Celebrating flavor each year on June 10th, National Herbs and Spices Day recognizes the diversity and quality offered by using both fresh and dried herbs and spices in your cooking. All year long, herbs and spices are essential to cooking. But as the summer heats up, developing a knack for cooking with fresh herbs will […]
NATIONAL HERBS AND SPICES DAY — Crooked Bear Creek Organic Herbs
(PORTLAND, Ore.) — A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards has rediscovered 10 apple varieties that were believed to be extinct — the largest number ever unearthed in a single season by the nonprofit Lost Apple Project. The Vietnam veteran and former…
You may well have seen Biscuiteers’ Icing Café’s striped black and white awnings plastered across your Instagram feed, and for very good reason, these sweet little biscuit shops in Notting Hill and Battersea bring a touch of nostalgic sweetness to the UK high street. Founded by Harriet Hastings and her husband Stevie Congron in 2007,…
via Are These London’s Prettiest Biscuit Shops? Biscuiteers Icing Cafés —
The only thing extra about the avocado at the Pokini household is the size. The Pokini family from Hawaii landed themselves in the Guinness Book of World Records after growing an avocado weighing 5.6 pounds, setting a record for the world’s heaviest. The previous record was held by 5.5-pound avocado, according to Guinness, and was…
Zapotec chef Abigail Mendoza Ruiz has become well-known for her indigenous Oaxacan cuisine made using ancient techniques from recipes passed down through the generations. Mexico’s Zapotecs are an indigenous community living in Oaxaca, Mexico. Before Spanish colonisation, Zapotecan civilisation was a thriving epicentre of food, culture and tradition. At Abigail Mendoza Ruiz’s Oaxaca-based restaurant, Tlamanalli, […]
A fungus that has destroyed banana plantations in Asia is now in Latin America. The disease moves slowly, but there’s no cure, and it could mean calamity for the continent’s banana industry. (Image credit: Jan Sochor/LatinContent via Getty Images)
via Devastating Banana Fungus Arrives In Colombia, Threatening The Fruit’s Future — News : NPR
Manic monday or something like. Goats, lots of goats, going home from the field for milking. Savoie on the edge of the french Alps is known for cheese, especially goat cheese. Goats are a very curious animal and not afraid to explore. So the girl must run because a goat has seen an open door. […]
Dreaming of an Italian holiday enjoying La Dolce Vita? Try this delicious cake recipe which will transport you to the cliffs of the stunning Amalfi Coast with its fragrant lemons, wild rosemary and local olive oil. Ingredients 4 eggs 1 cup of sugar 2 Lemons, juiced 1 teaspoon of lemon zest 1/2 a cup of…
via Eat: Italian Olive Oil and Lemon Cake with Flowering Rosemary —
Why do artichokes look so strange? What makes okra so slimy – and how can science help you turn that attribute into a taste sensation? Two botanists take plant science into the kitchen.(Image credit: Mary Mathis/NPR)
via Leave It To Botanists To Turn Cooking Into A Science Lesson — News : NPR
Seriously, a big container of mixed nuts and I am not entitled to any of the contents! This means war mom!
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