Alfredo sauce has many faces. You can go the simple route, and make it with only three ingredients: butter, cream and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Or you can do it like Jamie Oliver did for Goldie Hawn and add egg, nutmeg, and truffle oil. You can also go the Olive Garden route, in which case you’ll
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Autumn has arrived the air has chilled and once again soup season is here. The late Laurie Collin who wrote for the food column in Gourmet magazine, said, “to feel safe and warm on a cold wet night, all you really need is soup.” What’s In A White Bean and Swiss Chard Soup To start,
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Herbs and spices are used to enhance the flavor of food, either it be for cooking Spaghetti Carbonara or baking an apple pie. An herb or spice can be a seed, fruit, root, bark, berry, bud or leafy part of the plant. They are principally used for flavoring food among other uses. They can be
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Mojito is a traditional alcoholic beverage of Cuba, the Highball. The drink consists of white rum, sugar cane juice, lime juice, sparkling water, and mint, or as it is called in Spanish, yerba buena. Actually the drink gets its name from the type of mint used, which is mojito. Mojito (the herb) is a native plant to Cuba, and
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Have you had lemongrass before? When mixed with other ingredients it can be really tasty. Lemongrass is associated with Asian cooking especially in Thai, Malaysian and Vietnamese cuisine. Lemongrass is also classified as an herb and is reported to have many health benefits. The herb has antibacterial and antifungal properties. It is very potent in
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