Six Great Reasons To Eat More Nuts!

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Nuts have an underserved reputation as a fattening food group, and for that reason many people shy away from them. Doing so may not be a very good idea, however. According to science, nuts are healthy, and although they do tend to be calorie rich, research does not support the notion that they are fattening. [...]

There’s More To Just The Calories In Pancakes

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Grilled, flipped and stacked, three buttermilk pancakes comes out to 525 calories, a whopping 66 grams of carbs, but 15.6 grams of protein. Without syrup.

Is Oatmeal Gluten Free? Important Information For Celiacs

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Gluten is a protein that is associated with many grains, namely barley, rye, and wheat. Such grains are used to make flour and are found in most types of cereals and breads and traces of the substance are found in many other foods as well. There are many grains that do not naturally contain any [...]

Finding The Best Red Wine For Beginners

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If you want to find the best red wine for beginners you might want to first understand how red wine gets its color. During the fermentation process the skins of the wine grape are left in contact with the extracted juice. The skins contain pigment which dyes the juice red to the wine maker’s specifications [...]

Vin Santo – Italy’s Sweet Wine

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One of the more sophisticated types of dessert wines available with a very long history is Italy’s Vin Santo, which translates as saint wine or the wine of saints. It was originally the name of the Greek dessert wine from the small archipelago of volcanic islands of Santorini off the coast of Greece in the [...]

Making Chocolate Covered Strawberries From Your Garden

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A hot summer day and the strawberries are in season. Chocolate covered strawberries are a great way to use a lot of the bonanza of fruit that hits the stores in the warm months.

The Scoop On Coffee Beans

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When someone doesn’t know the many benefits of using coffee beans they often don’t understand why someone would buy coffee beans when they could just purchase a bag of regular coffee. Regular coffee is just as good, they say. But is it just as good?

The Many Qualities Of Good Coffee

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Don’t you just love the smell of fresh percolated coffee on a cold winter’s morning? Even in summer, there’s nothing like a good cup of coffee to give you the kick start you need to go on your way to a lovely day.

Choosing The Right White Wine

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By Michael Williams Understanding that choosing the right white wine in an appropriate setting is a fundamental asset that can carry you through many situations and improve your quality of life. It is one of four types of wine: white, red, Champagne, and rosé. White wine is produced from grapes free of any stems, skins, [...]

The Odd Nature Of Sweet Wine

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By Jared Billingham There are times when Mother Nature produces aberrations that prove harmful to human beings and other times when what seems harmful is in fact quite delicious. What I’m referring to is a little gray mold called Botrytis cinerea, or “Noble Rot”, which attacks wine grapes and transforms some white varieties into a [...]