Author: Caterina Borg, Good Food Gourmet
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Komplete Ultimate Meal Replacement Shakes Giveaway From Kate Farms
One of the GREAT food shows I am invited to attend every year is the Natural Foods Expo East in Baltimore. When I attend shows like this and the Fancy Food Show in New York City, I always come up with my list of TOP PICKS that filters out some of the best and most…
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Gluten Free Pizza Giveaway From Smart Flour Foods
For many, the choice to switch to a gluten free diet is generally made out of necessity — albeit a very serious one. For those who suffer with the debilitating Celiac disease or malaise resulting from gluten sensitivity, the symptoms and discomfort are all too real. If not managed early on, the long term prognosis for…
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Old School Cream Of Mushroom Soup
We were one of the many thousands of families who enjoyed Campbell’s condensed cream of mushroom soup at home. It’s no wonder that it was one of America’s favorite soups, because it was definitely one of ours. As someone who has always enjoyed home cooked meals, I’m not proud to say that we ate canned…
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Thanksgiving Egg Rolls
At home, we were always taught to use up leftover ingredients and try to squeeze out as many meals as we could. This kind of thinking was a result of limited resources that my family lived with every month. As a young kid, I never complained about not having things that other kids were blessed…
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Black And White Chocolate Cream Pie
I’m always looking for delicious desserts to share with friends and family, especially over the holidays when people are ready to splurge a bit. Over the years, I have collected a few really dependable, basic recipes which I tweak as necessary to create something new. After all, no one wants to eat the same thing…
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Orange Spoon Jam (Portokali Tou Koutaliou)
Greeks are absolute masters at making homemade jams. This artistry extends to just about any fruit or vegetable for that matter. I remember going to visit family friends as a young kid, and almost always, a spoon jam accompanied whatever other delicacies the host chose to serve along with some Greek coffee. Most spoon jams…
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Chocolate Truffle Holiday Figs
Figs are one of those fruits you either like or don’t — personally, I’ve loved them all of my life, and I will eat them any way that I find them. The more traditional way you generally find them is dried, especially around the holidays, but I’ve also had the great pleasure to enjoy some…
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Mama Eleni’s Lentil Soup
My mother was always a working woman who never really had too much patience for duties in the home, especially cooking. Having said that, I will say that the few things she did make were absolutely delicious. She had a great teacher in my grandmother who was not only a great cook, but also an…
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Candied Orange Peel With Honey Ridge Farms Spiced Honey Creme
Candied citrus peel is an ingredient that I am very familiar with. It is commonly used in all kinds of European style baked goods found around the holidays — like rich fruit cakes, traditional Italian panettone, German stollen and something called panforte, which is more of a cross between a fruit cake and a confection.
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Sweet & Salty Crispy Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean) Snack
My dad would pick up these delicious, crispy chickpea snacks when he had a few extra bucks left over from grocery shopping. They weren’t cheap, so it was a real treat when he would come home with some after shopping at his favorite international markets. There were only two different flavors available at the time,…