Food-and-Drink

If you love flavored teas, you¡¯ve certainly realized that there is an endless variety from which to choose. No matter what flavor you like, there¡¯s a tea for you. If you¡¯d like to try a wide ...

For the person who¡¯s overweight, there never seems to be any help at hand. Oh sure there are diets and fad diets by the bowlful, but what kind of support is there really for you if you want to lose...

If you¡¯re a constant dieter, or are overweight, you should really stop playing nutrition games with your body. The more you abuse your body the more you¡¯re going to lose control over what happen...

I¡¯m a glutton for punishment so I regularly buy-out the magazine stand when I do my weekly round of food shopping. I buy each and every one of those slimming, or dieting magazines that I can find s...

If you¡¯ve dieted at least once any time within the past few years, there¡¯s a good chance that the diet you went on was one of the many low carb diets that are around these days. Although the ver...

Being a parent isn¡¯t the easiest job in the world, and it certainly gets even more difficult at meal times. What can you give your kids nutrition wise that they will eat? These days it¡¯s come to...

There are many reasons why high fibre diets are good for you, but the main one is that in terms of overall health and fitness, high fibre diets will promote only the best in you. Other reasons can be ...

I can tell you truthfully that up until very recently I had absolutely no clue as to what a gluten free diet was. I didn¡¯t have even a grain of an idea that I could base my knowledge upon. I have s...

For those of you who don¡¯t know, the food pyramid is a carefully drawn up plan of exactly what the human body needs nutritionally. That is, the food pyramid is a guide to help us determine what we ...

If you¡¯re a parent then you know just how important nutrition can be to your growing child. You¡¯ll also know just how difficult it is to get that nutrition into your child. It¡¯s an almost imp...

You¡¯ve heard about it when you were in school, but you really didn¡¯t pay too much attention to it. There¡¯s been some talk about it recently but again you just didn¡¯t have the time to give ...

For the person who¡¯s constantly going back and forth between one diet or another, there never seems to be much fun in their lives. I should know as I¡¯ve been yo-yo dieting for most of my adult l...

For the person who suffers from diabetes, their diet and eating habits can tend to become very restricted. Just how restricted depends entirely on how strong your diabetes is. If you¡¯ve only got th...

If you live in the western world then there¡¯s a better than good chance that you¡¯ve at least heard about the Atkins diet. If you haven¡¯t, you¡¯ve either been living on Mars or with your hea...

Everywhere I look now there seems to be a new fad diet going around and the list is always never ending. Just recently though I came across a diet that at first I just mistook for a new fad diet but w...

In my opinion salt free diets are amongst the worst type of diets there are. I like my food to be properly salted and spiced before I eat. This doesn¡¯t mean that I liberally shake the salt shaker o...

The shamans work with the power of the plants in many ways, the colours of the flowers, the perfume, their shape, form, and associations. This although does not play a role in modern medicine, this u...

Glassware

Glassware Traditional cocktail glasses have sloping sides and a stem, making ihem ideal for drinks served without ice or large, elaborate fruit S'.arnishes. But you may also ...

Wine Distilled Liquors

Distillation is the centuries-old process used to produce alcohol. Heat is used to separate the components of a liquid, or mash, and as vaporization takes place ...

Plant and Root Distillation

Aniseed-flavored spirits
Some 1,500 years before Christ, these licorice-flavored spirits were valued as healing agents by the Egyptians. In the nine...

SHAKING, STIRRING, AND STRAINING
Drinks requiring only shaking are covered with a plastic shaker cup and mixed within the glass; whereas shaken and strained or stirred and strained drinks are o...

Grain Distillation

Aquavit
Aquavit, genever, gin, and whiskey (or whisky as the Canadians and Scots spell it), as well as vodka and the unflavored German schnapps called korn, ...

There's wine. And then there's the wine drinker. In the ever-more complicated task of finding creative wedding presents, the intrepid wine drinker is often at a loss.

You can certainly ...

Smoker Recipe Evolution

Smoking has evolved as a means to preserve food before refrigerators were invented or the canning process. How old is the art of smoking? Well no one really know...

If you are in the market for fine German wine and food, you should consider the Baden region of southeastern Germany. You may find a bargain, and I know that you will enjoy yourself fun on this fact-f...

Enjoy an evening of warm cuisine, mixed with unlimited laughter and never ending punch lines, the perfect antidote to a cold winter evening, as The Tiramisu Bistro christens her new function room.The ...

Located in the south west of France around the city of Bordeaux, the Bordeaux wine region lies close to the Atlantic ocean and the region covers more than 10,000 square kilometers and supports approxi...

If you are looking for fine French wine and food, consider the Maconnais area of the Burgundy region in eastern France. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you'll have fun on this fact-filled wine...

The 16th century alchemist and philosopher, Paracelsus, introduced in his treatise the Doctrine of Signatures , the concept that the Creator has placed his seal on plants to indicate their medicinal u...

Melons, irrespective of their variety, have always been a good source of essential nutrients and vitamins. Cantaloupes are a variety of muskmelon that looks somewhat oblong and has an approximate leng...

Historically speaking, melons have long been a part of our diet in one form or another. Available in different varieties, melons are a top favorite not only with the Americans but also in other countr...

Charcoal grills are a must have for the barbecue fan. Even in the age of high tech gas and electric grills with a host of amenities people swear by the authentic taste of the charcoal grill. Competi...

If you are not the biggest fan about sushi, you are not the only one. What I do not understand is why people say they do not like sushi when they have not even tried it before. As with most foods, t...

China, in addition to being the homeland to the Han people and fifty-five other ethnic groups, is also the birth place for one of the world¡¯s most consumed beverage- tea. Tea pla...

Advice # 1: Quality

To keep your customers coming back, please make sure that you offer quality food and services. Too many Chinese restaurants have gotten away from it. The ...

I am one woman who loves to eat. Ask any of my friends. At my first business trip to Nashville with a partner at my law firm, the partner came back and all he can say was ¡°she at...

We all have a "friend" who is a chocoholic, but the truth is this friend is probably us! It's no wonder we all are obsessed with yummy chocolate, it can be so satisfying at just about any time. Even W...

Who on earth would want a statue of David apron? The statue of David?? Well I have heard of the statue of David and I read a really good book once which used the statue of David as a metaphor for carv...

As parents, the need to teach children how to cook may not seem very important when they are at young age. With modern life style and the abundent supplies of ready, pre-cooked and convenient food, it...

Outdoor parties can be real fun if carried out efficiently. Many people spend a lot of money on such parties but few of them are able to get the whole thing right. There is great amount of planning in...

If you are looking for fine German wine and food, consider the Franconia region of southeastern Germany. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you'll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour...

Among the Asian, many ethnic groups have their own after birth dietary care. This is based on the belief that the health of the mother is significantly weakened during the childbearing period and the ...

Oh, my. What to do? It's time to find a corporate gift for your wine connoisseur friend or colleague, and you haven't a clue what to get. Yikes! Another bottle of Cabernet? Rather than fret and worry,...

Conversation on coffee is going on a hundred times a day. Gourmet Coffee drinkers are converting their friends to the amazing taste of coffee and as one of the world¡¯s most preferred drinks; this c...

Do you have a ham bone in your freezer but you're not sure what to do with it? Here's a fun assortment of five recipes with crock pot and stovetop instructions. These range from the traditional split ...

This diverse group of side dishes contains all the favorites that my mom used to make when we had a few guests for dinner. Since we often had a spiral sliced ham or smoked turkey breast to keep things...

A gift basket filled with gourmet food items can be a practical gift as well as delicious. And, if you make it yourself, you can personalize it with gifts of the recipient's favorite foods. Gourmet ...

Situated near Nantes in western France, the Loire Valley is one of the most picturesque winemaking areas anywhere in Europe. Following the course of the Loire river, the valley meanders from Auvergne ...

Generally speaking, the Federal Government does not purchase pure bottled drinking water for Federal employees unless it can be proved that agency drinking water is unsuitable for drinking.

Author: Jon Stout