A food processor is a kitchen appliance used to facilitate various repetitive tasks in the process of preparation of food. Today, the term almost always refers to an electric-motor-driven appliance, although there are some manual devices also referred to as "food processors".Food processors are similar to blenders in many ways. The primary difference is that food processors use swappable blades and disks (attachments) instead of a fixed blade. Also, their bowls are wider and shorter, a more appropriate shape for the solid or semi-solid foods usually worked in a food processor. Usually little or no liquid is required in the operation of the food processor unlike a blender, which requires some amount of liquid to move the particles around its blade.Its functions normally consist of:Slicing/chopping vegetablesGrinding items such as nuts, meat, or dried fruitShredding or grating cheese or vegetablesPureeingMixing and kneading doughs

Beat butter with electric mixer until light. Gradually beat in masa harina. On low speed, beat in water, a little at a time. Place corn in the bowl of a food processor fitted with metal blade and pulse until coarsely chopped. Stir corn into the masa mixture.

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According to the Food Marketing Institute, meat was the most shoplifted item in America's grocery stores in 2005. (It barely edged out analgesics and was a few percentage points ahead of razor blades and baby formula.) Find out why...

(WSB Radio) -- A Henry County woman claims she found a razor blade in a side dish sold by a fast food restaurant in downtown Atlanta.

Guillermo del Toro has made the comics a staple at the movies, from Blade to Hellboy; his latest is the fantasy drama, Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno in Spanish). It takes place in a small town during the Spanish Civil War; the troops have taken over that town and put a ration on the amount of food the people can have.