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Eating cold cuts is convenient. No cutting or cooking. Cold cuts are thin slices of cooked, ready-to-eat sliced meat that are served cold. Do you know about the three types of cold cut meats?

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Like most foods, tortilla chips made fresh at home are better than chips processed in a factory. Homemade tortilla chips are inexpensive to make, stronger, and you can salt or season them to meet your tastes and dietary goals.

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What’s your favorite coffee roast – dark, light, or somewhere in between? By learning about the types of coffees and variations of different coffee roasts, you can decide when to use each. The roast level provides a baseline guide to the taste you can expect.

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Many recipes call for cocoa, but do not access the full potential of the ingredient. Blooming the cocoa powder helps to intensify the chocolate flavor by releasing flavor that is trapped in the solid particles. Blooming cocoa powder is accomplished by adding a hot liquid, like water, coffee, milk, oil, or melted butter, to cocoa powder in order to draw out its rich flavor.

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A carrot cake is nicely spiced, ultra-moist, and may be packed with tons of extras like pineapple, coconut, raisins, and pecans. Carrot cake just isn’t carrot cake without the pairing of luscious cream cheese frosting!

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Charcuterie boards have become very popular. Photos of beautifully assembled boards can be found all over social media, restaurants, specialty stores, and even grocery store delis.

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