Archive of ‘Kitchen Adventure’ category

Week 47: Sorghum

Sorghum is a genus of many types of grasses which are native to continents all over the world. The kind of sorghum featured here is used for food (both the grain and the syrup from the plant, which is called sorghum molasses), liquors, animal feed and even biofuel. It is one of the five top […] Read more…

Week 46: Pomegranate

Pomegranates can be found in many grocery stores this time of year (unless you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, where they’re in season from March to May). They grow on trees or shrubs native to the Mediterranean, although they are now grown all over the world since being introduced to Latin American and California by Spanish […] Read more…

Week 45: Rambutan

Rambutan (pronounced ram-BYU-tn) is a funny looking red and hairy little fruit. I was only able to find it canned, so it came without it’s hairy shell, but you can see it in the can that is in the background of the picture below. Inside the shell, you will find small translucent white fruits, which […] Read more…

Week 44: Tomatillo

Happy Halloween! This week’s ingredient isn’t exactly creepy or orange, but if you’re in the holiday spirit, I found some recipes for you; here’s one for homemade candy corn, cupcake & crepe ghosts, mummy cookie pops, Halloween sugar cookies and glow in the dark drinks (did you know that tonic water glows under blacklight?). Back to our regularly […] Read more…

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