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In January of 2012, we made a trip to Houston. On the way there, we made a stop at Brenhem, Texas to see how Blue Bell Creameries makes their popular ice cream products. The folks over at Blue Bell graciously let us take pictures and share with our readers so those of you who don't have the opportunity to visit one their three production facilities in Brenham, Texas, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, or Sylacauga, Alabama can get a chance to look behind-the-scenes.
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In December 2011, Michael Ohene, author of the Analyzing a Baking Recipe article, sent me a new essay (on creating personalized cookie recipes) and a link to an online tool he wrote that generates cookie recipes on demand (Create-a-Cookie). I was immediately a fan of the flexibility of the cookie generator (Just tell it what type of cookie, how rich, and how sweet you want it and it randomly generates a cookie of the type you want. Don't like the ingredients? No problem, just generate another set of ingredients. Then have it display the detailed recipe in whatever units you prefer.) and agreed to publish Michael's article.
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Yesterday, in one of my lazy moods, I succumbed to the microwave pizza dinner. Opening the box, I noticed the instructions mentioned placing the frozen pizza on a shiny, metallic disk but only if I used the microwave and not the oven. This got me thinking about the effect of the disk on the pizza and so I did a little research on the browning of foods.
Aaron Chan believes that since everyone needs to eat to live, food should be everyone's top priority.
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A few months ago, Hefty released a new line of products called the Hefty Serve 'n Store tableware. There's nothing revolutionary about a set of plastic plates or microwavable storage containers - but the Hefty Serve 'n Store is definitely a clever improvement over its parents: the plastic disposable plates and the low-cost multi-use disposable plastic container. Each plate interlocks with another plate of the same design to form a resealable container. We tried them in our daily lives (and under some contrived tests) and they performed admirably. Update 2008-05-27 - The Hefty Serve 'n Store product line seems to be discontinued. Read complete article
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