Monthly Archives: January 2015

Cream Puffs (Choux à la crème)

By Cat, Jan 2008 (Photo, right, from King Arthur Flour (3)) See also: 1. Pastries, etc. Menu; 2. Pastry Cream; 3. Dark Chocolate Sauce This wonderful dessert is common to many European cultures including France (Choux à la crème or Profiteroles) and Denmark (Fyldte … Continue reading

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Chocolate Sauce

By Cat, Jan 2008 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) Chocolate makes wonderful sauces as well as frostings and fillings. Dark chocolate is the most healthful to use; see Chocolate (about) for more on the different types of chocolate.

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Cranberry-Orange Bread with Nuts

By Cat, Feb 2008 (photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Breads & Rolls Menu; 2. CranberryKeeping Cake Cranberry bread adds a festive flair to any holiday table, but I like to make it any time of the year that I can get … Continue reading

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Cranberry Keeping Cake (Norrlands Kage)

By Cat, Feb 2008 (photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) Cranberry bread adds a festive flair to any holiday table, but I like to make it any time of the year that I can get good quality fresh cranberries (you could … Continue reading

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Rye Crackers

By Cat, Jan 2011 (Photo, right from Wikimedia Commons) See also: 1. Breads & Rolls Menu; 2. Other cracker recipes on other sites: Garvick.com cracker recipes (3); Towards Sustainability basic cracker recipe (4); All Recipes, Oatmeal or NY Style Rye Crackers … Continue reading

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Food Additives

By Cat, Feb & Nov 2007 Unless you only eat single-ingredient foods that you prepare/cook in your own home, you are getting food additives hidden in the foods (and some don’t require listing on the label). Many/most of those additives have toxic … Continue reading

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Unnatural Foods from Animals

By Cat, Feb & Nov 2007 See also: 1. Foods (About) Menu; 2. Whole Foods: What they Are, Which Are Not; 3. Dairy Cow Anomalies; 4. Humane Dairy Farms vs CAFOs Includes: 1.  In older times, our diets included many healthful animal foods.  For example: Wild … Continue reading

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Manufactured Foods

By Cat, Feb & Nov 2007 See also: 1. Foods (About) Menu; 2. Whole Foods: What they Are, Which Are Not; 3. The EssentiaList: Butter vs Margarine Includes: 1. What Is a Man-Made (Manufactured) Food; 2. Examples of Man-Made Foods/Additives; 3. Comparison of Butter (Whole Food) and … Continue reading

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Whole Foods: Storage

By Cat, Jan 2015 See also: 1. Foods (About) Menu; 2. Diet for Health: Local and Organic: Procuring Healthful Foods (links to old site; update links in text when moved) Includes: Links to cold storage, and food-preservation files on The EssentiaList The EssentiaList website of which I … Continue reading

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Whole Foods: Local vs Organic; Procuring Healthful Foods

By Cat, Feb & Nov 2007 (Image, right, from Organic.org (11)) See also: 1. Foods (About) Menu; 2. Diet for Health: Local and Organic: Procuring Healthful Foods (links to old site; update links in text when moved) Includes: 1. ‘Organic’; 2. ‘Local’; 3. Monoculture; … Continue reading

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