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Jake Smookler Hawaiian Roasted Kalua Pork (Convection Oven Preparation)

Aloha from Hawaii! Have you ever heard of a traditional Hawaiian Luau? This is a very popular dish that is served in Hawaii's Luaus. Well I have a simple Kalua (Shredded) Pork dish to share with you all. This can feed about 24 people.

Ingredients (Software):

15 lbs of Pork Butts
2/3 Cup Hawaiian Sea Salt or Kosher Salt
1/4 Cup White Ground Pepper
1/8 Cup Hawaii California White Sugar
1/2 Cup Liquid Hawaiian Smoke o… Continue

Added by Jake Smookler on July 26, 2010 at 5:54pm — 1 Comment

Diana Voda CiaoFlorentina at OC Fair -Costa Mesa Ca (July 18th 2010)

http://dianlala.blogspot.com/2010/07/cooking-demonstration-orange-county.html

The BEST Tiramisu EVER!

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Added by Diana Voda on July 23, 2010 at 12:28pm — 1 Comment

Eric Ackerson Vegan Recipe Alert!!!! Kushari - Egypt's National Dish

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Added by Eric Ackerson on July 19, 2010 at 6:12pm — No Comments

Patricia Biesen Salad Dressing Challenges

(This is from my blog Chicago Eats Allergy free. I write about coping with multiple food allergies. I'm allergic to dairy, wheat, soy, gluten, oysters, red kidney beans and quinoa. I'm also a student of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or requests for my blog. I would love to hear from you. Send me an email at Chicagoeatsallergyfree@gmail.com.)

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Added by Patricia Biesen on July 9, 2010 at 6:44pm — No Comments

Sueanne Shirzay The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Fashionistas

Habit 1 : Look like a snob, but don't actually be one.

I've said it before and I'll say it again-effective fashionistas know no labels. Labels are meaningless, as are prices. Learn to de-snob. You will never remember what you paid for something if you really really love it. Conversely, if it cost you f… Continue

Added by Sueanne Shirzay on July 9, 2010 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

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This is really cool, because now I finally have a home site to brand myself and my business. It's linked up to all my social media sites to so I'm getting traffic
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Added by Kaitlyn on July 7, 2010 at 10:43pm — No Comments

HallmarkTravels "Meet Greece", a travel reportage with Marco Negri Photographer

"Meet Greece" is firts photographic workshop "active on subject", a unique and unforgetable experience to enjoy the pleasure of traveling with the opportunity to be part of a exciting reportage under the direction of the famous photoreporter Marco Negri, refining communicativeness and emproving technical skill.


According to Marco Negri the

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Added by HallmarkTravels on July 6, 2010 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Tarabud A Foodie's Dream

Hello friends, please check out my Kickstarter proposal to continue making my farmers market episodes better & better with your kind donations. Yours forever grateful! ~~Tarabud

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Added by Tarabud on July 4, 2010 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Tarabud Peach Pie Fireworks!

Happy Fourth of July! Here is an easy Peach Pie recipe....

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Added by Tarabud on July 4, 2010 at 4:08pm — 1 Comment

Ciao Florentina Sears Chef Challenge Giveaway !

I have been promising you a special giveaway for a while now and it is finally here. The best one so far : A Portable Induction Cooktop !


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Added by Ciao Florentina on June 29, 2010 at 1:30pm — 14 Comments

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BP began collecting crude oil on Wednesday from a second ghd glätteisen containment system that the company hopes will help stem the thousands of barre

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Added by charged man on June 25, 2010 at 12:32am — No Comments

Amy Bakari For the adventurous: Dinuguan

Dinuguan (also called dinardaraan in Ilocano and tid-tad in Pampanga, or pork blood

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Added by Amy Bakari on June 22, 2010 at 5:34pm — No Comments

Pasquale Ciccarello Italian Police Investigate UFO That Was Observing Naples

Naples - May 28, 2010 - Italian police are probing an alleged UFO sighting by a trash collector in a town near Naples.

The man, 42, told police Friday he was collecting rubbish at 2 a.m. when he saw two "bright red spheres" in the sky which "hovered for a while before zooming off in different directions," according to reports from the town of Crispano, 13 km (eight miles) north of Naples.
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Added by Pasquale Ciccarello on June 22, 2010 at 4:53am — 3 Comments

Pasquale Ciccarello Venice Loses Hope To Host 2020 Olympics

Rome - May 17, 2010 - Although it can match the capital in regard to political clout, romantic appeal and symbolic landmarks, it looks like Venice may lose out to Rome to be Italy's candidate to host the 2020 Olympic Games Venice, sources close to the national Olympic committee CONI said on Monday.

Venice's main attraction, its location, appears to be also its greatest handicap given the logistical… Continue

Added by Pasquale Ciccarello on June 22, 2010 at 4:50am — No Comments

Tarabud New Farmers Market Episode up!

Check out my foodie blog, for this weekends Episode #3

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Added by Tarabud on June 15, 2010 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

ItalianWinesAZ Creamy Cardamom Orange-Glazed Cheesecake

This is an adaption of one of the recipes I made from my first subscription to a gourmet cooking magazine, Bon Appetit. The February, 1978 issue, featured a baker’s dozen of 13 fabulous cheesecake recipes. My favorite was a “lemon-glazed” cheesecake that took hours to prepare. That recipe is a keeper, but this version substitutes orange for the lemon, adds a hint of the aromatic spice cardamom, and a splash of Grand Marnier in the glaze.

One of

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Added by ItalianWinesAZ on June 12, 2010 at 10:45am — No Comments

Tarabud Are you hankering for traditional chicken soup?

Try my Nuevo-Colombian recipe. This is one of my favorite comfort foods!

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Added by Tarabud on June 4, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Ciao Florentina Top 10 Pantry Essentials

1. Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2. Garlic and Onions


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Added by Ciao Florentina on June 2, 2010 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Melissa Organic Eating and How Does Organic Food Affect Your Body ?!

Many months ago, I began a personal project to expand my palate and food tastes through healthful eating. However, within the first few days of my endeavor, I was confronted with a dilemma: how can a bourgeoning foodie navigate new culinary conquests while simultaneously maintaining a strong adherence to wholesome, calorie-conscious products? It was a perplexing paradox to be sure, and though I cannot admit to fully solving it to this day, I do know that through the consumption of organic produc… Continue

Added by Melissa on June 1, 2010 at 5:00pm — 5 Comments

Pasquale Ciccarello Monkeys and Apes Sulk Like Italians

Rome - May 6, 2010 - Animal primates throw sulks just like their human counterparts, according to a conference staged at Rome's Biopark Zoo on Thursday.

The seminar on primate behavior looked at communication techniques between apes, monkeys and prosimians, the group that includes lemurs.

"We wanted to get a broad-ranging view of how primates communicate," explained the event's organizer and… Continue

Added by Pasquale Ciccarello on May 28, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

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