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Elizabeth Dougherty has been cooking and writing about food intensively for more than ten years. She is the fourth generation of chefs and gourmet grocers in her family with her mother, Francesca Esposito and grandmother, Carmella being major influences in her early cooking years. As a teenager, her family sent her to Europe where she became focused on French and Italian cuisine. She survived a year and half of culinary tutelage under a maniacal Swiss-German chef and is a graduate of NYIT, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality, Business and Labor Relations. Food And Travel Nation has won two news awards for content. Broadcasting LIVE each week, nationwide, on FoodNationRadio.com and stations around the country.

CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA TIPS

Food Travel USA with Elizabeth Dougherty Broadcast Date:  4/30/22 Some still have the idea that Cinco de Mayo is the Mexican version of Fourth of July and avoid it…. it’s not true.  Cinco de Mayo marked an important military battle but is NOT their Independence Day… so feel free to …

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TASTE TEST HOT HOT HOT SAUCE

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TASTE TEST HOT HOT HOT SAUCE Food Travel USA – TASTE TEST HOT HOT HOT SAUCE with Elizabeth Dougherty Broadcast Date:  4/23/22 When we eat spicy foods, (especially those hot sauces that contain capsaicin) our bodies respond by releasing endorphins.  Those cool little endorphins are is the body’s response to …

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