Stuffed Peppers – Where Is the Beef?

You think veganism is a recent trend? Think again! You think feminism was invented in the twentieth century? Missed it by about 2400 years! Meet Orpheus, mythical Ancient Greek poet and musician, a hero of one of the best-known love stories of all times (if you are wondering about the black hole behind his lire,…

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July 2017 Share and Inspire Others! – “F”

Originally posted on The Recipe Hunter:
I present you with the wonderful Exchange recipes received for the July 2017 Share and Inspire Others! – “F” All participants, have time from now up until midnight July  20th, to Promote and do a Press this/ share a link / or reblog on your own blog, by creating a link back to…

Zucchini Caviar from Beyond the Sea

Originally posted on koolkosherkitchen:
Tzar Ivan the Terrible was a cruel tyrant. Everybody knows that. And just like many things that “everybody knows” and thus nobody questions, the sobriquet “Terrible” should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we are in the middle of Pesach (Passover), I recommend Kosher for Passover Red Sea Salt. True,…

Eat Korean Carrots for 20/20 Vision

I can give you perfect proof that eating carrots will ensure perfect visual acuity – 20/20: have you ever seen a rabbit wearing glasses? Watch this: Ah, Bugs as Humphrey Bogart, swilling carrot juice, “Here’s to you, baby!” Carrots are so important to our health and so prevalent in every cuisine in the world that…

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Savoring Flavoring

Originally posted on lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown:
Remember Dagwood making those midnight trips to the fridge, piling his “Dagwood sandwich” six inches high with most things edible that came into his vision?  Or slumber parties where you tried to do the same and everyone ended up ill, to you mother’s great chagrin?…

Unfair Trade: Muffins for Tobacco

Are muffins bread? Are they cakes? Are they supposed to be eaten for breakfast, lunch, snack, dessert, or all of the above? Are muffins really cupcakes without frosting? Thomas Jefferson thought so, and called muffins “a luxury to us.” Today, you can get a recipe for Monticello Muffins at http://www.monticello.org.  But those are not American…

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Ceviche Spells Florida

Originally posted on koolkosherkitchen:
Nothing spells Florida like Ceviche!  This post is totally inspired by another blogger, a great and knowledgeable Odedi from Odedi’s Wine Review, who kept mentioning this and that wine with tuna ceviche. It finally got to the point where I said that there was no such thing and promised to prove…

Fishy Mystery

Originally posted on koolkosherkitchen:
I have a three-volume set of Confucius teachings. Years ago, when we were all young and passionate, and tended to argue earth-shattering issues till wee hours of the morning, with guitars and Georgian wines (that’s a country, not a state), sometimes, when an argument hit a dead-end and voices got hoarse,…

Did Maui Poke the Big Fish?

He did and he didn’t. According to the legend, Maui, demigod and a hero of Hawaiian folklore, had been mercilessly teased by his older brothers for being a poor fisherman. He kept  begging them to take him fishing, but they steadily refused. In one version of the legend, he hid in their canoe and revealed…

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Double Chocolate Avocado Mousse

Originally posted on koolkosherkitchen:
It’s summer, everybody is trying to look slim and feel healthy; meanwhile, all of you, beautiful people, crave some exceedingly decadent, sinfully chocolate desserts – confess! Relax, you are not alone, as confirmed by the classics. Here is my quote for today: You see – even Charles Dickens felt the same…

Assembly Required Salad

Originally posted on koolkosherkitchen:
When you want to impress your guests but don’t have much time, you open your refrigerator, grab all the vegetables you find there that could be consumed uncooked, and arrange them on a pretty platter to make an arresting picture. You place the dressing on the table right next to it,…

July 2017 Share and Inspire Others! – “F”

Originally posted on The Recipe Hunter:
Ok, we will do the next alpha for July and then take a break and deviate slightly and then return again with the alpha food list in August. “Alpha F”This month we have an OPEN and easy category. The only stipulation: The “F” MUST appear in the title of the…