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• SweetPerfection: Sugar's Healthy Twin

  Published: August 1, 2007, 3:30 pm

  Tags: Chicory Root, Sugar, Sugar Subsitute, Sweetperfection

  which is actually chicory root ground to a very fine soluble fiber. For all you glycemic dieters, SweetPerfection has a super low glycemic index of zero. The claim is that you can use SweetPerfection anywhere you'd use sugar -- In fact it is 100% guaranteed to taste and perform exactly like sugar. SweetPerfection's high fiber content (122 g

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• Cookthink's got me thinking about chile peppers

  Published: August 4, 2007, 4:30 am

  Tags: Cookthink, Jalapeno Peppers, Root Source, Scoville Scale, Serrano Chiles

  by Cookthink's weekly Root Source on serrano chiles. They've got a picture how-to on the best way to cut and seed a chile pepper, as well as side-by-side comparison of three popular varieties of chiles. Go forth and be spicy!Permalink   Email this   Comments

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• Happy National Root Beer Float Day!

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:14 am

  Tags: Childhood Drinks, National Root Beer Float Day, Nationalrootbeerfloatday, Summer Drinks

  to do exactly with National Root Beer Float Day, but it got me thinking about root beer. How did root beer, something I drank all the time when I was a kid get pushed out of the picture in favor of Diet Pepsi and other sodas? Here's a recipe for a root beer float (it's very basic, just root beer and vanilla ice cream). How about a root beer

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• Mmmm...Root Beer Float Cupcakes

  Published: August 11, 2007, 6:44 am

  Tags: Boing Boing, Root Beer Float Cupcakes, Rootbeerfloatcupcakes, Yumsugar

  recipe in time for National Root Beer Float day, but that doesn't mean we can't make them today or this weekend. They're Root Beer Float Cupcakes! I almost categorized this as Food Porn, but I think the "Mmmm" says it all. You never see the words "root beer" and "cupcakes" in the same recipe, so I'm intrigued. YumSugar not only has a great

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• Terra Chips Sweets & Beets = YUM!

  Published: August 24, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Beets, Chips, Root Vegetable, Sweet Potatoes, Sweets Beets, Terra, Veggie

  are made out of my favorite root veggies - delicious sweet potatoes and bold, beautiful beets. Sweets & Beets chips offer a hearty crunch, with a robust burst of sweet goodness. Want to know what they're made with? The ingredients are simple - sweet potatoes, beets, canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil. That's right - no

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• What to do with fresh tumeric root?

  Published: September 5, 2007, 11:38 am

  Tags: Fresh Tumeric, Pesky Apostraphe, Recipe Request, Tumeric, Tumeric Root, Tumericroot

  Mac's post about the tumeric root she recently bought, I had never really considered where tumeric powder came from. I don't think that had I turned my brain over to pondering the question I would have necessarily landed on a root as the correct answer. I think I would have assumed some sort of ground seed. It's amazing what you can learn from

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• Going to the Dentist: What's the Deal With Sedation?

  Published: September 18, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Anesthesia, Dentist, Gums, Root Canal, Sedation, Teeth

  Even if you are one of those people who absolutely dreads going to the dentist, you know it is still really important to go regularly. You need to keep your teeth and gums healthy, so your dentist can prevent small problems from growing into dental disasters. Now many dentists offer sedation dentistry. To ensure panicked patients make it to the

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• A microplane just for grating spices

  Published: September 25, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Cinnamon Stick, Ginger, Grater, Microplane, Nutmeg, Spices, The Spice House, Tumeric Root, Zester

  stick, ginger and turmeric root. Go forth and grate!Thanks K.F.!Permalink   Email this   Comments

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• Rumer Spends 8 Hours And Probably Stupid Money To Look Like A Troll Doll

  Published: September 30, 2007, 7:16 pm

  Tags: Break Off At The Root, Bruce Willis, Brunette, Demi Moore, Dye Job, Lindsay Lohan, Olsens, Platinum, Potato Head, Rumer Willis, Wig

  all didn't break off at the root. Rumer is the oldest of the Demi Moore-Bruce Willis brood. She's started doing movies now, which isn't a big surprise. She's also one of the smarter Hollywood kids - while she's been spotted with Lindsay Lohan and the Olsens, Rumer either doesn't party at all or makes sure she keeps a low profile. That's

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• Rocktober: Day 2

  Published: October 2, 2007, 5:22 pm

  Tags: Idiocy, Culture, Music, Random, 10 2 07, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen Day, Bud Gaugh, Del Mar, Hartford Civic Center, James Root, Leon Del Muerte, Magic, Murder Construct, October 2, October 2nd, Reunion Tour, Slipknot, Spice Girls, Sublime, The Boss

  On this second eve of Rocktober, 2007, Governor of Connecticut Jodi Rell, officially proclaimed this day in history to be “Bruce Springsteen Day”. (Mom, this one’s for you.) The Boss will be ROCKing with his E Street Band at the Hartford Civic Center tonight to open their first tour in four years and to promote [...]

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• Adrianne Rails Against, Pulls a Perez

  Published: October 4, 2007, 1:45 pm

  Tags: Root, Celebreality, Television

  Is Adrianne Curry at the center of the VH1 universe? First, she claimed to have helped cause Danny Bonaduce’s violent display against Jonny Fairplay at Tuesday’s Fox Reality Channel Really Awards. Now she’s going after recent VH1 adoptee Perez Hilton via an angry missive posted on one of her several blogs. What’s next?

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• Hip Hop Honors: Behind the Scenes

  Published: October 4, 2007, 1:28 pm

  Tags: Root, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Honors

  We got a chance to hit NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom for some of the rehearsals of our Hip Hop Honors show (which takes place tonight and airs on Monday night). It was a blast. Here's a little report on who's kneeling at Snoop's throne, what Keyshia Cole did to Ciara, and who taught Nick Cannon some new dances moves. (more…)Tags: Hip Hop,

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• Kim Kardashian Posed for Sexy Pics at 16?

  Published: October 4, 2007, 1:20 pm

  Tags: Root, Kim Kardashians Ass, Television

  Our bootylicious bestie Kim Kardashian has apparently always enjoyed getting naked in front of cameras - even as a youngin’. A criminal investigation has just been launched to look into naked pics of Kim and her sister Kourtney, which are being offered for sale by a California photographer. The “sexually explicit” images - some

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• Britney Skips Court for Venti Whipped Latte

  Published: October 4, 2007, 12:36 pm

  Tags: Root, Movies, Music

  While her ex-husband and their respective lawyers battled it out yesterday in a three-hour court hearing about the custody of her kids, Britney Spears did what any caring, accountable mom would do - she skipped court to go to a gas station, vitamin store and Starbucks. And she brought her real child - pet dog London - along with her! She dotes,

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• Hulk Is a Real American…Gladiator!

  Published: October 4, 2007, 12:28 pm

  Tags: Root, Celebreality, Television

  The rumors are true, brother! Hulk Hogan has been tapped to lead a new generation of men and women in tights when he hosts NBC’s revived incarnation of the ’80s feats-of-strength-and-cheesecake competition American Gladiators. The show is being prepped as a midseason replacement, so with any luck, Hulk will be corralling the strapping

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