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Recently, these sugars have made their way onto the shelves of health-food stores like Whole Foods and gourmet specialty outlets like Trader Joe's, Williams-Sonoma and Dean & Deluca. As a result, home cooks can now take advantage of the caramel, crunchy tang of large-crystal, raw-cane demerara from Malawi or the toffee-infused taste of dark, sticky muscovado from Mauritius. Simon Cutts, bulk-foods manager for the Wild Oats national specialty chain of natural-food stores, says the consumer demand for these sugars mirrors the organic-food boom, with sales growing at a rate...
Conventionally refined sugar is snowy white because all the natural molasses has been extracted from the cane, leaving behind fine, pearly, sweet crystals. Often sugar is made especially white by filtering it through charred bovine bones--a refining process that causes vegetarians and vegans to seek other options. And while brown sugar is ostensibly brown because of the molasses content, much of the brown sugar sold in supermarkets (especially sugar that comes from beets) is really what's called painted sugar, or white sugar that has been sprayed with a brown-colored syrup...
...brand, which is one of several companies that distribute these sugars in the U.S. Marcus Samuelsson of Aquavit restaurant in New York City is one of those chefs, and although he hasn't been paid for it, his picture appears on the back of a package of a raw cane sugar from Malawi, along with his recipe for moist, chewy gingersnaps. "I got hooked on these sugars about two years ago," says Samuelsson. "I'm always looking for good-quality ingredients, and these sugars have a flavor that can really stand out in a recipe...
...Smith” on a triple-bill with “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “Fantastic Four.” I would rather read Dr. Laura for five hours and then be whipped with a wet stalk of sugar cane by Lindsay Lohan after a five-day cabbage-only diet. If Hollywood bigwigs want to continue whining about decreasing box-office receipts, maybe they should wait to see if the trend continues after trying a release strategy that doesn’t involve throwing elephant turds at their overpaying audiences...
...disability does not warrant the necessity of an elevator, and I would be able to escape the situation,” said Farmer. Although he often travels with a cane or on an electronic scooter, Farmer is capable of moving free of assistance...