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How to Bake Bread with Raisins: Raisin Bread Month
Nov01

How to Bake Bread with Raisins: Raisin Bread Month

Posted By on Nov 1, 2013 in Baking, Bread Recipe, Breads, Breakfast, Featured, Fruit, Fruit & Vegetables, Grapes, How To Cook, Sweets, Vegetarian | 0 comments

Raisin Bread Month is here in the month of November, and now you’re thinking to yourself when on Earth the last time you baked a loaf of Raisin Bread at home was. It may have been a while, if I’m guessing correctly. Raisin Information: Raisins are just dried grapes. Muscat grapes, which are generally available near year end, are aromatic, sweet & are ideal to use in baking rich cakes & other confections. The golden...

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How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Darjeeling Tea
May18

How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Darjeeling Tea

Posted By on May 18, 2012 in Beverage Recipes, Cooking How-To Videos, Ethnic Foods, Indian Food Recipes, Tea Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian | 0 comments

Darjeeling Tea is my absolute favorite type of tea. This tea hails from the area of West Bengal, India. This is not a native plant to India, and was first cultivated using Chinese tea plant seeds. It is often considered to be a black tea, as it looks like a black tea when it’s brewed, but it is technically more of an Oolong tea since it doesn’t have complete oxidation as a black tea would. Now, it does have caffeine (who...

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What in the World is Icewine?
Jan22

What in the World is Icewine?

Posted By on Jan 22, 2009 in Alcohol Drink Recipes, Beverage Recipes, Desserts, Sweets, Wine Tasting and Recipe | 2 comments

Although we always have champagne for New Year’s, we always have a bottle of icewine too with dessert. In fact, we take every available opportunity to drink icewine, especially in the Niagara Region, that there is. My birthday is in July, and guess what my drink of choice is…Icewine! To tell you the truth, I have never met one that I didn’t love. What is Icewine? Icewine is when the vintner keeps the grapes on the...

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