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Baking With Flour, Butter, Sugar and Plenty of Heart

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

All bakers know that there are a few key ingredients they can’t do without — unsalted butter and room temperature eggs, to name two. But according to pastry chef Gesine Bullock-Prado, who lives, bakes and writes in Hartford, of all the things that go into a well-made cake, cookie or torte, the most essential is heart. “Bake it like you …

USDA Brings Joy To Culatello Fans

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The federal government’s decision to allow the import of more Italian cured meats already has food lovers salivating. Ask for particulars, and they will reply almost in unison: “Culatello.” “I’m looking forward to everything, but the main one would be culatello,” says Marco Guidi, whose family has run the Italian specialty food distributor Guidi Marcello in Santa Monica, Calif., for more than 30 …

Bolivia’s Challenge: Making Coca Palatable

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Villa Tunari, Bolivia — Since taking office seven years ago, President Evo Morales has tried to persuade the world that he has no tolerance for cocaine and that Bolivia’s thousands of acres of coca plants can be dedicated to such traditional uses as fighting fatigue as well as whipping up wholesome treats like sweet breads and coca puffed snacks. The longtime leader of …

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Family members talk with a Cabot Funeral Home employee at the scene of an accident that killed Norma Sawyer, of Bridgewater, in Woodstock yesterday. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap) Another Route 4 Tragedy: Bridgewater Woman, 84, Is Fourth to Die on Road Since March
Volunteer Wendy WIndsor, of Hartford, talks over dress choices with Hartford High School senior Jordan Schaal, 18, while volunteer Betsy Durkee ,of Lebanon, back left, mends a dress and Hartford senior Rhyan Mavilla, back right, searches the racks at the Cinderella Project shop in the Raq-On Dance Studio on the Lebanon Mall Wednesday. The Upper Valley Cinderella Project is an all-volunteer effort providing a choice of about 250 donated prom dresses to girls attending the spring dances throughout the Upper Valley. The shop is open Wednesdays from 5 - 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 - 2 p.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Preparing for Prom
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