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Spices of Life , featuring Nina Simonds/Culinaria, Ltd and vlog pace-setter Steve Garfield, pairs innovative food/health/ lifestyle segme...Health
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17:02:17 01/22/08
Eating Italy with Lidia (Part II)
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Depite her many years in the food business, Lidia Bastianich still remains an exciting and innovative leader in the industry. One of the foremost reasons is that she is still dedicated to the basic philosophy that drew her to food from the beginning as you'll see in this video- family and fresh, delicious, food.
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03:47:54 01/16/08
Eating Italy with Lidia (Part I)
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Lidia Bastianich is a pioneering chef (FOUR restaurants!), PBS TV star, award-winning author (SEVEN books!!), winemaker, wife, mother, grandmother.... YIKES!!! But as you'll see from her video, despite her spectacular success, Lidia is so down-to-earth, warm, serene, and BRIMMING with enthusiasm for her native Italy and simple Italian food. Just looking at her last wonderful book, "Lidia's Italy" is inspirational and makes you HUNGRY!! And Lidia has a NEW PBS television series coming out in April, "Lidia's Italy". It's amazing that she has time to breathe!! Stay tuned for Part II of "Eating Italy with Lidia" and check out Lidia's LUSCIOUS recipe for "White Bean Garlicky Soup" in the recipe section. It's GREAT for the cold water!! Enjoy!!!
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03:47:54 01/16/08
Eating Italy with Lidia (Part I)
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Lidia Bastianich is a pioneering chef (FOUR restaurants!), PBS TV star, award-winning author (SEVEN books!!), winemaker, wife, mother, grandmother.... YIKES!!! But as you'll see from her video, despite her spectacular success, Lidia is so down-to-earth, warm, serene, and BRIMMING with enthusiasm for her native Italy and simple Italian food. Just looking at her last wonderful book, "Lidia's Italy" is inspirational and makes you HUNGRY!! And Lidia has a NEW PBS television series coming out in April, "Lidia's Italy". It's amazing that she has time to breathe!! Stay tuned for Part II of "Eating Italy with Lidia" and check out Lidia's LUSCIOUS recipe for "White Bean Garlicky Soup" in the recipe section. It's GREAT for the cold water!! Enjoy!!!
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23:49:31 01/08/08
Quick Bites: Cinnamon
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Cinnamon is not only a WONDERFUL spice, it has MANY health-giving properties-especially regarding its ability to help the body metabolize blood sugar- a blessing for those who may be at risk for adult onset (type II) diabetes.
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19:53:19 01/02/08
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19:53:19 01/02/08
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03:45:21 12/26/07
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23:48:53 12/18/07
Ultimate Foodie Guide to London
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I LOVE introducing people to some of the “insider foodie haunts” that I discovered while living in London several years ago. One of my FAVORITE places is the neighborhood of Marylebone High Street which has become a treasure trove of charming and unique shops, bakeries, and restaurants. There’s Divertimenti, a cookware store which opened a TERRIFIC cooking school several years ago and encouraged the whole area to blossom. Watch the video and meet Marcia Barrington, the charming and irrepressible Director, who organizes a top-notch program for the novice or seasoned cook.You can even stop in for a quickie cooking course and lunch! The street has become a food-lovers paradise where Chef Peter Gordon opened his fabulous tapas restaurant, Providores and cheese expert Patricia Michelson opened La Fromagerie, which is probably the best cheese store in England. Who would have thought ten years ago?? So take a break from your holiday craziness, relax and travel with me and the best thing is it won’t cost you a cent!! (You CANNOT BELIEVE how EXPENSIVE it is with the devaluation of the U.S. dollar!!)
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23:48:53 12/18/07
Ultimate Foodie Guide to London
[LESS INFO] 5 VIEWS | ADDED 23:48:53 12/18/07
I LOVE introducing people to some of the “insider foodie haunts” that I discovered while living in London several years ago. One of my FAVORITE places is the neighborhood of Marylebone High Street which has become a treasure trove of charming and unique shops, bakeries, and restaurants. There’s Divertimenti, a cookware store which opened a TERRIFIC cooking school several years ago and encouraged the whole area to blossom. Watch the video and meet Marcia Barrington, the charming and irrepressible Director, who organizes a top-notch program for the novice or seasoned cook.You can even stop in for a quickie cooking course and lunch! The street has become a food-lovers paradise where Chef Peter Gordon opened his fabulous tapas restaurant, Providores and cheese expert Patricia Michelson opened La Fromagerie, which is probably the best cheese store in England. Who would have thought ten years ago?? So take a break from your holiday craziness, relax and travel with me and the best thing is it won’t cost you a cent!! (You CANNOT BELIEVE how EXPENSIVE it is with the devaluation of the U.S. dollar!!)
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22:32:38 12/11/07
Great Wine Glasses Revealed
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Shapely and extraordinary wine glasses revealed. These glasses can deliver the wine to EXACTLY the RIGHT place in the mouth AND bring out the best qualities of the wine. A radical concept, I agree. But after tasting a few wines with wine authority and writer Ann Trieger, I became a believer. Hallelujah!! Watch the video and check out the wine glasses that are changing the way we taste, drink, and appreciate wine. So have fun!! J Nina *Personally I have always HATED the holidays (Bah Humbug!!), BUT IT IS A GREAT TIME to see friends, family, participate in some holiday revelry, AND HAVE FUN!! PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY!!!! Ann Says: Riedel has two series of glasses. One is called the Vinum series and they range from $10 to $30 or more a glass. Their other series, the Sommelier, are all hand blown and even better. They range from $50 to $60 up to $100 a glass. Each series has a variety of specific glasses, like on e for chardonnay, sauvignon blance, cabernet, pinot noir. The Sommelier series has even more and more specific glasses for grappa, sautern, etc. You can find the glasses many places like, Williams Sonoma, Sur la Table, Marty's and other other wine stores. The O's (around $10) is now sold everywhere, including Target and Bed, Bath and Beyond.
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22:32:38 12/11/07
Great Wine Glasses Revealed
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Shapely and extraordinary wine glasses revealed. These glasses can deliver the wine to EXACTLY the RIGHT place in the mouth AND bring out the best qualities of the wine. A radical concept, I agree. But after tasting a few wines with wine authority and writer Ann Trieger, I became a believer. Hallelujah!! Watch the video and check out the wine glasses that are changing the way we taste, drink, and appreciate wine. So have fun!! J Nina *Personally I have always HATED the holidays (Bah Humbug!!), BUT IT IS A GREAT TIME to see friends, family, participate in some holiday revelry, AND HAVE FUN!! PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY!!!! Ann Says: Riedel has two series of glasses. One is called the Vinum series and they range from $10 to $30 or more a glass. Their other series, the Sommelier, are all hand blown and even better. They range from $50 to $60 up to $100 a glass. Each series has a variety of specific glasses, like on e for chardonnay, sauvignon blance, cabernet, pinot noir. The Sommelier series has even more and more specific glasses for grappa, sautern, etc. You can find the glasses many places like, Williams Sonoma, Sur la Table, Marty's and other other wine stores. The O's (around $10) is now sold everywhere, including Target and Bed, Bath and Beyond.
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00:46:19 12/05/07
Bargain Red Wines Revealed
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“Bargain Red Wines Revealed” is so appropriate for the holidays when EVERYONE is looking for approachable, good-tasting wines for the celebrations ahead. Once again, I asked my friend and colleague Ann Trieger to help me out and make some suggestions. Ann came up with two FABULOUS choices…. You’ll just have to watch to find out. As we mentioned last week in “Bargain White Wines Revealed” , it’s great to see how relaxed and unpretentious wine-tasting has become!! I love it!! Since I know that everyone is busy at this time (including me!!) so have a GREAT holiday, for those of you who are celebrating!!! Best and warmest, Nina Southern Hemisphere Image from Wikipedia Wine Glasses Schott-Zwiesel.com French Burgundy not Ron Burgundy Image: Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy
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00:46:19 12/05/07
Bargain Red Wines Revealed
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“Bargain Red Wines Revealed” is so appropriate for the holidays when EVERYONE is looking for approachable, good-tasting wines for the celebrations ahead. Once again, I asked my friend and colleague Ann Trieger to help me out and make some suggestions. Ann came up with two FABULOUS choices…. You’ll just have to watch to find out. As we mentioned last week in “Bargain White Wines Revealed” , it’s great to see how relaxed and unpretentious wine-tasting has become!! I love it!! Since I know that everyone is busy at this time (including me!!) so have a GREAT holiday, for those of you who are celebrating!!! Best and warmest, Nina Southern Hemisphere Image from Wikipedia Wine Glasses Schott-Zwiesel.com French Burgundy not Ron Burgundy Image: Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy
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04:41:33 11/28/07
Bargain White Wines Revealed
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Don’t get me wrong, I am a great wine enthusiast and I first started studying about wine when I lived in Paris in 1976. Then, I was honored and thrilled to be working with the famous British wine expert Steven Spurrier who had started a small, special wine bar and school called L’Academie du Vin right off of the Rue Royale in Paris. (I lived around the corner.) The classes were small, fun, packed with information, and ones that I will always treasure. But as I delved deeper into finding more abut about wine, I noticed (even then in Paris) a kind of snobbery and pretentiousness that made me uncomfortable. So it is with great joy that I welcome the recent relaxed and casual approach to the enjoyment of wine that we are seeing today- especially among younger people. Watch the unorthodox Gary Vaynerchuk, the star of Wine Library TV . He is HYSTERICAL!!! It was in this spirit that I sought out my friend and colleague Ann Trieger, who has always been enthusiastically celebrating the new pioneers of wine here and abroad. Ann was the first one to enthuse excitedly to me Chilean wine LONG before other wine experts were singing its praises. And there are so MANY new, and exciting wines in the market that are delicious, unique, and NOT expensive!! We will explore this more in the upcoming weeks on Spicesoflife as we continue our quest to have fun, pleasure, and enjoyment, and (Dare I say??) LEARN!! Onward and upward to MORE affordable wine enjoyment!!!! (Stay tuned for next week and Part II) !!! (And please sign up and add your friends to our newsletter list.!!) Wines: 2006 Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand 2006 Gruner Veltliner, Austria Health: For the Health-Giving Properties of Wine, we turned to our good friends at the Harvard School of Public Health. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/alcohol.html Wine Saver: Vacu Vin Vacuum Wine Saver http://www.vacuvin.nl/
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04:41:33 11/28/07
Bargain White Wines Revealed
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Don’t get me wrong, I am a great wine enthusiast and I first started studying about wine when I lived in Paris in 1976. Then, I was honored and thrilled to be working with the famous British wine expert Steven Spurrier who had started a small, special wine bar and school called L’Academie du Vin right off of the Rue Royale in Paris. (I lived around the corner.) The classes were small, fun, packed with information, and ones that I will always treasure. But as I delved deeper into finding more abut about wine, I noticed (even then in Paris) a kind of snobbery and pretentiousness that made me uncomfortable. So it is with great joy that I welcome the recent relaxed and casual approach to the enjoyment of wine that we are seeing today- especially among younger people. Watch the unorthodox Gary Vaynerchuk, the star of Wine Library TV . He is HYSTERICAL!!! It was in this spirit that I sought out my friend and colleague Ann Trieger, who has always been enthusiastically celebrating the new pioneers of wine here and abroad. Ann was the first one to enthuse excitedly to me Chilean wine LONG before other wine experts were singing its praises. And there are so MANY new, and exciting wines in the market that are delicious, unique, and NOT expensive!! We will explore this more in the upcoming weeks on Spicesoflife as we continue our quest to have fun, pleasure, and enjoyment, and (Dare I say??) LEARN!! Onward and upward to MORE affordable wine enjoyment!!!! (Stay tuned for next week and Part II) !!! (And please sign up and add your friends to our newsletter list.!!) Wines: 2006 Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand 2006 Gruner Veltliner, Austria Health: For the Health-Giving Properties of Wine, we turned to our good friends at the Harvard School of Public Health. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/alcohol.html Wine Saver: Vacu Vin Vacuum Wine Saver http://www.vacuvin.nl/
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18:38:36 11/21/07
World's greatest white truffle banquet
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World's greatest white truffle banquet
10/31/07