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Enviro-Chocolatier Unveils World’s Biggest Bar – By Far!

2024-12-20
By: Maggie
On: December 20, 2024
In: Chef Secrets, Food News

Guess how big the world’s largest chocolate bar is? On the other hand, don’t bother. It’s just SO big, you’ll hardly BELIEVE how big… Anyway, it was recently confirmed as the new Guinness World record holder leaving the previous record holder in its cocoa dust…Read More →

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Tryptophan NOT To Blame For Festive Feast Food Coma:

2024-12-13
By: Maggie
On: December 13, 2024
In: Chef Secrets, Food News, Food Tips

For decades we were told that a substance in Turkey meat called tryptophan was respons-ible for rendering some of us comatose fol-lowing overdoses of the popular festive feast poultry. Now, the experts say tryptophan is not to blame, after all!Read More →

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How to Create Drinks Menus For Holiday Parties

2024-12-12
By: Maggie
On: December 12, 2024
In: Chef Secrets, Food Tips

This is a topic on which I, personally, am not an expert. By any means. But NYC high-end caterer Jenn de la Vega is. And she recently shared with Food & Wine magazine her time-tested methods for formulating successful holiday party drinks menus…Read More →

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Winter-Warming, Weather-Beating Chicken Curry Soup

2024-12-12
By: Maggie
On: December 12, 2024
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

I love to add an extra dimension to the ‘warm-ing’ profile of cold-weather comfort soups with appropriate flavourings and spices. Thus, one of my favourite quick-yet-elegant shiver-banishing choices: Chicken Curry Slosh. You’ll appreciate how quick and easy it is to make!Read More →

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Maggie J.’s Top Most-Asked Culinary Question Of 2024!

2024-12-10
By: Maggie
On: December 10, 2024
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

Have you guessed it yet? It’s not really that hard, because it’s the most-asked holiday-time cooking question every year. Beginner and experienced home cooks alike are always asking, “Is there a guaranteed way to achieve lump-free gravy every time?”Read More →

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Holiday Special: Ultra Easy Universal ‘Cream Pie’ Fillings

2024-12-09
By: Maggie
On: December 9, 2024
In: Chef Secrets, Cooking 101, Food Tips

The Holidays bring requests from everyone for their fave cream pies and other ‘filled’ desserts. There are two ways to go about fulfilling the fillings – the hard way and the easy way. With Christmas and New Year’s banging on the door, it’s time for a recap…Read More →

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Rib-Sticking Tomato-Lentil Soup A Plant-Based Classic

2024-12-05
By: Maggie
On: December 5, 2024
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

You’re going to love this winter-wonderful, satisfying soup! It’s a meal in itself. And it’s not only an update to your usual Tomato Soup. It’s a perfect example of how to adapt your ‘conventional’ recipes to the coming, plant-based food future!Read More →

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‘Mad Honey’: Traditionally Medicinal, Potentially Deadly

2024-12-04
By: Maggie
On: December 4, 2024
In: Chef Secrets, Food Tips, Foodie Life Lessons

If you’ve never heard of this stuff before, you are not alone. Deli Bal Honey may be unique in the annals of ‘super-charged foods’. It can be pleasant in small doses, medicinal in high-er doses, and potentially deadly in its strong-est concentrations…Read More →

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