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Chicken Soup For the Aging Star’s Soul

“When you make it the right way, you get the minerals and the exact building blocks of what makes up our joint surfaces,” DiFranceso said. “He’s recognized in the last few years, since sort of pointing him in the direction, of how important that will be.

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In-Depth Product Review: De Buyer Prima Matera InoCuivre Induction-Compatible Copper (Nominally 28 cm) Skillet (Frying Pan)

De Buyer Prima Matera. Depuis 1830 (Since 1830).
De Buyer Prima Matera. Depuis 1830 (Since 1830).

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In-Depth Product Review: Vollrath Optio and Update International 11-inch disc-base skillets

Vollrath Optio aka Update International SuperSteel 11 inch skillets.
Vollrath Optio aka Update International SuperSteel 11 inch skillets.

THE COMPANIES

The Vollrath company is a privately-held American foodservice (kitchenware and appliance) manufacturer headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The company traces its roots back to 1874, when Jacob Vollrath started a factory that made and sold various kitchenware products such as pots and pans. The company also made products as varied as furniture castings and railroad and agricultural parts. Some of Vollrath’s earliest popular products included ceramic/enamel-coated cast iron and sheet steel, but by the 1930s the company had begun to shift to stainless steel, and the company also mass-produced millions of military products like mess trays and drinking canteens during World War II.

Today, Vollrath manufactures a broad array of commercial kitchenware and kitchen electrics.

Update International Inc. makes a broad spectrum of commercial kitchenware and kitchen electrics, just like Vollrath, but almost everything they sell is made in China or India. Perhaps it is more accurate to call Update an importer than an manufacturer. Update’s website is extremely spartan, but from what I’ve managed to piece together, the company was incorporated in 1978 in Los Angeles, California.

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Nutrition: Avoiding Palm Olein in Baby Formula

As baby formula labels continually admonish mothers, breastfeeding is better than formula. But if you can’t breastfeed or don’t produce enough milk–as in our case–formula can be a lifesaver.

Infant formula is a highly regulated food and contains the same minimum nutritional content.12 However, be aware that formulas differ in quality.

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  1. http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/InfantFormula/default.htm ↩
  2. http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=107.100 ↩

Product Review: Mini-Review of All-Clad Emeril with Copper (disc-base) 12-inch skillet (fry pan)

This is not going to be a full product review, because this product line is not good and was discontinued many years ago.

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In-Depth Product Review of Lodge Carbon Steel 12-inch Skillet (CRS12)

THE COMPANY

There used to be many American cast iron manufacturers from the 1800s and 1900s, but Lodge Manufacturing is the only survivor, making it something of a hometown favorite, or home-country favorite, if you will. The company originated with Joseph Lodge and is still a private, family company to this day. Its main foundry is still in the original town of South Pittsburg, Tennessee, where bare cast iron cookware is made. Lodge’s enamel-coated cast iron cookware is made in China.

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