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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.

FAKE SMELLS IN A RESTAURANT?

From the Food And Travel Nation Archives: You drive up to your favorite restaurant.  As you open the door, you close your eyes and you can smell steak, pizza or fish.  But is that wonderful aroma actually coming from the kitchen or are you being manipulated?  Remember, the goal of …

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CLICK TO SEE WHICH TWO CHICKEN BISCUITS FAILED OUR TASTE TEST

Usually following our weekly “Food And Travel Nation Taste Test” I’ll post the audio from the segment, add additional pictures and write a brief summary of the foods being tested.  Quite frankly, I’m not going to spend that much time on this one, because the products tested from two of …

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NATION BACON DAY – SEVEN RECIPES

“Bacon is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Benjamin Franklin December 30th has been declared “National Bacon Day” and in celebration, we’ve selected SEVEN recipes from the Food And Travel Nation Kitchen that include BACON.  It’s nice that BACON has its own DAY but in …

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