When The Zucchini reach the old world, you can say, it was magic.  The Italian not only gave the squash variety its commonly known name, but they have developed dozen of ways to cook zucchini.  Both the Italian and the French have created so many wonderful ways to eat zucchini it would be impossible to [...]

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I marvel at how much Westerners spend on diet schemes, from books to complete diet programs that go beyond just recommending diet foods and concoctions for you to stay trim, but also offer them for sale.  We need not starve ourselves with liquid diets, with tiny portions that maintain, not a weight level, but a [...]

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All over the Mediterranean no meal is considered finished until cheese is served.  It is thought to settle the stomach and helps to digest one’s meal.  In good restaurants in Europe the waiter usually brings the cheese tray with a selection of different kind of cheese on it to allow the customer to choose. Food [...]

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