Quick Bytes - 02 Mar 2012

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Here are a few of the interesting links & bits that we've seen recently from the world of food & cooking. We hope you enjoy them and find them useful!

Who says a fountain can be used only for chocolate?

You can use any chocolate fountain with your favourite sauce or dip. Surround with vegetables and it makes for an interesting party center-piece!

Food Pairing

Foodpairing is based on scientific flavor analysis. It is based on the principle that foods can be combined when they share major flavor components. But the nice thing is that is you don't have to understand anything from these complicated scientific analyses to use Foodpairing.  Read More

 

 

Food Pairing

Clever Ideas to Make Life Easier

From hulling strawberries to stoping cut apples from browning.

Why didn’t I think of that?! We guarantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems … some you never knew you had!  Read More

 

25 Clever Ideas to Make Life Easier

Checking Uncooked Pasta for Quality

How can you tell if the pasta is high quality

 If you're shopping in a supermarket for commercial yellow pasta, a way to tell is the more shapes a pasta company makes the better the quality of semolina used. Using cheaper grade flours cause many shapes to break during the drying process, so the companies stay away from those shapes.  Read More

 

What in Uncooked Pasta Do Italian Chefs Look for to Check for High Quality?

 

 

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