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• FSM Vegan Recipe

  Published: July 26, 2007, 11:24 am

  Tags: Food, General Fsm News

  Dr. Stonielove’s recipe to spread the Pastafarian teachings to vegans: - body: pasta fresca - balls: fried tofu balls - eyes: rice cakes and kalamata olives. *Pasta Fresca* serves 2 [ingredients] - 1 1/4cup semolina flour - 1/2 cup water - 1 tbs olive oil [directions] - combine the ingredients and knead for 2 minutes - rest the dough for

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• Viajeng Cucina Matua

  Published: July 11, 2007, 8:41 pm

  Tags: Food Trip, Pampanga

  Traveler is organizing a food trip to Pampanga this July. Dubbed Viajeng Cucina Matua (The Old Kitchen Tour), the food trip is slated this July 22, 2007. The Kapampangan cuisine is highly regarded as one of the most delicious in the Philippines . Discover their age-old secrets and explore the rich culture of Pampanga through this one

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• A taste of Italy in Amici

  Published: June 24, 2007, 11:58 am

  Tags: Food Trip, Metro Manila

  So all the rumors are true. I recently went to Amici di Don Bosco. It’s a trattoria located right inside the Don Bosco Technical School Compound in Makati City. Amici di Don Bosco is an Italian word for friends of Don Bosco. So what’s with Amici, anyway? Penne in Cream Sauce with Smoked Salmon (more…)

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• Top 10 food delicacies to try in France

  Published: July 25, 2007, 5:16 am

  Tags: Travel, Top 10s, Food And Drink, France

  There is more to French food than croissants and steaks. Charles Timoney reveals 10 treats to try on your holiday in France this summer.

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• REVIEW: Azeen's Afghani Restaurant (Pasadena, CA)

  Published: July 18, 2007, 11:43 am

  Tags: Reviews, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Restaurants, Food

  Recently I had lunch at Azeen's Afghani Restaurant in Pasadena, CA. Pictured above is an excellent dish called mantu (Steamed dumplings filled with chopped beef, onions and herbs topped with yogurt and saut ed Mixed vegetables, $4). My lunch companion ordered pakawra-e-badenjan (Batter dipped, saut ed slices of eggplant topped with yogurt and

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• Congratulations to Larkin's Joint!

  Published: July 14, 2007, 12:41 pm

  Tags: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, Restaurants, Food

  the Los Angeles Times' main food critic S. Irene Virbila reviewed the joint (relatively favorably) in Thursday's paper. Mad Professah reviewed it over three months ago.From the Times:ACROSS from the Eagle Rock Baptist Church, a new soul food restaurant hasopened in a sweet little 1911 bungalow with a wraparound porch. Partners LarkinMackey, the

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• The Kosher Fad is Sure to Fade

  Published: July 27, 2007, 4:03 pm

  Tags: Food, Halakha, Ethics, Opinion

  soaring demand for kosher food. Ynet reports today, “In the last decad, [sic] kosher food sales in American supermarkets have reached a growth rate of 15 percent as opposed to a four percent growth rate for food that is not kosher. Eleven million Americans buy kosher food, and they are responsible for a yearly turnover of $9 billion.

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• On the hunt for vitamin D

  Published: July 26, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Board, Breast, Cancer, Dark, Dietary, Dri, Fatty, Fish, Food, Fortified, Good, Housekeeping, Intake, International, Milk, Multivitamin, Nutrition, Reference, Risk, Skin, Sun, Sunscreen, Supplement, Units, Vitamin

  still come up short -- the Food and Nutrition Board, responsible for setting the DRIs, have not yet updated guidelines in light of cancer concerns. So what's a girl to do? For starters, we need to understand that for overall health benefits, 1,000 IU (International Units) per day are necessary. The outdated DRI recommends 200 to 600 IU. This is

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• Alar (That doesn't taste like apples!) [Molecule of the Day]

  Published: July 27, 2007, 8:08 pm

  Tags: Food

  Like auxins, (see also) alar is a small molecule that modulates plant growth: Read the rest of this post... Read the comments on this post...

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• Worthy Wisdom: Clean eating may fight off cancer

  Published: July 28, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Additives, Antibiotic, Canyon, Chemicals, Clean, Eating, Environment, Epa, Food, Foods, Hormones, Labels, Metals, Organic, Pesticides, Preservatives, Produce, Ranch, Toxic, Wash, Wisdom, Worthy

  Here's how:Choose organic foods It's difficult to craft a diet consisting of 100 percent organic produce, dairy, grains, and protein. Try, though, and you'll avoid synthetic ingredients and genetically-modified foods. Buy local for cleaner produce Click here and here for listings of farmer's markets all over the country. Wash produce

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• Feminism: It's What's for Dinner

  Published: June 5, 2007, 7:08 am

  Tags: Retro, Food

  When my mother died, I was left the chore of going through everything in her house, choosing to keep a few things and getting rid of the rest. I kept some of her cookbooks out of sentimentality, which to tell the truth was kind of odd, since mom and I never cooked together. She never taught me how to make anything but gingerbread from a box.

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• Welcome! Here Be Croutons.

  Published: May 7, 2007, 6:59 am

  Tags: Bread, Croutons, Food

  is simple: to talk about food and movies, and other stuff, too. In that order. A friend recently mentioned that she'd like to make homemade croutons, but didn't know where to start. Croutons are, happily, one of the first truly homemade foods I learned how to make, and they are well worth the minimal time and effort.

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• Regarding Wendy’s Baconator

  Published: July 28, 2007, 8:27 am

  Tags: Food

  My friend Angela: “I was wondering if you’d considered reviewing the Wendy’s Baconator, a half-pound burger that boasts six — that’s right, six — slices of bacon.” Me: “Okay.” Because, as it just so happens, I’ve already had one. A couple of weeks ago I went to get the oil in my car

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• Not About Food: Love Song To Editors

  Published: July 23, 2007, 10:06 pm

  Tags: Not About Food

  I tell anyone who listens that my current passion for improving my writing comes from good editors. (I had good editors when I wrote my books, but I wasn't ready to understand what they were doing). One editor in particular changed my writing forever, both through example and by inspiring me to learn on my own, but I've had the good fortune to

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• iPhone Day

  Published: June 29, 2007, 9:30 pm

  Tags: Not About Food

  and then, I step out of the food groove here on OWF to write a personal message. Births are a good excuse, and this weekend must feel like one for a dear friend of ours, so it's reason enough. For the last year or year and a half—maybe longer—our friend meriko has all but disappeared from her own life and the lives of her friends

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