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Photo of the Day: Little Peach Cakes

Reminds me of the little 'shaped' and painted marzipan fruits we made at home each Christmas! These are very realistic!

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

French, definitely. Making a perfect crepe, marrying subtle flavors, cooking with wine, patisserie!

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Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'

blackberry or mulberry jam
tomato and jalapeno salsa
hot pepper jelly (to be eaten spread with cream cheese on crackers, yum!)

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Another Salmonella Scare as Pistachios Recalled in U.S.

The Pumpernickel - if the nuts come in contact with a source of Salmonella somewhere in the food processing chain from farm to fork, they can become contaminated. Usually the roasting step and subsequent good manufacturing practices should ensure that they are safe to eat. Unless - there is a breakdown/compromise in the measures that are usually in place. Post-roasting cross contamination may be the reason in this case. See:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_re_us/salmonella_pistachios

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Photo of the Day: Little Peach Cakes

Reminds me of the little 'shaped' and painted marzipan fruits we made at home each Christmas! These are very realistic!

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

French, definitely. Making a perfect crepe, marrying subtle flavors, cooking with wine, patisserie!

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Cook the Book: Eugenia Bone's 'Well-Preserved'

blackberry or mulberry jam
tomato and jalapeno salsa
hot pepper jelly (to be eaten spread with cream cheese on crackers, yum!)

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Another Salmonella Scare as Pistachios Recalled in U.S.

The Pumpernickel - if the nuts come in contact with a source of Salmonella somewhere in the food processing chain from farm to fork, they can become contaminated. Usually the roasting step and subsequent good manufacturing practices should ensure that they are safe to eat. Unless - there is a breakdown/compromise in the measures that are usually in place. Post-roasting cross contamination may be the reason in this case. See:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_re_us/salmonella_pistachios

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Is Organic Food Necessarily Safer?

It is good that this discussion has come up here. The question of organic food safety has long been a contentious issue, together with discussions on nutrition quality etc. or organic v/s conventional foods. Official definitions: http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/ofp/ofp.shtml
Consequently, as mentioned in this discussion, anything that goes through a processing facility is subject to the same food safety risks as conventional foods. The foods are not different with respect to the characteristics that influence their safety. Salmonella can grow just as well in organic as in conventional foods if they find themselves there. So can other foodborne illness-causing microorganisms.
It would also be good to keep in mind that if items like fertilizer, water etc. happen to be contaminated with the above-mentioned bugs, they can equally contaminate organic and conventional foods - ergo, a reminder to locally-growns also to keep up with Good Agricultural Practices.

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Valentine's Day Giveaway: Macarons from Itzy Bitzy Patisserie

Cashewnut cookie with a saffron filling
Cashewnut cookie with a pistachio filling
Cashewnut cookie with a two-layer: saffron-pistachio filling

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Snapshots from Asia: Sapodillas, The Potatoes That Grow on Trees

I believe that these are also referred to as 'mud apples'. By way of explanation, if at just the right stage of ripeness, they are delicately-flavored, almost honeyed. If overripe - like mud. Wish I could get my hands on some fresh-off-the tree right now!

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Photo of the Day: Little Peach Cakes

I looked at the webpage for the pics,...needless to say im still drooling!

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Photo of the Day: Little Peach Cakes

Ignore my post! On further inspection of these I realized they were something completely different and even more fantastic than the cookies I was thinking of.

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Photo of the Day: Little Peach Cakes

These are popular Serbian cookies and can be found on Palachinka and Cafe Chocolada blogs however, these ones look quite impressive as well!

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Photo of the Day: Little Peach Cakes

Robin Sue is not only a cook - she's an artist!!

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Photo of the Day: Little Peach Cakes

Robin Sue rocks - everything I have made from her site has been awesome!!

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

It's a tie: Thai or Japanese sushi. Both rate high around here!

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

i wish i knew how to make chinese..shrimp lo mein

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

I would love to learn how to make some really spicy Thai dishes.

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

I live Thai food and would love to be able to make it myself.

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

I'm hoping to learn to cook Turkish cuisine next - my son and daughter-in-law will be stationed there for the next two years so I'll have access to native ingredients.

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

I would love to learn how to cook Japanese food at home.

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

I would love to learn ..

1. Authentic Mexican Cuisine.

2. Authentic Chinese Cuisine

3. Authetic Louisiana Gumbo!

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

I would like to learn more about Vietnamese cooking.

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

I would love to learn how to cook chinese food

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

My son and his family are living in Cambodia and I would like to learn how to cook their cuisine.

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

I'd like to learn to cook vegetarian Thai food

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

Learning how to cook Indian cuisine -- both Southern (no meat) and Northern (with meat) -- like people in India do. Most Indian restaurants here just don't offer food that captures that same wonderful taste experience.

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

I'd love to learn how to make Turkish cuisine.

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Cook the Book: 'Modern Spice'

Well, I'd like to be able to cook all types of cuisine at home, but if had to pick a favorite, it'd be Chinese food. That is mostly due to the fact that I havn't really been exposed to many "exotic" cuisines like Indian or thai.

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