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Why Wild-Caught Salmon Is Superior to Farm-Raised

A comedian once quipped, “I wanted to eat healthier, so I went on the Paleo Diet. You won’t believe it, but after just two weeks on it, I lost… the will to LIVE!” Healthy food doesn’t mean you’re stuck eating bland rabbit food. Whether you dine out, cook for pleasure, or a paycheck, it’s the quality of the food ingredients that make the healthiest impact. Start by selecting better ingredients and buying naturally grown food.…

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Little-Known Restaurant Equipment that Won the 2016 NRA Kitchen Innovations® Awards – Part 2 of 3

While the majority of the restaurant equipment that won awards at the 2016 NRA Kitchen Innovations® Awards was cooking equipment, there were some notable refrigeration equipment winners too. Here is the list of award winners for Innovative Restaurant Refrigeration Equipment. You will find a link to the company’s home page and a direct link to the product if there is one. Once again, some companies oddly chose to ignore an excellent PR opportunity and completely…

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Secret Restaurant Equipment that Won the 2016 NRA Kitchen Innovations®Awards – Part 1 of 3

Would you invent a product, win an award and then not tell anyone? It happened this year for a few manufacturers of restaurant equipment. If you are in the food biz, you already know the must-see event of the year is the National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, held annually in Chicago at McCormick Place. What you may not know is they award companies for innovative equipment and products that help foodservice operations run smoother…

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Roselle, The International Thirst Quenching Flower

On a recent trip to my mother-in-law’s house in Terengganu, Malaysia, she introduced us to a plant called Roselle. Norlela’s mother had planted the flowering shrub near the house to pick the succulent, dark red flowers that sprout along the branches. Roselle belongs to a hibiscus group, a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family. The woody-based shrub that grows between 2 to 2.5 meters tall. To my mother-in-law and others around the area,…

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