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82Food as Medicine:Seasonal Eating
Skip the pill bottles! In traditional or natural medicine systems, food IS medicine. A balanced diet is about keeping your body balanced internally and with the external environment. Seasonal eating, preferably of local ingredients, is the best way of staying healthy. It's much cheaper as well to eat local produce that is in season.
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78Steamed Dishes in Chinese Home Cooking
In Chinese cuisine, humble home-style dishes are very different from restaurant dishes and street food. Steaming is a common method of home-style cooking and is used for meat (in particular pork), chicken, fish, eggs or tofu. Quick and economical, these tasty dishes are great for tight household budgets. Guidelines for steaming techniques and recipe ideas here.
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80Hard Boiled Eggs - Recipe Ideas
Hard-boiled eggs aren't just for sandwich fillings. They are one of the most versatile ingredients. Stuffed hard-boiled eggs are elegant finger food. Their flavours & textures can be transformed by braising, deep-frying. As a garnish, they add substance to a dish as well. Recipe for Spanish Green Bean Salad.
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80Chips & Crackers: Not Just Snack Foods
Chips and crackers are often thought of as snacks or nibbles that you have with drinks. However, in Indonesian cuisine, they are part & parcel of the main meal. Read more about the vast varieties of crisps & crackers - from seafood crackers to tempe crisps and their uses beyond snacks. Try this recipe for sweet spicy potato chips which is served as part of a main meal with rice.
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77Cherries: Varieties, Uses, History
Sweet cherries are great for fresh eating. But sour cherries freeze well & are fantastic in cooking. Ideas for using sour cherries and recipe for cherry cake.
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75Strawberry & Raspberry Desserts
Strawberries & raspberries are wonderful simply served with cream. They are also easily transformed into mouth-watering desserts with very little effort.
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86How To Make Prawn Crackers
Want prawn crackers that taste of prawns? Make your own! Here's how to do it.
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75Sesame: History and Uses
Sesame has long been associated with magical powers. It was the "password" to great treasures in the story of Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves. It's also pretty magical in cookery with lots of uses in sweet & savoury dishes. Sesame seed paste (tahini) is used in both Middle Eastern & Chinese cuisines. Tips for making silky hummus. Recipe for Chinese cold dish: "Bang Bang Chicken"
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81A Potted History of Pies and Chicken Macaroni Pie
Pies have very interesting history that dates back to around 17th century BC. And four-and-twenty blackbirds in a pie isn't just a nursery rhyme either! Check out this Malaysian Chicken & Macaroni pie - a delicious product of British colonial times in then Malaya when Hainanese cooks added their own twist to what they regarded as bland fare of their British colonial masters.
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84Sponge, Genoise & Chiffon Cakes
What's the difference between a Sponge, Genoise and Chiffon Cake? Tips for making light airy cakes and a recipe for Powder Puffs, an Australian classic also known as Sponge Kisses.
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