Modern Sweeteners: What They Are & What They Do

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This post is part of the 2009 series – The Traditional Foods Primer which addresses a different aspect of the traditional foods movement each month.     January’s focus is on sweeteners: modern sweeteners and their accompanying problems, natural and traditional alternatives and how to transition from the modern to the traditional. Before you can [...]

When Natural Foods Aren't Natural: Agave Nectar

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Agave nectar seems to be taking the health and natural foods communities by storm.   Why wouldn’t it?   After all, it’s labeled as a “natural” sweetener.   It’s not sugar.   It’s not high fructose corn syrup.   It’s mildly flavored and can therefore be used in a variety of recipes unlike honey or [...]

Cranberry Sauce with Agave Nectar

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  Cranberry sauce is, perhaps, my favorite holiday treat. I love its sourness. I also really like the way the berries pop under the heat of cooking. We’ve relegated white sugar to no man’s land in our kitchen “except for brewing kombuchaa” so I’m always looking for a good sweetener for those rare times we [...]