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Exploring the Delights of Shopping at an Italian Food Emporium
It’s special, it’s unique, it’s fun, it’s like being a kid in a candy store – shopping in a fabulous Italian food emporium. In my hometown – Vancouver, Canada – the emporium is Bosa Foods, a large Italian deli-food store. Bosa Foods – owned by an Italian family – is unlike any other place. The…
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Spicy and Sweet Dinner: Chicken Thighs Recipe
Tasting Notes This dinner serves two. Chicken thighs are terrific, reasonably priced, meaty, easy to cook and full of flavour. Talk about a flavour bomb – this dinner has it all: sweet, spicy, earthy, salty, textures abound, crunchy, soft, luscious. What You Need 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil. 1 garlic clove. 1 knob of ginger. 4…
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San Gimignano – Italian Gem Steeped In History Thousands Of Years Old
San Gimignano – one of Tuscany’s great gems. This hillside town, high above the valley below, encircled by century old walls, a skyline of medieval towers, harkens back to the 12th. century. The city’s town centres on Piazza della Cisterna, consist of a triangular square, lined with houses from medieval times. Here is a great…
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Italian Winter Wonderland
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The Vibrant World of David Park’s Intense Colour Palette Creating An Unconventional, Important, New, Art Movement
David Park was a painter often defying conventional held beliefs in art circles. One, he was a teacher in high school and later at various art schools not the usual path for many great artists. Two, suddenly he cast aside his Cubist style in favour of a totally different style and approach, creating one of…
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How to Make a Simple, Easy, Super Delicious Italian Linguine Pasta Dinner with Garlic Bread
Tasting Notes The rich, luscious, pasta, notes of sweetness, a bit briny from the capers, pairs well with the crunchy baguette, the salad crunchy and earthy, all adds up to a wonderful meal. What You Need 1 garlic clove peeled. 1/2 of a baguette. Linguini for two. One cup unsalted butter. 1/2 cup of capers.…
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Want to Know the Secrets to Roasting Vegetables to Yummylicious Perfection?
Tasting Notes Roasted vegetables are a treat. Yet most cooks don’t roast their vegetables enough. So they are missing out. Why? Roasting vegetables enhances and intensifies their natural flavours, their sugars caramelize, strong pronounced flavours mellow, resulting into rich, multilayered perfection, and that delicate bit of char or caramelization adding another layer of Yummylicious. What…
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Hot New Tourist Destinations- Exploring the World’s Five Most Famous Food Markets
The world’s tourism sector is undergoing major changes. At the heart of it all – people want their experiences to be REAL. They want to immerse themselves and become a part of the world they are travelling to. Merely looking in, or looking at, is out. But being a part of it, definitely is in.…
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Venice