| Black gold enriches cookies
For something considered a byproduct, molasses has certainly made a tasty impression on foods we know and love. Gingerbread, muffins, licorice, baked beans and barbecue sauce are just a handful of the creations made richer by what I like to call the "black gold" of the culinary world. When sugar cane (and sometimes beets) are refined to make sugar, the syrupy juice extracted is placed in a machine where centrifugal force is used to remove the sugar crystals, from which sugar is made. The liquid that remains after this process is called molasses. The syrupy juice is boiled three times, and when you go to the grocery store you will find three types of molasses for sale that reflect that. .
It's the hottest time of the year for spicy, saucy wings
It's the hottest time of the year for spicy, saucy wings McClatchy Newspapers Michael Deary has perfected his chicken wings over the years in Elk Grove, Calif. By Alison Roberts The way Michael Deary sees it, when you're a football fan, you gotta wing it. On game days, you can smell the excitement in Deary's Elk Grove, Calif., kitchen as he starts frying up his Buffalo wings early so he'll have a big pile for friends and family to tackle by kickoff. "I'm a fanatic about them," says the longtime Raiders fan. "My friends come over, and they're like, 'You're cooking wings at 8 in the morning?'" Wings have found a winning teammate in football -- with wing consumption peaking on Super Bowl weekend. Last year, more than 1 billion wing servings flew into the sunset and into human gullets during the big game weekend, the National Chicken Council reports.
Women’s Center seeks policy shift
Does the Women's Center stand up for all rights...or just THEIR rights, their pet rights? YOU be the judge. Lastly: yes, a weird dichotomous viewpoint (Orwellian in its double-think) of girl-as-naif, in need of protection (e.g., "affirmative response for each move leading up to a sexual encounter" policies) versus I-am-full-on-adult-womyn, here me roar! No logic, no rationality, insufficient perspective: guilty of the very "crimes" of which they accuse others. Ah, well. .
Sunshine for McCain
The Florida result also showed once again that running against immigration, even illegal immigration, is the fool's gold of American politics. Mr. Romney won decisively among voters who considered it the most important issue, but that was too few voters to matter. Mr. McCain did well among Cuban-Americans and other Hispanics. As for Mr. Giuliani, his distant third marks an amazing fall from what only weeks ago was a lead in the national polls. The former New York City mayor has been widely roasted for the strategic blunder of not fighting harder in earlier states. But in fact he did compete for a time in New Hampshire, only to see his fortunes fall amid negative reporting about his New York record and the revival of Mr. McCain. The two candidates have competed for similar voters -- national security conservatives -- and it may be that nothing could have prevented Mr.
Figure-friendly and filling
With the New Year's top resolution to lose weight or eat more healthfully still a priority, a Beckley cooking instructor offered her class some figure-friendly recipes."After all the heavy holiday meals and rich desserts, people are ready to eat something a little more on the light side, anyway," said Sawsan Galal, an adjunct instructor at the National Institute for Culinary Arts at Mountain State University. "It's also the time of the year that people resolve to be more conscientious about their eating habits."One way to avoid the pitfalls that come with such resolutions is to lower fat content, but not eliminate fats completely," Galal said."Fat is where the flavor is. If we eliminate fats altogether, we just wind up craving them more, and it's easy to lose our focus and fall back into bad eating habits," she said.Using nuts helps add healthy fats into the diet, along with lots of texture and taste.
TheStar.com | Business | Ethnic food for your freezer
Our biggest success has been to establish ourselves as the premier producer for frozen ethnic appetizers. A large part of our success is due to being able to maintain our focus in our niche to bring quality products to market to time-starved consumers. Q. Your biggest failure? A. Success and failure are two sides of the same coin. I have learned more from instances when things did not go well than if things went smoothly. It is important to be honest with yourself, as well as customers and suppliers and others you deal with. Q. What's the biggest challenges facing your business? A. The changing landscape of retail and foodservice is evolving dramatically over the past several years to keep pace with these evolving trends. As a business, we are always focused on how we can stay relevant to our customers and continue to bring value.
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