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Stop the Insanity! Michael Ruhlman pointed out the absurdity of sugar becoming the new โ€œok foodโ€, as reported by the New York Times. The interesting thing about getting older is that you see how foods go out of fashion, then invariably come back. In my life, Iโ€™ve been through warnings about sugar, margarine vs butter, salt, white flour, fat, trans fats, tropical fats, chocolate, eggs,โ€ฆ

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Why and When To Use (or Not Use) Corn Syrup

A subject, and and ingredient, comes up frequently when talking about baking and candy making. And thatโ€™s about usingย corn syrup in recipes. I use it judiciously when it will make a discernible difference in a recipe. For those of you who are regular readers of the site and my books, youโ€™ll notice almost all of the time, I rarelyย use pre-packaged or convenience foods in myโ€ฆ

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