Food, Drink and Sweet Notes

'The greatest wealth is health.' ~Virgil

GOURMET PLEASURES WITH SOME SWEET NOTE

Gourmet Pleasures on Independent.ie
They may extol the virtues of fine ingredients, but even for committed foodies, sometimes only a treat will do, says Declan Cashin.
When it comes to food and snacks, we all have our guilty little pleasures. Sure, we know we're all supposed to feast on fine, fresh ingredients as part of a daily balanced diet, and graze on nuts and fruits rather than cakes and biscuits during work and in our downtime. However, in tough times like these, we need our little treats and pleasures to help buck us up, and that goes for the gourmand experts too. ...
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... The guilty gourmets;


Pavlova, culinary thievery? on the Independent.co.uk
New Zealand's new Prime Minister, John Key, faces a host of diplomatic challenges as he adjusts to the job. But of them all, the one exercising him most at the moment is the weighty matter of the provenance of a meringue dessert topped by cream and tropical fruit. Mr Key is irritated by Australia's long-standing claim to have invented the pavlova, which he dismissed yesterday as "ridiculous". He urged his neighbour and ally to acknowledge the dessert's New Zealand's origins ...
Full Story: Pavlova wars: New Zealand reclaims its national dessert; By Kathy Marks

More Interesting Links!
~ Health Journal - Why That Big Meal You Just Ate Made You Hungry; By MELINDA BECK, WSJ.com
~ The Gastronomer - Eggplant, Without All the Oil. Slick.; By Andreas Viestad, WashingtonPost.com

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