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Random Find Fish Eggs

by Barbara Martin on July 29, 2009

in Creative Juice, Random

Today I found a half emptied sack of colorful Easter candy stuffed willy-nilly in the back of a kitchen drawer along with a vast quantity of spilled catnip, a set of batteries, some elastic bands and who knows what else. Do you have a drawer like that?
I thought of the fish plate while delicately [...]

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UMAMI sensation

by Barbara Martin on February 24, 2009

in Creative Juice

What do green tea, parmesan cheese, tuna, and sweet potatoes have in common? It’s news to me, but apparently they share umami. That’s UMAMI, the “other” taste besides the supposed four primary tastes of sweet, salty, bitter, and sour. Um okayyy. You too can learn more information than you ever wanted to know about umami. [...]

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This Takes the Cake

by Barbara Martin on February 2, 2009

in Creative Juice, Random

It’s always a good idea to cross pollinate creative ideas and stir up your creativity by venturing forth into different media from your norm. Case in point, how about whipping up a little frosting and cake decor mania? If nothing else, it never hurts to stimulate the sweet tooth and indulge in some sugar shock. [...]

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