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  • The Foodie Press: How Sweet It Is… An Unexpected Honey Adventure

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    In a store the size and scope of Jungle Jim’s, it’s easy to forget about some of the basic, almost run-of-the-mill items available. But since this is Jungle Jim’s, even those “basic” items can, and do, take on a life of their own. With more than 100 varieties available year round, honey isn’t just a way to add sweetness and flavor to meats, salads, or barbeque sauces during the summer, or to give your tea that glowing warmth that only honey can provide on chilly winter nights. Read article

  • The Foodie Press: Labneh

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    You know how it goes.

    It’s after lunch, but the hours until the end of the day (and dinner) seem to stretch endlessly in front of you, your stomach grumbling in displeasure. Lunch was not enough, it complains. Feed me!

    It was this precise set of circumstances that led the team here to try labneh.

    ​Labneh is a strained yogurt that originated in the Middle East and around the Mediterranean. Read article

  • Olive Pit Featured Olives of the Week – Something for Everyone!

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    Hondroelia – a large, blush colored, midseason olive from Greece. This is considered a mid-season olive because it’s picked after it is no longer green and unripe, but before it is black and fully ripened. Because of that, the texture of this olive is a little on the firmer side but does have a little softness to it. This olive goes by two names: Hondroelia is the most common, but it may be called the Royal olive. Read article

  • Understand the Benefits of Alkaline Water

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    Normal tap water has a pH of 7, which is below the optimal body pH of 7.36. Adding alkaline water to your daily routine helps to minimize the effects of acidic foods such as: coffee  tea chocolate sugar many processed foods

    There are many different waters to choose from in Natural Foods. You can also add pH drops to tap water and get many of the same benefits. There’s even a water pitcher that filters tap water and makes it alkaline through a 5 stage filter mimicking the earth’s crust.

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  • Fleur Du Marquis from Corsica

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    Yes, the Jungle has cheese from the beautiful French Island of Corsica and you must try it! It’s name comes from a common flower that grows on the island. This cheese is a semi soft sheep’s milk that is covered in what are called “scrubland” herbs; a delightful and unique blend of rosemary, bird’s eye chilis, juniper and fennel. The cheese is creamy, and even with all those herbs and spices its flavor is mild. Read article

  • Olive Pit Featured Olives of the Week –  From herbs and spices to appetizers and spicy flavor!

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    Green Kalamata – Green Kalamata? Yes! While you’re probably familiar with the black variety of this olive, the green is quite special and rare to find outside of its home country, but we have them now for you to try. It is a whole olive, which means it has a pit still intact, and it is slit, or cracked, to allow the salty, lemony brine infuse with the olive. Green Kalamata olives should not be missed due to the limited amount that we were able to import. Read article

  • Lego – Inspiring and Developing the Builders of Tomorrow

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    We are very excited to carry LEGO because ​their​ products inspire children to learn through play! The​y provide fun, engaging and creative play experiences that help children develop social, emotional and intellectual skills, laying a foundation that lasts a lifetime.​ ​The possibilities for learning with LEGO are endless!

    Fun LEGO Facts:

    LEGO was originally called ​”​Automatic Binding Bricks​”​. The first one ​was made in 1932 out of wood. Every single brick created since 1958 can still interlock together. Read article

  • The Foodie Press: Our First Homebrew

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    It’s that time, friends! Here’s how our homebrew went.

    A few weeks ago we outlined everything we’d acquired for the undertaking, so on a sunny Monday afternoon, we loaded it all into our cars and drove off-site to set up our one-pot brewery. We had to leave Jungle Jim’s International Market, where we work from, because of some law that would’ve made us bootleggers if we’d brewed in the store. Personally, I think that’d be pretty cool,

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  • The Foodie Press: Kiwano Melon

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    Working upstairs from one of the largest selections of local and international produce in the Midwest always has us eager to try something new, and temptation is just a staircase away.

    Which means that we occasionally finding ourselves wandering the aisles of Jungle Jim’s International Market, eyeballing all of the interesting food from around the world, food that wouldn’t normally grace our tables at home. And we’ll be the first to admit that some of the brightly colored,

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  • Revisit Past WOFi Winners as We Prepare to Celebrate Weekend of Fire X!

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    With the announcement of Weekend of Fire X and our Weekend Warm-Up, we’re ready to showcase the best of the best by re-sharing WOFi Award winners from years past. The list is long, varied, and just as storied as the festival itself. We’re proud to be the Midwest’s largest Fiery Food show 10 years running now, and are already looking for to many, many more. 

    Papi Joe’s Tennessee Pepper Sauce – A regular winner at Weekend of Fire,

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