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Amuse bouche: Smithsonian Museum features Native American cuisine at Cafe

The Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian in Washington has a cafe called Mitsitam, which focuses on Native American ingredients and cuisine. This is one of, if not the only, Native American-focused eatery in the country.

Source: January 5, 2011 Chicago Tribune article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

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January 19th, 2011
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Amuse bouche: Hormone-free tilapia raised by convicts?

The Colorado Department of Corrections has launched a new program that has low-risk convicts raise hormone-free tilapia, and sell it to Whole Foods Market, which then sells the fish in 27 of their Intermountain stores.

Source: January 3, 2011 Denver Post.com article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 19th, 2011
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Amuse bouche: Great Gluten-free blogger

One of the most popular gluten-free food bloggers today is Gluten-Free Girl, or Shauna James Ahem. She writes in a personal style about life, and cooking in her gluten-free world. This is great resource for gluten-free recipes.

Source: Gluten-Free Girl blog

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 19th, 2011
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Amuse bouche: Gluten-free beer options

For those intolerant of gluten, that often means going without a nice, cold beer at the end of the day. Thanks to Serious Eats, that doesn’t have to happen anymore, as they reviewed the top and bottom gluten-free beers available in the U.S. Front runners were St. Peter’s Sorghum Beer from the UK and Redbridge lager by Anheuser-Busch.

Source: April 22, 2010 Serious Eats article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 19th, 2011
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Amuse bouche: What is gluten-free food?

Gluten-free food is defined as the “standard applied to foodstuffs and ingredients which have been especially processed or prepared to meet the dietary needs of persons intolerant to gluten.”

Source: Celiac.com post

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 19th, 2011
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Amuse bouche: Caviar for…pets?

The company, Beverly Hills Caviar is now featuring caviar made especially for cats or dogs. $25 USD for a 4oz container for cats, and $40 USD for a 4oz container for dogs. Wow.

Source: Beverly Hills Caviar.com

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 12th, 2011
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Amuse bouche: New shop for Top Chef: Just Desserts winner

The winner of Top Chef: Just Desserts, Yigit Pura, will be opening an upscale pastry shop in San Francisco with his current catering company, Taste.

Source: December 30, 2010 SF Chronicle article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 12th, 2011
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Amuse bouche: 7-Up’s clever marketing strategy

7-Up’s creator, Charles Leiper Grigg, boosted the popularity of his product by marketing it as a non-alcoholic mixer to the speakeasies that had opened up due to Prohibition. Once Prohibition was repealed in 1933, Grigg immediately made the drink even more popular by switching to a marketing campaign focused on the drink being an alcoholic mixer. By 1940, it was one of the most popular soft drinks in the country.

Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, p. 427.

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 12th, 2011
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Amuse bouche:7-Up’s original name and drugs?

The original name of the soda 7-Up was Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda, and yes, it contained lithium that was sometimes found naturally in spring water and was thought to have good effects on the health.

Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, p. 427

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 12th, 2011
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Amuse bouche: When was 7-Up created?

7-Up was created by Charles Leiper Grigg of Saint Louis, Missouri in 1929, right before the stock market crash.

Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, p. 427

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 12th, 2011
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Amuse bouche: 3-D Food Printer?

Scientists at Cornell University are developing a 3-D food printer that can work with various flavored food inks inserted into the printer by a syringe. That will mean that you could have an entire cooked meal for you at home without any more work than just printing from a printer. This sounds reminiscent of a dish chef Homaro Cantu used to do at Moto restaurant in Chicago, where he would print out sushi on edible paper with edible inks using a regular printer.

Source: December 24, 2010 Slate article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 5th, 2011
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Amuse Bouche: Restaurants Use Internet to Spy on Customers

Food-related websites, such as OpenTable.com, have made it easier for restaurants to keep tabs on their customers. For a stiff fee, websites like OpenTable.com will send the restaurants information about their customers, like what they ordered, what they like to drink, even whether they tip well or not. Some defend this practice by saying restaurants are trying to offer their customers a good experience, and this information helps them do so.

Source: Dec. 24, 2010 Slate article

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Amuse Bouche: Noun. Etymology: French: literally, entertains the mouth. A small, complimentary appetizer served at the beginning of a meal to awaken the taste buds. Leena Eats definition: a quick shot of gastronomic knowledge for the brain.

~LTG!

January 5th, 2011
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