Watch Cold Press Juicer Make Green Juice For Juice Fast (Ep.43)

Lisa Paris of RawBeets.com visits the Bishop's Best Gelato Kitchen to see how the Norwalk Cold Press Juicer works. This is the cadillac of juicing folks!



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Tasting Italy's Favorite Foods

Even if you consider Italian food to be your fave at home, it is a totally different experience when you step foot within the country. The food in the country is as brilliant as all the places to see in Italy. The flavours are richer, the herbs more strong, and the ingredients are the best in the globe. You will be glad to have made time to devour them.

Our pizzas are covered with it, and this cheese has made its mark around the globe. However, likelihood is that you haven't tasted real mozzarella cheese. Water buffalo are the best producers of this cheese, not cows who have a tendency to produce a drier and blander mozzarella. Only in Italy can you bite into a really wet mozzarella. Pizza gets better tasting, soup gets richer, and the flavour of bruschetta is out of this world when crowned with Italy's best mozzarella.

To accompany this heavenly cheese, hunt down some authentic Italian bread. There are too many places to see in Italy that carry great bread to say. It is asserted that the average Italian consumes over 1 lb. Of bread on any given day. Generation upon generation, have passed down tried and true bread recipes that may make any mouth slobber. Bread is a consistent companion to many different genres of food across the country. Wine, fruit, cheese, figs, sugar, vegetables, soup, the Italians regard it a staple at each meal. Try a different kind from every one of the places to see in Italy you chance to have on your itinerary.

Italian sorbet is the proper term to refer to when talking about southern gelato from Italy. The ingredients were rather more complex, but paid off with the first bite. Gelato originally came in all different kinds of flavours made right from the produce of the land. Maybe , that is why Italian Gelato tastes better than gelato made any place else in the globe. Cuisine today would not be the same without risotto. It is taught in each culinary school and served in restaurants all over the world. Serving it right after cooking boosts the feel and taste massively. Risotto is as diversified as gelato. The flavors are endless and frequently you'll find different Risotto flavors offered each night by the same cafe. If you really want to get aspiring, try having an Italian show you ways to make this classic dish.

The Fun vacations in italy are limitless, and the food options are as glorious as the scenery. Try eating at the little Italian bake shops where the food is authentic and the folk friendly and warm.

Ice Cream Kid

Ice Cream kid during the Brazil x Italy game for the Confederations Cup



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Top Tips For Cupcake Designs

Cupcakes have certainly progressed from the little tea treats that we used to bake and decorate with Mom. Today's cupcake designs are trendy and stylish, fun and humorous - just whatever takes your fancy. The secret here is to let your imagination run wild.

The following are some tips for:

Those occasions we find ourselves short of time.

o Buy ready made cupcakes from the bakery or supermarket and decorate them yourself.
o Use a ready mix packet to whip up your cupcakes.
o Use an edible writing pen for your designs instead of piping for a quick and easy solution.
o Petal paste (also known as sugar florist paste) is like ready to roll fondant and is a quick and convenient solution if time is an issue. This can be used to cut shapes.
o Pour a lot of sprinkles into a shallow dish and tip your cupcakes upside down into them.

Flavor and color for your cupcake designs.

o If you are making bright color designs and cakes make sure you always use natural food coloring as you will be using a lot of the color for brightness.
o Add a generous amount of Tia Maria or Kahlua to your frosting.
o Instant coffee or cocoa can be mixed with water to add to your icing.
o Lavender makes a pretty and unique addition to your cupcakes. The flowers can be used for decoration and are edible.
o Rose essence will add a taste of romance. Use pastel colors for the frosting.
o Use different bright colored cupcake cases in three differing sizes and place the completed cupcakes on top of each other to form a pyramid.

Cupcake gifts to take away after the party.

o Use clear circles of cellophane to wrap your cupcake and tie the top with a ribbon.
o Pack your cupcake in a small box.
o Tie a ribbon around the case of the cupcake.

There are many more ideas to use to make your cupcake designs stand out but I hope that these tips have given you food for thought. Enjoy!

Barbados' Tapas Restaurant is Tops

If the Three Tenors had collaborated on a restaurant instead of "Nessun Dorma," they might have founded the popular new Tapas in Barbados.

Instead, three Italians well-known in the Barbados restaurant scene collaborated to make beautiful food together. Located on the new boardwalk on the south coast, Tapas occupies the two-level space Aqua once had. It's one of the most stunning sea-front locations on the island.

Tapas offers an elegant, quite posh space and, on this island known for its pricey meals, reasonable prices. Four of us will order every tapas plate that strikes our fancy (and then hoard our favorites when the waiter brings them) and still have spent less than $100US for the table. Paired with a good bottle of white wine, dinner is a true Barbados bargain. (And believe me, paradise doesn't come cheap.)

The Owners of Barbados' Tapas Restaurant

The trio of Italians behind Tapas is comprised of Alfredo Giovine, from the wonderful Mama Mia; Franco Parisi, formerly executive chef at Lone Star; and, from Dolce Gelato, Franco Diamanti, who makes the best gelato in the Caribbean - at least that's what my finely tuned sweet tooth tells me.

I caught up with Alfredo one night and asked why, without any advertising, Tapas has been doing so well since its mid-August opening. As Norah Jones music mixed with the soft music of the waves in the background, Alfredo told me he thinks that Barbadians and tourists alike were hungry for something new and affordable and that word of mouth keeps the place full 'most every night.

I'm pretty sure Franco and Franco and Alfredo were all born with the restaurant gene. The food is effortlessly good, rare for a restaurant that just opened. The place also feels good; if you're a local it's a place "where everyone knows your name" and if you're a guest to our island, you're quickly made to feel at home.

In his heavy Italian accent, Alfredo told me, "The restaurant is my home. I feel like people come to my home. At 17, I work receiving tourists at the port (in his home town in southern Italy). I end up taking everyone home for a meal with my mother and father."

The Food at Tapas

If you're at Tapas for tapas, you will start your evening eating tapas and finish eating tapas, not stopping until you're full.

But you can also order off the full dinner menu for a more traditional dining experience. Starters run from a light and satisfying Beef Carpaccio on rocket salad ($11.50US) to the adventuresome Pan-Fried Goat Cheese in a Panko Crust (with pumpkin, delish!) ($11US) to a hearty Parmigiana (layers of baked eggplant, tomato, and Parmesan cheese) ($9.50US).

I've not had the New Zealand Rack of Lamp (with warm pepper and olive salad and spicy potato wedges) but friends who have rave about it ($28US). I have had the Fish of the Day - local fish such as king fish, flying fish, snapper, mahi mahi (which we call dolphin here) - pulled out of the sea just a couple of hours before being blackened or grilled, as you wish, and paired with mango salsa. Now is that a tropical-paradise meal to remember?

I don't know about you, but it's enough to make me break out in song.

If You Go

Tapas: Hastings Main Road, Highway 7, Christ Church, Barbados. Telephone: 246-228-0704. Call ahead to reserve a seaside table. Otherwise, walk-ins are more than welcome. All major credit cards accepted.

Mario sunshine gelato bank aerial 2

You dont necessarly need the foot stomp trace to fly. the staircase works as well.



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Christmas Cake Recipes - Raspberry Cream Cake

This is a beautiful looking cake that is perfect for the holidays.

1 pkg. yellow cake mix

Raspberry Filling

Chocolate Glaze

Directions

Prepare packaged cake mix according to directions for two 9-inch cake rounds. Cool cake for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and put on wire racks or plates; cool completely.

Raspberry Filling

2 tablespoons all purpose flour

2/3 cup milk

6 tablespoons butter, softened

1/3 cup shortening

2/3 cup sugar

3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups fresh raspberries, divided

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine the flour and milk; mix until smooth. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly for 1 to 2 minutes or until thickened. Let cool to room temperature.

In a small bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla. Beat in the milk mixture until sugar is dissolved (about 5 minutes).

Place bottom cake layer on serving plate. Spread cake with 1 cup of filling. Place the remaining filling in a pastry bag with a star tip (or use a resealable plastic bag and cut a hole in the corner). Pipe filling around the outside edges of the cake.

Sprinkle 1-3/4 cups of fresh raspberries over filling. Put the remaining layer on top. Chill cake in refrigerator. Top with Chocolate Glaze.

Chocolate Glaze

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

3 tablespoons half and half cream

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons light corn syrup

White chocolate garnish and pearl dragees (optional)

Directions

In a saucepan, combine the chocolate chips, cream, butter and corn syrup. Cook over low heat until the chocolate is melted; stirring occasionally. Remove pan from heat; stir until smooth.

Spread enough of the glaze on top of cake to completely cover. Put cake back in the refrigerator and let chill for 10 minutes. Take cake out of refrigerator and pour on remaining glaze; letting glaze drip over the sides. Chill cake for 1 hour. Decorate the top of cake with fresh raspberries, white chocolate garnish and pearl dragees.

Makes 10 to 12 servings.

Christmas Cake Recipes: Gingerbread Torte Cake

A delicious gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting.

3/4 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup molasses

3 cups all purpose flour

3 teaspoons ground ginger

2 teaspoons baking soda

1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

Cream Cheese Frosting

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Line three 9-inch cake pans with waxed paper. Spray paper with nonstick cooking spray and sprinkle with flour. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Beat in the molasses.

In another bowl, combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; add to creamed mixture, alternating with the milk. Spoon batter into prepared pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cake cool for 10 minutes then remove to wire racks; let cool completely.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup butter, softened

2 teaspoons grated lemon peel

3-3/4 cups confectioners sugar

Directions

In a small bowl, beat together the cream cheese and the butter. Add in the lemon peel. Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar; blend well.

Place bottom cake layer on a serving plate. Spread with a layer of frosting (about 2/3 cup). Put the second layer on top and spread same amount of frosting on top. Repeat with top layer. Refrigerate cake until ready to serve.

Makes 10 to 12 servings.