My daughter’s school holds “Taste Test Tuesday,” in which students sample a piece of exotic or an unknown food. The idea is to encourage the students to try something new on occasion; to let them out of the rut of eating the same food every day. The real object, of course, is to encourage healthy alternatives in their [...]

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For long time pomegranates were used either as a decorative piece or as filler for a fruit basket.  Pomegranate juice is sold now in most supermarkets and people are discovering this unique taste. Research has shown that pomegranates have a compound that prevents blood clots.  It lowers the bad cholesterol, the LDL, lower blood pressure [...]

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I have a couple of friends who think that cooking a meal is equivalent to undergoing torture.  Cooking, to them, is a journey into the unknown, so they stay away from anything that resembles preparing food. But if you go to their homes and see their kitchens, it’s as though you are seeing an entirely [...]

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