Susan Wuesthoff
Susan Wuesthoff
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Many American children get introduced to pistachios via a shiny serving of smooth green pudding with small islands of slightly softened or mushy nuts. Kids either love or revile this dish. For Mediterranean children, however, pistachios are a diet staple. It’s hard to question a dessert built from honey-drizzled layers of phyllo dough packed with pistachio or almond paste and aromatic spices.
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Cocoa. Just the word conjures up steaming, frothy mugs of hot chocolate on a brisk day, or a delicate dusting of chocolate powder on a delightful dessert. Mmm. Besides satiating the pleasure centers of the brain, not to mention tickling the taste buds, cocoa offers physiological benefits. The powerful but small cacao bean, from which cocoa is derived, contains compounds called flavanols. Flavanols are found in other beneficial foods, such as tea and red wines; however, cocoa contains more flavanols per serving than either.
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