Target stores were busted for advertising Silk Soymilk as Organic even through Dean Foods which makes the stuff switched from Organic to Non-Organic Soybeans in 2009. Now a lot of consumers who want to go chemical free just kept purchasing their Silk without knowing what they were doing because they simply don’t check the labels every [...]

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I had previously posted about tips for brewing an awesome cup of organic coffee. Now something new has come to my kitchen that has brought brewing gourmet coffee to the next level. This is a thing with a name that you’ve probably heard but has made you wince when you heard it. The Chemex coffee maker.

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Was doing some smoothie experimentation yesterday and came up with one that tastes like this creamy, evil, delicious milk shake kind of thing. Anyway the key is that it’s non-dairy, no gluten, high protein, high vitamins and very low cholesterol. Here goes:
Shopping List:

1 Cup of No-Fat or Low Fat Vanilla Flavored Yogurt
1 1/2 Cups of Mixed Fresh Strawberries, Blueberries and Pineapple [...]

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 As with all cooking (and as in relationships for that matter) what ingredients you bring in determines what you get out. Or said another way GIGO – Garbage in / Garbage Out. … As we said before one of the biggest favors a cook can do for himself and his guests is to use the [...]

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 Well, back from the no-blog vacation (like blogging about food is something I needed a vacation from). Anyway goofed off for a number of weeks, met some incredible people and just up’d everything by two levels. .. It’s been a very, very nice couple of weeks. Anyway, back to Soy Milk.
 This is West Soy’s brand. One [...]

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 I could go into all the facts about how coffee once out of the roaster starts it’s slide down the slippery slope towards staleness and un-drinkability.. A horror show for the taste buds actually. … We have oxidation going on, flavor compounds degrading to the point where they’ve become extinct in your beans, flatness.. etc. etc. So like [...]

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 One of the latest kitchen appliances in the past few years has been what is known as single serve coffee machines. The angle being that you make one cup of fresh coffee for immediate consumption. .. And how can we disagree? Most everything (especially coffee) tastes much better fresh.  This compared to my parents “coffee” that sits [...]

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 I’ve switched to Frontier Green Tea Chai…it’s simply the best Chai I’ve ever had. It’s also Low Caffeine, Certified Organic, Certified Fair Trade and Kosher..

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 As with most food items, Organic Coffee tastes best when fresh. But there’s more involved in a coffee’s freshness than it’s age. Proper storage is essential. If not done right, a coffee’s flavor will deteriorate fairly quickly. Here’s a quick review of some of the considerations involved in keeping coffee fresh..
 There are several factors that cause a coffee’s flavor to deteriorate rapidly [...]

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 As I write this blog entry someone somewhere is ordering a decafe vente latte not too smarte from his local barista. Coffee is the ultimate wonder-food. It tastes great warm, tastes great cold, you can take it black and strong, creamy with foam, as an ice cream flavor and so on and so forth. There [...]

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