Vegan Bistro, Fresh Milled Grains, Fresh Produce
Tucsonans are blessed with perhaps the most diverse selection of fresh local produce anywhere. Of 110 produce items in a fairly exhaustive “shopping list” I put together, 95 are produced sometime during the year in or around Tucson. We don’t…
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. Are you female, in your early 40’s, and politically liberal? If so, you are more likely than the general population to be vegan. Yep, it turns out that there actually is a typical vegan profile. According to a study…
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In 2015, UNESCO named Tucson its first World City of Gastronomy in the United States. And it doesn’t take long for a visitor to our wonderful city to discover why. Restaurants, cafes, bistros and food shops abound. Amazing dishes tempt…
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What is This Food Called Injera? Is it bread? A pancake? A crepe on steroids? However you describe it, injera makes an impression. A staple of east Africa, injera is a national dish of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Cooks there create…
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Oats, according to English dictionary writer Samuel Johnson, are “a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.” To which James Boswell – the 9th Laird of Auchinleck, replied, “Well, maybe that’s why…
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It’s time to try Acai. Or would you rather nibble on a bowl of cinnamon? The antioxidant ability of a food is measured by a number called ORAC [oxygen radical absorbance capacity]. Acai puree boasts an ORAC of 102,700 making…
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