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Coffee, Juice, and Food in Central America

coffeePerhaps the best source of novel cooking ideas is dining outside of one's native country.  That's what my husband and I discovered recently. Guess what country we visited by mulling over the following food clues:

 

 

 

 

Supermarket Bargains You can Find

Grocery Shopping It's easy to overspend at the supermarket, but, believe it or not, it's also easy not to.  The advice below will help you keep your grocery bundles and bills a reasonable size.

 

FAQs about Ground Beef, Seasonings, Olive Oil, Lemon Wedges, and Fish

ground beefJudging by the questions sent to health websites and publications, it seems that the more consumers learn about food safety, the more anxiety they have related to this ingrained habit we have of eating. Here are some foods consumers have worried about recently: rare ground beef, imported spices, olive oil for cooking, lemon wedges in water, and farmed salmon. These Q/As provide some understanding of the issues and some techniques for getting around the risks of contamination. Many of the answers quote scientists on the Shelf Life Advice Advisory Board.

Is Cheese Addictive? Only If You Eat It

CheeseThe definitive answer to the title question is an emphatic, "Maybe." Why?  It depends upon whom you ask.  It depends upon your definition of addicted.  It even depends on the type of cheese you're continuously munching on. 

 

This obscure question was brought to my attention by my daughter, who regularly sends me newsworthy links to topics she thinks I should cover on Shelf Life Advice. This time, she sent me a Discovery Channel online article by Alice Truong, who talks about casomorphins, which, as you might surmise from the last two syllables, are related to the addictive painkiller.  Here's what Truong says, "The primary protein in milk is casein. When the human body digests casein, it produces casomorphins, which have an opiate effect on humans.  Because cheese is denser than, for example, milk, the casein is more heavily concentrated, meaning that eating cheese produces a larger amount of casomorphins in the body compared to eating other dairy products."

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