'Foodie Passions'


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Courtesy of Tosca Reno

Celebrity Food Guru Tosca Reno, creator of the famed Eat-Clean Diet and co-author of…

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What do you think about these 10 flavor pairings?

1.    Roasted Ginger & Rhubarb –  Exciting layers of spicy and sour, with warming…

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February 2010 – Abstinence Eating Plan – Go AEP!

In January, I gave up cheese.  Prior to January I…

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Here’s a recipe for healthy gingerbread cookies from Laurel Hudson, culinary instructor at Wellspring Academies.

Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients:

½ cup Fiber One original bran cereal

1 package whole wheat gingerbread cake or cookie mix

1 tbsp cinnamon

1…

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What’s a cholive? It’s like what it sounds…a chocolate olive. Not a chocolate covered olive but a chocolate olive, a cocktail chocolate that pairs well with cocktails or coffee laced with liquors and spirits. Cholives are a bit decadent but…

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I received a press release with some really beautiful and yummy photos for National Chocolate Cupcake Day.  Here’s the store in New Jersey that is happy to celebrate the holiday.

It got me thinking about all these different national…

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“I’m just mad about saffron. A-saffron’s just mad about me.”

Little did Donovan know that when he wrote his Mellow Yellow lyrics decades ago that fast forward to circa 2009, the luxurious spice — saffron would be selling on the…

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Peanut PlantThose of you who have been following Circle of Food for a while know that each year I have “Camp Aunt Mary” where my nieces and nephew, whose busy schedules allow, come to stay with me for a week of…

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Life used to be so simple. There was chocolate ice cream, rocky road ice cream, vanilla ice cream, and strawberry ice cream.

Then along came 31 flavors and Ben & Jerry had the audacity to put RAW cookie dough into…

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Today I saw the movie Julie & Julia with six of my foodie girl friends. I think I was drooling aloud.

Although some critics are panning the Julie/Amy Adams character, I enjoyed the contrast of coincidences and struggles that both…

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