Seafood ~ Travel Special: Sweden and Japan

Weekend travel specialSeafood treats in Sweden"It's an apt description of our seafood tour. We are struck by Sweden's cleanliness, by the pure air, the fresh fish."It's the place where the fish is as fresh as the air ...Full Story: Weekend travel special: Seafood treats in Sweden; Guardian.co.uk "It...

Rediscovering the Fifth Flavor: All About Umami

Despite its long history, umami has only recently come into the Western consciousness with dishes, drinks, and even restaurant concepts dedicated to the elusive "fifth flavor."The dark horse of our misunderstood taste buds, the elusive fifth flavor umami has recently risen into widespread culinary consciousness......

The Easy Cavemen Diet and Food Yoga

"The idea is not as weird as it sounds, ..."Here's a question for the weight-conscious: How often do you see a fat caveman? Exactly. Maybe excepting Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, most portrayals of the people who lived 12,000 years ago ... Paleolithic diet is so easy, cavemen actually did it; WashingtonPost.com "Yoga...

A Salmon Cure and Alain Ducasse on London

Chef and food writer Mark Hix makes enough smoked salmon to supply his four restaurants plus others. He starts with salmon from Scotland and then dry-cures it in a mix of rock salt and molasses sugar for 10 to 12 hours before smoking it.Home curing can be a delightful and rewarding experience, as the...

Heavenly Hots Pankakes and Raw Vegan Sour Cream Video

FoodRecipe Redux - Heavenly Hots, 1987Heavenly hots are pancakes made with sour cream, creating a dish that is tangy and light. This recipe goes against the traditional ratios of flour, eggs and sugar.Sometimes the name of a dish is irresistible. Ratatouille. Financiers. Mooncakes. Oysters Rockefeller....

Spirits, Bananas and Other Ingredients

Spirited CookingKeep Some Liquor In The Kitchen"Evaporation isn't the only factor, though. Dilution plays a role in how much alcohol is in a dish."At the moment, my liquor cabinet is a bit bare, having been depleted by the holiday cooking season. We had bourbon cake and rum balls, plum pudding and...

The Truth about Fat and Gluten.

Nutrition ~ Know your fats Understanding the pros and cons of different fats can lead us to an healthful eating. Even the vilified saturated-fat my bring some benefits, as substituting vegetables-based spreads for butter could likely add colourants and other undesirable additives to our daily diet....

Detox your desk snacks

Food Meditations BriefsRecipes and CookingThe Food Blog - Detox your desk snacks"Doing a January diet but got the munchies? Clever swaps mean you can graze without the guilt. ..."Full List: The Food Blog - Detox your desk snacks; Channel4.com"If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in...

Internet deve restare libero - LaStampa.it

Internet deve restare libero"...Perfino nei Paesi autoritari le reti d’informazione aiutano la gente a scoprire cosa sta accadendo e costringono i governi a tener conto dell’opinione pubblica. ..." Internet deve restare libero; LASTAMPA.it"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than...

Crazy Time - Crazy Cakes!

Food Meditations Briefs Mad for crazy cakeMoist cake without butter or eggs? That's crazy!Recipes for crazy cake yield a moist, rich and flavorful treat, but require no butter or eggs. Vinegar and a high-protein flour provide the chemical reaction that gives the cake structure.It contains no butter...

Diet Swap and Healthy Eating Cookbooks

Healthy Living: What happened when Lucy Cavendish and Bryony Gordon swapped shopping lists and ate as each other for a week? One is a health-conscious foodie who makes everything from scratch and balks at the idea of ready-meals. And the other? She’ll have crisps for breakfast, beers for her evening...

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