Dining Dish (a.k.a, Dara Bunjon) is founder of Dara Does It, which caters to the food industry everything from PR to food styling to cooking instructions, and more. Enjoy her rants, raves, recipes and food adventures, and let her know yours!
A recent study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examined the short term effects of dark chocolate and cocoa in relationship to cardiovascular health for healthy older adults - its thumbs down for the boomers. It seems dark chocolate is boosting the heart rate
Prior research and stories hyped that dark chocolate was good for your heart health. Now you have to forget that delectable little piece of dark, rich chocolate that you had each night and empty your cupboard of the exotically sourced, artisan chocolates. Another blow to maturity!
Honestly, I don't have to eat the chocolate to get my pulse rate up, just mention chocolate and I'm panting.
Here is thelinkto the story. Point of interest, the artcile states that Hersey sponsored the study....as Arte Johnson on Laugh In used to say "Veeery Interesting!!" Topics:
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Should it be called the Holy Trinity? Why no butter? What is a celery vase? Those questions and more are answered in the following videos.Food historian and cooking instructor, Poppy Tooker and the matriarch of Creole cooking, Leah Chase discuss... Read More Topics:
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We’ve been asked to kick off a new feature here at Examiner.com with our “Best Of”. What a title to give someone, a place or thing and what an ego one must have to think what they deem the best of “something”... Read More Topics:
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What is the state of the restaurant industry? As the Restaurant Examiner, I feel it is my duty to report. “Every restaurant is the fulfillment of someone’s dream”, quipped Dawn Sweeney, President and CEO of the National Restaurant... Read More Topics:
Inquiring Minds
Jill Bloomfeld of http://www.teachkidstocook/ sent me this recipe, something different for the Jewish Holiday table. Jill said "this recipe turns gefilte fish haters into fans. When it comes out of the oven, it looks like cake! Use cookie cutters... Read More Topics:
Recipes
It has been 25 years since I was in New Orleans and I'm back in NoLa. I went on a recent market tour and found Jack Oser at the Gretna Farmers Market who gave me an oral recipe for Sauce Piquant. Being your dining mama, I picked up the trusty... Read More Topics:
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One of the benefits of my diverse food writing is receiving advanced copies of cookbooks and food related books. Publicist extraordinaire and friend, Carrie Weinberg-Bachman, formerly of Harper Collins/Wm Morrow, forwarded the soon-to-be released copy... Read More Topics:
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The Summer International Fancy Food Show has been an annual pilgrimage for me for the last 10 years: whether with friends looking for an excuse to go to New York and dine at great restaurants, as the marketing and public relations director of the... Read More Topics:
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My nose stopped me dead in my tracks on the Wildwood, New Jersey boardwalk, it was a magical crossroads where all the aromas of boardwalk food came together: pizza, sausage with onions and peppers and French fries. Liken my image at that moment... Read More Topics:
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Who’s your Dining Mama? I am! I love going to my fine dining restaurants, having a mojito at my favorite drinking holes but we all love food and drink bargains and you can find that at www.600block.com. It isn’t just about... Read More Topics:
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