Rock Your Palate

My heart belongs in New England but this choice for sweetener needs no defending, look closely among all the imitation syrups at your favorite food store because it must be pure maple syrup and must be from New Hampshire or Vermont. Pure Maple Sugar is less in calories than honey and white sugar and contains [...]

Thanks for your great question. To address your example… when you grill, the surface of your london broil steak should reach 155F to basically killing off the bacterial load. I recommend that since this cut of meat is best served thinly sliced after grilling its best to slice what you intend to eat the first [...]

There are many people who are hypersensitive to mold and are selective when determining their diet. Mold gets energy from sugar and many people who have been diagnosed with mold allergies watch their sugar intake. Always consult your doctor or dietitian when determining any allergy. Over time all foods will become moldy. Shop often and [...]

This Holiday season when choosing a complex carbohydrate choose the top rated veggie, the sweet potato. The benefits of a nutritional sweet potato are impressive. It has almost twice the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin A, lots of beta carotene, over 40 percent of the daily recommendation for Vitamin C and when eaten with the [...]

Melamine addition to non-fat dry milk used in baby formula caused over 50,000 children serous illness in China last month. In an effort to boost protein content to watered-down milk Chinese milk suppliers were found to be adding melamine, a chemical high in nitrogen. The high levels of nitrogen can fool tests to verify protein [...]

There are lots of good reasons to use olive oil in cooking. Extra-virgin is full of monounsaturated fat which promotes ‘good’ cholesterol and antioxidants that research shows helps to lower blood pressure and prevent cardiovascular disease. The color of the oil does not indicate the quality it simply denotes the ripeness and variety of the [...]