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Know Your Food Jargon: Kañiwa

Here’s your foodie word of the day.

By Stefanie Gans August 28, 2017 at 8:00 am

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Here’s your foodie word of the day:

kañiwa (n.): baby quinoa, also called quechua or cañahua. This seed is half the size of quinoa and cooks in about 20 minutes, keeping a  bit of its crunch.

(August 2017)

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