10 Tips for Making Fruitcakes

If you’re planning to make a fruitcake during the holidays, here are some tips to keep in mind.
For the best homemade fruitcakes, use deep loaf pans.
Use nonstick aluminum foil to line your pans.  Leave some foil hanging over the sides of the pan so you can lift the fruitcake out of the pan when it [...]

Artichokes: Good For The Eyes

Artichokes in the wild.

Award Winning Cookbook author, Martha Rose Shulman, points to the many health benefits she recently learned about artichokes. “Whenever I find bitterness in a vegetable,” says Martha, “I suspect that there are beneficial ingredients hidden within. Artichokes, for instance — although they aren’t overly bitter, the flavor has a definite edge. [...]

Cooked Or Raw: Surprise Health Finding in Veggie Report

I was always under the impression raw vegetables had more nutritive value than cooked vegetables, and that may be true overall. But according to the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, cooked vegetables supply more antioxidants such as carotenoids and ferulic acid than when raw as long as they’re boiled or steamed — it seems [...]

FriendsEAT Releases New Profile Page

FriendsEAT releases new Profile page right before Valentine’s Day. Check it out to wink at someone you want to dine with with.

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-02-01

New Recipe: Cioppino fish stew Recipe http://tinyurl.com/cpg93n #
New Recipe: Dolmadakias stuffed grape leaves Recipe http://tinyurl.com/am246o #
New Recipe: Breaded and stuffed pork chops Recipe http://tinyurl.com/cnl4zm #
New Recipe: Mushroom soup Recipe http://tinyurl.com/d4oggr #
New Recipe: Garlic onion pot roast Recipe http://tinyurl.com/cjga47 #
New Recipe: Sago uppuma Recipe http://tinyurl.com/bskgk5 #
New Recipe: Deep fried eggplant Recipe http://tinyurl.com/d3cnkt #
New Recipe: Goulash surprise [...]