, and an healing herb. Its uses date back at least 4,000 years. Turmeric … Continue reading
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Tagged golden spice, indian spices, turmeric, vegan mofo
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Next Course: King Quinoa
Save the Date: September 4th, 2011, 5:30 p.m. I’ll be teaching a class on quinoa — how to make it, how to spice it up, what to serve it with, and I’ll have the nutritional facts and history of quinoa. … Continue reading
Following the Spice: Cumin
4th in a series about spices In ancient times, cumin was as common a spice as black pepper is on our tables today. Used as a condiment, baked in bread, and distributed widely, cumin seed generated several fascinating myths and … Continue reading
The Spice Road: Coriander
3′d in a series about Spices Certain foods inspire strong reactions in people. For example, many people either love or hate cilantro. Its prevalence in salsas and Mexican sauces make it easily recognizable to most diners. On the other hand, … Continue reading
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Tagged chinese parsley, cilantro, coriander, kitchen shaman, spices, vegan, vegetarian
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The Heat of Ginger
Ginger: 2nd in a series about Spices Ginger is a root, the rhizome of Zingiber Officinale, and grows in fertile, moist soil (definitely not where I come from). Unlike most spices when ginger is used fresh, not dried, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged food blog, ginger, ginger root, healing herbs, kitchen shaman, vegan, vegetarian, Zingiber Officinale
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Spicing up your Cuisine: Exploring the World of Spices
1st in a series about Spices Spices make up the “palette” of a chef. They have a long and intriguing story of travel; how they spread out from a point of origin to all over the globe. Each culture treats … Continue reading
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Tagged cilantro, cooking, coriander, cumin, ginger, kitchen shaman, spices, turmeric, vegan, vegetarian
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What’s in a Pod? Tamarind
Tamarind. You may or may not have heard of it. It comes as a concentrated dry or wet pulp, as a gooey concentrate that is almost black, or in whole pods. Tamarind, in whatever form, carries a weighty nutritional and … Continue reading
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Tagged kitchen shaman, tamarind, tamarind chutney, tamarind seeds, vegan, vegetarian
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