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“Sticky cinnamon buns belong to Philadelphia as do Independence Hall and the Twelfth Street Market. This is a bun of true cinnamon flavor, of a stickiness incarnate.” — Best Recipes of 1949 (This Week Magazine)

Cinnamon is a relatively common spice that adds a delicious aroma to just about anything, sweet or savory.  Did you know […]

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This recipe is from Spanish Fiestas. It was collected by the author from “Emilio at Bar Victoria in Miraflores de la Sierra, a village in the Sierra de Guadarrama just outside Madrid.” This recipe does not actually mention using saffron, however, where it says to use food color is where I would add a pich […]

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Spanish saffron is one of my favorite spices ever. There is nothing that compares to its exotic, pungent aroma. But you must use the real thing - not one of the cheap knock-offs. Saffron is the slender thread at the center of a small purple crocus, where the pollen catches and develops. There are precisely […]

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Today I’m in the mood for some Thai Peanut sauce. I just now sauteed up a bowlful of cubed tofu in toasted sesame oil with a bunch of brocolli spears and doused it in a cup of peanut sauce with a nice zing to it. Yum. The cooks over at Thai Table say that peanut sauce is […]

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Ever wonder why you get cravings for particular foods? Even if you have a food addiction, you have to take a look at the underlying reason. If youre craving sweets and carbs, maybe you’re not getting enough of something else in your diet, like iron for example, and your body is feeling wiped out.
Lately I’ve been […]

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