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Chef Norman Van Aken at the Fiery Foods Show

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The theme of this year’s National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show is “Going Tropical” in honor of Chef Norman Van Aken who’s been called “the founding father of New World Cuisine,” a fusion of a Latin, Caribbean, Asian, African, and American flavors. Chef Norman is not only debuting his new book at the show, No Experience Necessary, an autobiography of his culinary career, but also will perform two tropical cooking demonstrations.

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Hot CD Is, Well, Pretty Spicy

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The Scoville Brothers are actually not Karen and Doug Scoville, they’re Karen and Doug Lins, but don’t tell anyone. And there’s more brothers in the group, namely Doug’s brothers, Chris, Doug, and Merle, who play various instruments. Some of the songs on this CD are hilarious, namely “Hey Wilbur,” a version of “Ring of Fire,” which has Doug trying to …

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Dave’s New Year’s Food Resolutions

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All my life I’ve had this attitude that if everyone else is doing it, I’m not. This mostly relates to insubstantial things, which is why I’ve never smoked a cigarette, joined a fraternity, church, or bridge club, and I refuse to discuss religion or politics in most situations. About food, I’m the same way, so my preface here will help …