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Avocado – a Most Wholesome Fruit

Thu, Aug 12, 2010

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Avocado – a Most Wholesome Fruit

Discover the world of the wholesome fruit oil in the skin – start eating avocado for your health! It contains more fats than any other fruit. Most of avocado fats are monounsaturated. Avocado is rich in potassium.  Continue reading...

Fried Pumpkin Flowers

Mon, Jul 26, 2010

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Fried Pumpkin Flowers

The flowers of zucchini and pumpkin are traditionally used in Italian cuisine. Sometimes flowers are prepared stuffed with something like mozzarella, anchovy or shrimps. But customarily they fry flowers in oil having dipped them in batter which is called “pastella” in Italian. Here’s the simplest recipe for preparing flowers. Ingredient for Fried Pumpkin Flowers 15-20 pumpkin flowers 1 ... Continue reading...

The Recipe for Thin Pancakes

Tue, Feb 9, 2010

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The Recipe for Thin Pancakes

There are some secrets how to make your pancakes thin. First, the frying pan should be cast-iron. It should be well heated. High temperature makes dough go bubbly and small holes appear in it. Second, you need to pour but a little dough on the pan and you should turn the frying pan quickly to ... Continue reading...

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Fri, May 16, 2008

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Olive oil is obtained from the squeezed olive fruit. Taking into account olive oil’s health benefits as well as its importance for various national cuisines in the world, we have decided to depict the oil extraction process to answer numerous questions of interested people. During olive harvest in November 2007, we toured a small private ... Continue reading...

Capers

Sun, Feb 17, 2008

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Capers

The caper is a genus of plants that belong to the capers family. The genus, in the wide sense, is native to the Mediterranean region, Asia, India, the South Crimea and Caucuses. Capers are cultivated in West and South Europe, India, Philippines, Morocco and North America. The shrub bears honey yielding, white and pink flowers ... Continue reading...

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