One of the coolest things the Hibachi Chefs do at the local Japanese steakhouse is the Flaming Onion Volcano.
The Chef takes slices from the middle of a large onion (perhaps Vidalia), separates the layers, stacks them on top of each other, squirts some oil in there, and then starts it up with a lighter.
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We stumbled upon the Cocoa Beanery cafe while biking a short trail in Hershey this fall. It’s not hard to miss, kind of on the outskirts of town, off Bullfrog Valley Rd, right next to a couple of corporate-headquarters-looking buildings — which house the Hershey Center for Applied Research and the Hershey College of Medicine.
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during a dentist visit, I was chatting with an assistant about chewing gum. she explained how gums like trident and spry not only loosen food stuck to your teeth and cause you to salivate more (saliva = good, it neutralizes acids), but since they contain xylitol, they can prevent cavities if you chew [...]
