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Golden Berry

  • by Chef Rick Powless
  • Posted on April 7, 2017April 7, 2017

Golden berry (Physalis peruviana) it not a true berry.  It’s in the tomato family, and…

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  • Foodie Facts

Bitter Melon

  • by Chef Rick Powless
  • Posted on March 30, 2017March 30, 2017

Momordica charantia, known as bitter melon, bitter gourd, bitter squash, or balsam-pear, is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in…

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Miso

  • by Chef Rick Powless
  • Posted on March 24, 2017March 24, 2017

Miso’s origins can be traced to China as far back as the 4th century BC.…

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Geoduck

  • by Chef Rick Powless
  • Posted on March 23, 2017March 23, 2017

Geoduck (pronounced “Gooey duck”), aquaculture or geoduck farming is the practice of cultivating geoducks (specifically the Pacific geoduck, Panopea generosa) for human…

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Today in Food History

  • by Chef Rick Powless
  • Posted on March 21, 2017March 21, 2017

  Also, on this day in 1904 Jehane Benoît was born (died Nov 24, 1987).  Canadian…

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  • Foodie Facts

Monkfish

  • by Chef Rick Powless
  • Posted on March 9, 2017March 9, 2017

Monkfish are ferocious-looking creatures sometimes nicknamed “the poor man’s lobster” thanks to their muscular, firm-when-cooked…

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Millet

  • by Chef Rick Powless
  • Posted on February 1, 2017

Millet is a kind of grain that grows wild in Africa and all across Europe and Asia.  It grows about…

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  • Foodie Facts

Sorghum

  • by Chef Rick Powless
  • Posted on January 25, 2017January 25, 2017

Sorghum is truly a versatile crop that can be grown as a grain, forage or…

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  • Today in Food History

Today in Food History

  • by Chef Rick Powless
  • Posted on January 10, 2017January 20, 2017

Also, on this day in 1839 Indian tea became available in Britain for the first time.…

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  • Foodie Facts

The Christmas Card

  • by Chef Rick Powless
  • Posted on December 20, 2016December 20, 2016

The origin of the Christmas Card is in England. They are a product of boys…

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