Marvelous Marinade Recipe Contest Awards Over $10,000
Winners in the Marvelous Marinade Recipe Contest sponsored by Ziploc bag makers will share more than 10 thousand dollars in prizes for creative recipes that use marinades. First prize is five thousand dollars with three thousand and fifteen hundred for second and third.
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Top it Off recipe winners announced across nation
Pastry chef Beylka Krupp of Commander's Palace New Orleans wins grand prize in the Top it Off recipe contest. Reddi-wip donates 15000 to Boys & Girls Club of America via four top prizes and nine honorable mentions. Winners include Martin Nakatsu Julia Carter and Susan Feniger. A cookbook offers winning recipes for 1.00 with proceeds to charity.
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Beylka Krupp
Commander’s Palace
New Orleans
Boys & Girls Club of America
Krupp
United States
Reddi-wip
Martin Nakatsu
Ritz-Carlton
Phoenix
Julia Carter
Bayona
Susan Feniger
Border Grill
Santa Monica
Calif
Chicago
Ill
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Reddiwip
Difference Between Blanching and Parboiling in Cooking
Blanching quickly boils food then chills it in ice water to fix color remove skins or reduce odors. Parboiling starts with brief boiling but skips chilling and partially cooks the item for later methods like braising grilling or stir frying.
Sonoma winery adopts synthetic corks to combat cork taint
St Francis Winery in Sonoma County California starts using synthetic stoppers to avoid cork taint attributed to TCA residue from bleach sterilization. Wineries report 2 to 4 percent corked bottles as the aroma problem spreads in recent years.
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St. Francis Winery
Sonoma County
Calif
Gazette Wv
Fiber rich diet boosts health claims and tips
Sixty one percent of dietitians note Americans eating healthier than five years ago while 54 percent are aware fiber matters yet only 37 percent meet adequate intake. USDA guides urge high fiber grain foods and 20 to 35 gram daily target. typical intake remains 10 to 15 grams. Recipes below offer high fiber muffins using cereal, bananas, yogurt and flour with baking instructions.
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Innerpolis
USDA
Pyramid
National Cancer Institute
Joanne Slavin
University of Minnesota
Department of Food
Fresh Tomato White Chili Wins Recipe Contest at Disney
Roger Disbrow, a Disney Culinary Apprenticeship Program student in Lake Buena Vista Florida, won the Celebrate Fresh Tomatoes recipe contest with his Fresh Tomato White Chili. The dish combines white kidney beans, chicken, and fresh tomatoes with spices and optional garnishes for four servings.
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Associated Press
Roger Disbrow
Disney
Lake Buena Vista
Fla
Ideas That Take the Cake Personalizing Cakes
Tips for shaping two layer yellow white or chocolate cakes into fits any occasion. Add spices like cinnamon ginger allspice or nutmeg to the dry mix and boost flavor with applesauce orange peel maple flavoring or almond extract. Replacing water with pineapple juice suits pineapple lovers.
Light & Lean 97 cuts and Sprinkle Spangles cereal debut
Ormel Foods Corp introduces Light & Lean 97 cuts with julienne 97 percent fat free oven roasted turkey smoked turkey and smoked ham serving as versatile ingredients or salad toppers priced at 2.49 per package General Mills adds Sprinkle Spangles a corn based cereal in 13 ounce boxes with puffed star shapes and rainbow sprinkles priced around 2.89 Progreso rolls out six ready to serve pasta soups with 13 to 25 grams of carbohydrates per serving about 108 calories and 2 grams of fat per serving
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Ormel Foods Corp
General Mills
Progreso
Campbell soup expands Healthy Request line and new soups
Campbell adds two Cream of Celery and Cream of Broccoli fat free soups at 99 percent fat free with low cholesterol no MSG and reduced salt. Also introduces Hearty Pasta and Minestrone varieties at 99 cents per two serving can. Hidden Valley Ranch adds four kid friendly flavors in 16 ounce squeezable bottles at 2.95. Maxwell House extends cappuccino line with Decaffeinated flavor and five envelopes per box at 1.99.
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Hidden Valley Ranch
Pizza Ranch
Maxwell House
Can You Trust a Tomato in January
Book review of Vince Staten's Can You Trust a Tomato in January revealing industry secrets behind brand names and name origins. It covers examples like M and M Mars and Murrie, Spam, Velveeta, Haagen Dazs, Sugar cereals, and Coors renaming Banquet Beer to Coors Original Draft.
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M&m
Vince Staten
Simon & Schuster
Staten
Betty Crocker
William Crocker
Sara Lee
Sara Lee Schupf
Birds Eye
Feathery Field Fischers
Charles Birdseye
M&M’s
Mars
Frank Mars
Mars Candy
Bob Murrie
Bronx
Coors