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Focus On: Special Dietary Needs

     The special dietary needs of our customers have been at the top of our thinking since we launched Uncle Wally’s in 1995. CEO Lou Avignone and I recognized the growing interest in, and importance of, more healthy foods. So, … Continue reading

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From wheat to flour, from flour to muffins

What’s the one thing almost every muffin has in common? Flour. You can make a muffin with or without fruit, with or without nuts, without sugar, without fat, without eggs (a vegan egg substitute that uses ingredients such as flax … Continue reading

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Make muffins that get some respect

I was looking through a cookbook on baking the other day, searching for ideas for: dessert for that night, or issues and ideas related to muffins to blog about. There were cakes, cupcakes, tortes, cookies, quick breads, even candies.  No … Continue reading

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Not a bran new idea, but a healthy one

The current state of the muffin (wildly popular) is due mainly to three factors, one of which is the discovery that bran is really good for you. First, research and development made it possible for muffins to stay moist and … Continue reading

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Just reduce

A long time ago, I decided that life without chocolate was not worth living.  But I also decided that life with hips the size of hula hoops was also not worth living. What to do? Exercise? (Ugh!)  Reduce my food … Continue reading

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Fiber is your friend

Muffin. We’ve already agreed in previous blogs: Warm and friendly word. Fiber. Not so much. But fiber, in a muffin or any other form of food, such as a FiberOne Wrap, is one of the most comforting and healthful things … Continue reading

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Muffin meanderings — what I’ve learned from them

When I’m stumbling about the Internet researching muffin matters, I always hear in the back of my mind the disembodied voice on that old TV show, intoning “Loooost in SPAAAAAAAAACE.” Lost is right. Does anything move faster than an hour … Continue reading

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Oh, you little muffin, you!

Muffin is a funny word. A warm and fuzzy word. A word that lends itself to baby talk and child-like joy. You can’t say “muffin” in an Eeyore voice; you gotta say it as Tigger would: “Muffin!,” with a smile … Continue reading

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The Muffin and the Blueberry: from Pudding to Popular


The first blueberry muffin in America may have been a pudding. It was a blend of flour, water and dried wild blueberries that US Army Capt. Meriweather Lewis ordered the Lewis & Clark Expedition cook to make on Aug. 15, … Continue reading

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A new muffin blog

Welcome to the new Uncle Wally¹s Muffin blog with Wally Amos and me, Wanda Adams. Or, since Wally and I both live in Hawai’i, perhaps we should say “Aloha e welina kakou!” (“Greetings and welcome to all of you.”) Here … Continue reading

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