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Food Suggestions for Election Night

I made arugula carbonara, in honor of Obama. I just posted the recipe on my blog, if you're interested.

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What Are Your Favorite Food Blogs?

Awesome suggestions, everyone! Thanks so much. My google reader is fit to burst with appetizing reads, now. Long live food blogs.

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Low Calorie Granola?

cybercita - you're right that agave nectar and honey have (roughly) the same number of calories. However, many people find that low glycemic products (like agave nectar) don't result in hunger spikes, and so help them keep their overall calorie intake down. YMMV, of course.

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Low Calorie Granola?

I just posted a sugar-free granola recipe on my site, if you're interested. It uses agave nectar and powdered fructose in place of the sugar.

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Website: http://tastememories@typepad.com

Location: Somerville, MA

About: "an arugula-eating, pointy-headed professor type."

Favorite foods: Cherries; raspberries; strawberries; peaches; apricots; heirloom tomatoes; basil; mint; cilantro; fennel; corn; cucumber; taleggio; manchego; kobe beef; scallops; duck; handmade mayonnaise; pesto; valrhona milk chocolate (yes, milk); ice cream.

Last bite on earth: Peking duck from the Flower Drum in Melbourne; Kobe beef meatballs from Sorellina in Boston; Gaston Acurio's braised short ribs in Arequipa, Peru; a molten chocolate cake from Grill 23 in Boston; a softly baked rose-petal pavlova from Mecca in Melbourne.