food

We eat bread almost every day. Have you thought about the chemistry that goes on behind the scenes to create the chewy goodness that is known as bread?

The culinary landscape of Oregon is an exciting blend of locally sourced ingredients, diverse cultural influences, and regional flavors.

Wine has long been paired with fruit, meat and other fine foods. But pairing with chocolate has a relatively recent, and controversial, history. There are those who insist that the twain should never meet. Nevertheless, there are wines and chocolates that make perfect partners.

White wines come from white grapes, right? This is mostly true, but not always. In grape world, the pulp is white whichever the color of the skin. The trick to make white wine is to separate the must -sweet fresly pressed grape juice- from the skins and stems as soon as possible because those are the responsible part for color and tannin. It is possible to make white wine from not so white grapes.

Charles de Gaulle is reported to have once said 'How can you govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?' But whatever may have been the administrative skills of that old French soldier, he was right about one thing. There are a great many kinds of cheese in the world, a tribute to the inventiveness of cheesemakers.

Is Russian cuisine good? The answer to this question is not simple. Russia is a vast country. Land and climate vary tremendously from one region to the other and so does the food.

One of the great things about pasta is its versatility. Not only is it nutritious and tasty, but it goes with any wine you happen to favor. Still, you'll want to select a wine that goes with the whole dish.

Panama food combines local ingredients with some international flavors, inherited from their many visitors. The Panama Canal Zone has something special and this shows in the food.