Now let’s move onto cooking oils. We all know about olive oil, but what about grapeseed oil? A few months ago, my fiance and I were shopping for oil for deep frying lumpia. While I reached for the corn oil, he picked up a bottle of grapeseed oil instead. I was quite skeptical at the [...]
Entries from January 31st, 2007
Fancy Food Show 2007 – Tea
January 26th, 2007 No Comments
With 1,100 vendors at the Fancy Food Show, no wonder I couldn’t finish it in 5 hours! I really needed 2 days. I just found out that Martin Yan of “Yan Can Cook” was there and I missed him! He was the very first TV chef I ever watched. Check out his cookbooks Martin Yan’s [...]
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Fancy Food Show 2007 – Acai
January 23rd, 2007 No Comments
What is the Fancy Food Show? It is the biggest trade show I have ever been to! It encompasses specialty and gourmet food, drinks, and food products.
The latest trend in the specialty food industry is natural foods with high nutritional value. The superfood and antioxidant berry from Brazil, Acai (ah-sci-ee), is a popular ingredient. There [...]
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Meeting Paula Deen and Ina Garten
January 21st, 2007 No Comments
That’s me on the left. What a dream come true if I get to meet one food celebrity! But getting to meet 2 wonderful Food Network chefs was amazing! Paula Deen is beautiful in person, funny, and her personality lights up the room, just like you see on her show. My best friend Annie and [...]
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Yerba Mate at Tully’s
January 20th, 2007 No Comments
This week, I noticed that Tully’s Coffee started offering Yerba Mate (pronounced as “ma – tay”) lattes and mochas. I was really excited about this new offering because I have been trying to find a coffee alternative for years. Chai is the next alternative but it doesn’t always give me the boost that I need.
At [...]
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