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Archive for December, 2008

Improv in the Kitchen

     It’s days like this that remind me of my teenage years. Snowed in and nowhere to go. Granted today the car is in the shop and I have a doosy of a cold (thanks Jill!).
     Well, back when I was 15-16 years old, school was out due to snow and we didn’t have a car […]

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How Much Salt is Too Much?

     Salt. You can’t escape it. It’s in almost everything we eat. And it’s also a necessary part of our body’s chemical processes, particularly hydration. You could say we have a love/hate relationship with the mighty salt crystal. On the whole, we need a minimum of 500 mg per day to be healthy. 2300 mg […]

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Hummus: What to Dip in the Dip?

     We’ve noticed that we get a lot of searches and hits for Hummus. A recent question was posed as to what to dip in it.
     I think a more accurate question could be, "What can’t you dip in hummus?" Because the "world is your oyster," if you can dip it, you can dip it […]

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Food Safety: Do You En-Counter Germs in Your Kitchen?

          We use our kitchen counters for holding everything. And that goes well beyond the food we eat. From tools to work gloves, to mail to the latest novel we’re reading. And we don’t clean those counters often enough - do we? Nope. I’ll bet big money on that too.
          The problem is we also […]

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Christmas and the New Year are Almost Here! Book Your Dinner or Party Today.

It’s 2 weeks to Christmas and 3 weeks to the New Year. There’s still time to book a Personal Chef to prepare your holiday dinners or holiday party.
You owe it to yourself to actually enjoy the holidays this year. Instead of slaving over a hot stove, you can spend time with your family and friends. […]

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The Story of Leftovers: How Long Was That In My Fridge?

Do you have biology experiments going on in the back of your refrigerator? You open a jar of who knows-what, because you don’t remember what it was, and you find an amazing assortment of colors and textures that simply don’t fall under what we would normally call food anymore - and could possibly send you […]

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