food
Information about food, meaning anything solid eaten for sustenance - solid to distinguish it from beverages.
Food in Asia
Asian cuisine holds a special fascination for the Western visitors. Food in Asia is a true festival of scents and flavors. After all, most spices originated somewhere there.
Simple condiments
A guide to common and less well known condiments and flavorings used in cooking.
Spices
A guide to common and less know spices used in cooking.
Starting point for a World Food and Wine tour
We love food and wine. We are partial to good food, we enjoy discovering new flavors, we like the way wine tastes, the way wine enhances a meal and how people come together around the dinner table to share food and wine. Food and wine can become a pleasure opening a door to other countries, to other cultures, to new people.
Ginger
Ginger has a strong, piquant and spicy flavor. Used worldwide. Europeans use ginger essentially in sweet dishes. Ginger is added in Indian cuisine to almost every savory dish. Chinese and Japanese cuisines prefer adding it to meat and fish dishes.
The history of Thanksgiving in the United States of America
When people think of Thanksgiving, most remember the story of the Pilgrims and the Indians at Plymouth Rock. The Pilgrims first arrived in America on December 11, 1620, not prepared for the winter they were to face. Out of the 102 who arrived on the Mayflower, forty-six of the people died during the first few months. Despite the devastation, they had a good harvest, partly in thanks to the Indians who lived nearby.
Christmas entertaining
Food is an important part of any celebration and Christmas is not an exception. That is why we have put together some ideas for that Christmas entertaining.
The Menorah
The Menorah signifies the Feast of Lights which commemorates the miracle of the oil in which one day’s supply lasted eight days.
Dried fruit
Nutritional advice, including that of the food pyramid, says that we need to eat fruit on a daily basis. Dried fruit varieties are also good for our bodies.
Feijoa
A distant cousin to the guava, feijoa is a small fruit native to the tropical regions of Brazil and even up to the southern parts of Georgia.