Food Meditations...: Healthy Aphrodisiacs and Minestrone (Simple, Delicious and Healthy Too)

A chunky broth ~

"It's been colder than usual lately in Rome, so minestrone soup seemed like a good idea"

International flavors like sesame oil and soy help an Italy-based expat stave off weeks and weeks of the same old minestrone... What to Do With Leftover Soup: Buy It a Passport | theatlantic.com

"If Heaven made him - earth can find some use for him." ~Chinese Proverb (quotegarden.com)

delightfully yours, Food Meditations

The connection between love and food
Meals leave memories, some to treasure, some best forgotten...
Read more: Love, Food and Healthy Aphrodisiacs; oprah.com

Pantry notes
Unlike almost every other citrus variety, you eat the entire fruit, skin and all...
Read more: Kumquats: How to choose, store and prepare; latimes.com

Chef talks
~ Inside a high-tech laboratory that's spinning out the future of food (in a centrifuge at 13 Gs)...
Read more: A Tour of The Modernist Cuisine Kitchen Laboratory; popsci.com

~ The General Store owner and "chef people love to hate" defends the videos she and her partner made parodying their customers...
Read more: Gillian Clark: The chef people love to hate?; washingtonpost.com

~ Chef Keller gives pro photographer butterflies; reuters.com

Made of human milk
Miriam Simun, a student of New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), began her human cheese project last October...
Read more: Would You Eat Human Cheese? seriouseats.com

Healthy corner
~ The Blacks take micro and macro approach to son's diabetes; washingtonpost.com

The mixer
~ The Geek's Guide to Rebooting Your Kitchen; lifehacker.com
~ Shark’s Fin Comes Off Menu as Cruelty Campaign Sways U.K. Chefs; bloomberg.com

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Appetibilis
~ Savory French Toast; fleurtbutter.wordpress.com
~ A memorable ginger broth; signonsandiego.com
~ Mushroom Soup with Chervil Cream; cafefernando.com
~ Chanterelle Mushrooms Recipe and a Sur La Table Giveaway; mymansbelly.com
~ Karahi Chicken - Chicken Curry in Red Gravy with Green Bell Peppers; journeykitchen.com

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Healthy Aphrodisiacs and Minestrone (Simple, Delicious and Healthy Too)

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