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“We estimate consumers in Europe will be highly interested in this product innovation because increasingly, people tend to follow a healthy nutrition,” ​she said. “Their demand for protein-rich and low-carb products is growing continuously. As an alternative vegetable protein source, Chuta fits perfectly to a vegetarian or vegan nutrition.​

Navi, Yarraville: Smoked blue mackerel Nick Buckley, assistant Melbourne editor Julian Hills takes pride in every aspect of his fine diner Navi, from making his own plates to personally foraging ingredients on the Mornington Peninsula. Respect for these native elements is placed above all else in Hills’s technique-heavy dishes. The best example of this sees smoked blue mackerel marinated in honey and soy. The fish is then sealed in beeswax and aged for a week, allowing subtle umami qualities to develop. Salty beach greens give contrast to a sweet, roasted fishbone and toasted tea-tree dashi that’s poured over nori tapioca crisps that pop and crackle. Pure magic.

Watermelon seeds are perfect for keeping the kidneys healthy thanks to their high concentration of Vitamin B6, B1, Folic acid and niacin. When made into a tea, they can also help you pass kidney stones. The watermelon seeds help remove toxins that have accumulated over time. Since watermelon seeds made into a tea have diuretic properties. They increase the amount of urine produced and this results in the expulsion of toxic compounds that might have accumulated in the kidneys and body. This will also will clean the urinary tract of foreign bodies and protect you from infections such as Urinary Tract Infections.

A New Hampshire man broke a national record for the heaviest pumpkin at the Deerfield Fair in Deerfield, N.H., Thursday night, fair officials said.

U.S. farmers last year harvested 2 billion pounds of pumpkins, many of which were later carved into spooky or silly faces for Halloween. The economics behind these Jack-o’-lanterns can be as messy as their gunky guts, though, with everything hanging on six weeks of sales. But these and other iconic American holiday symbols exist in an often overlooked economy with hidden pressures and pain.

Chef Brandon Gauthier and his wife Victoria, house manager, hold two dishes, venison au poivre and black cod with yuba, at Confluence in Carefree on Dec. 3, 2018. (Photo: Patrick Breen/The Republic)

We’ve had hipster anti fine dining, ultra-posh fine dining, chef-scientist fine dining, pop-up fine dining, participatory fine dining, cozy fine dining and just about every possible take on the trappings surrounding creative, refined cuisine that might somehow separate the genre from its historical tropes.

I bought a 20-pound sack of sunflower seeds that I feed to the squirrels. I didn’t have room for it yet in the secure metal drum that I store it in, so I put it in the garage until there was room.

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There’s grief but also gratitude as the stories of three people profiled in 2018 columns are updated.

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Dining critic Dominic Armato sampled a mere 2,576 restaurant dishes in Phoenix in 2018. Here are his 10 favorites. Wochit