A CHEESY STORY: PART 2 The Best, The Fakes, and The Stinkiest

  Cheese begins with milk. Do you prefer cow or goat milk? Sheep or water buffalo? How about camel, yak, or moose? You might want to try donkey or reindeer . . . Cheese is one of the most popular foods in the world. You can eat it straight, melt it, spice it, or add it to endless
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SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW – Married in Tex-Mex

They are thousands of years apart and equally delicious. It’s up to you – enchiladas, nachos, or both? They go together like an old married couple. Let’s start with the old. An enchilada is a corn tortilla filled with cheese, meat, or veggies, and covered with sauce. There are dozens
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TWISTED BILLIONS

  Do you love pretzels? You’re in good company – over $7.2 billion are sold each year. Soft or hard, flavored, baldie, dipped, or salted – the world adores pretzels. In Israel you might eat pretzel beigales; Icelanders snack on kringla; and the Dutch have krakeling. T
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ARE YOU A COOKIE MONSTER?

  Do you shout or just think, “Me want cookie!” when you pass a bakery or stroll down the cookie aisle? We’re all secret cookie monsters. And it’s been going on for over 1,400 years. According to Wikipedia, “cookies appear to have their origins in seventh century AD Persia, short
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