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Macaron

by | Mar 31, 2012 | Food Industry

Recently, I started working on baking French Macaron cookies. What I pictured were those spongy coconut-laden treats that usually show up around the holidays dipped in chocolate. Nope, those are coconut macaroons – note the extra o. The actual macaron is a...
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Curiouser and Curiouser

by | Mar 24, 2012 | Food Science

I have been playing around with recipes lately, and I have found that I truly enjoy taking a recipe and playing around with the ingredients and preparation methods. I’ve been baking protein cookies for Josh for almost two years now, I don’t think...
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Crispy Corn?

by | Mar 17, 2012 | Food Industry

I just received a gift package from Green Giant showing off their new SteamCrisp canned corn. I remember seeing their new in-can steamer when we toured their factory, so I’m excited to give it a try! I incorporated it into my vegetable paella. Okay, it’s...
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Intern Mysteries

by | Feb 16, 2012 | Food Industry

Courtesy of Green Giant Valley Attending culinary school has opened up awesome opportunities, and one of them is in working in a combined kitchen and science research laboratory. It is as zany as it sounds, but it’s also really interesting. I’ve gotten to...