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321) Wild Game Meats - The New Health Conscious Choice
Author:
Jim Hofman
Category:
Food and Drink
Over the last few years, more and more people are adding healthier alternatives to their diets. As a society, we're becoming much more knowledgeable about healthy choices, fat content, and artificial ingredients. There has been a growing trend away from some of the traditional high fat and high cholesterol meat choices, while seeking out healthier, easy-to-prepare alternatives. Certain types of wild game meats, previously largely unavailable in the marketplace, are turning up more and more f...
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322) What is Nouvelle Cuisine?
Author:
Sudhir
Category:
Food and Drink
The 1970's brought a great deal of upheaval and new ideas to the forefront, and the world of cuisine was no exception. In June of 1975, the British magazine Harpers & Queen coined a term to refer to a new type of food that was sweeping the world: Nouvelle Cuisine.
What is nouvelle cuisine? It is, in a word, the marriage of health-conscious California to traditional France. Consider it an updated version of French cuisine- flavorful food with a light-handed, healthy approach. It's difficult...
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323) Why Do Make-Ahead Recipes Work So Well To Reduce Your Dinner Party Stress?
Author:
Spidernetworld
Category:
Food and Drink
One of the "tricks" I find most useful for hosting stress-free dinner parties is to make some of the recipes ahead. I find that too many last minute jobs can overwhelm me, so I plan ahead to eliminate as many as possible.
The more dishes you can prepare a day or some hours before guests ring your doorbell, the more you reduce your stress. Here are some reasons:
- You avoid a last minute crisis if preparation takes longer than you thought it would.
- If you like to cook, you'll have...
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324) Contaminants in Food
Author:
Kiya Sama
Category:
Food and Drink
The main organisms that cause food-borne illness include seven bacteria (Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium perfringens, Vibrio vulnificus, Listeria monocytogenes, and Shigella), two protozoa (Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica), and virus (hepatitis A). They live in meat, poultry, raw seafood, dairy products, coconut, fresh pasta, spices, chocolate products, seafood, salads, desserts made with milk products, and vegetables...
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325) What's Cooking In Cuba?
Author:
Robert Masud
Category:
Food and Drink
An exotic land in the Caribbean greets you with the striking rhythm of 'Salsa'; you look across pleasant tropical weather and breath-taking beaches. Your senses are slowly enveloped with the rich aroma of freshly brewed cafe cubano and lit cigars. If you are already intoxicated, you can imagine what the rest of this sensuous Cuban island can do to you.It is said that the Cubans love their men, solid and strong; the children, round and chubby; and their women, curvy and sensuous. It is...
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326) Well Water Nitrates
Author:
John Steele
Category:
Food and Drink
Nitrate is the primary source of Nitrogen for all plants and with out nitrogen plants cannot live. When soil contains more nitrate than plants can use the excess is carried through the soil and percolates beneath the ground and underlying rock. Excess nitrogen in the soil is caused by a number of different factors including fertilizer, manure, and sewage. Because they are so soluble and they do not bind to soils nitrates have a high potential to migrate to ground water. Many different forces...
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327) Surf and Turf - Products for Your Pool and Patio
Author:
Art Gib
Category:
Food and Drink
Many serious barbeque lovers know how to improve or alter the taste of the meats they grill. This can be done in a few different fashions. The fuel that is used to burn is one point to consider. Charcoal or wood is the main form of flavor. Gas typically is a sure way to get the burn started faster, but the taste is arguably less favorable.Wood is a great way to impart a unique flavor to the meat by circulating its smoke within the bbq grill. There are many wood types to use with the...
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328) The Finer Details About Cheese
Author:
Thenmozhi Kathirvelu
Category:
Food and Drink
Cheese, like butter functions as the balance wheel of the dairy industry. This holds good in developed dairying countries, whereas in developing countries production of cheese is in nascent stage. In countries with predominant vegetarian population, there is slackness in the growth of cheese industry because of use of animal rennet for clotting of milk. However, with the advent of alternatives for animal rennet, the production is steadily looking up.Cheese has been defined by Davis as...
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329) The Vegetarian Holiday Food Struggle
Author:
E.S. Cromwell
Category:
Food and Drink
Holidays mean large family gatherings and even larger amounts of food. All those typical and decedent edibles will be cooked up, dressed up and served amongst families and friends, but what's a vegetarian to do in such a standardized food situation? Coming to a party or family gathering where there is limited options in food is rather unwelcoming and can be awkward to deal with for a vegetarian. But you, my vegetarian friend, have a few options in dealing with holiday food pitfalls.<p...
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330) Winter Fruits - A Welcome Additon to Any Table
Author:
Jennifer Wasilewski
Category:
Food and Drink
There is no better way to combat the winter woe's than to add some colorful and delicious winter fruits to your table. Winter fruits like blood oranges, pomegranates, and cranberries can become exhilarating centerpieces, a delectable treat, or that add that extra something to salads, appetizers, entrees, and drinks. Next time you're feeling a little down cheer your self up with one of these healthy winter fruits.Pomegranates: Pomegranates have finally been getting the recogn...
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331) Top 5 Reasons To Stop Buying Groceries At The Grocery Store and Switch To Buying Groceries Online
Author:
Justin Blase
Category:
Food and Drink
Grocery shopping has become one of the true nightmares of our times. Today we share with you theTOP 5 WORST THINGS ABOUT GROCERY SHOPPING1. The Grocery Store Parking Lot - man these things are just nightmares. Especially if you get some snow on the ground and people just decide since the painted lines aren't showing it means it is "park like a crazy person day".2. The Cart - this is quite possibly the most disgusting part of buying groceries at th...
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332) A Guide To French Food - Some Interesting Facts & Information About French Dishes
Author:
James Burrows
Category:
Food and Drink
You can't stay away from the French food, while in France, the country known worldwide for its numerous gastronomic delights and specialties. Certainly, the French cuisine is extremely diverse including a wide variety of foods and recipes from national and regional cuisines. France really offers one of the richest cuisines in the World.French cuisine is often categorized as National Cuisine and Regional Cuisine. National Cuisine includes the foods that have been integral part of the F...
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333) Details About Cream
Author:
Thenmozhi Kathirvelu
Category:
Food and Drink
Cream is a fat rich component and has been known from time immemorial as the fatty layer that rises to the top portion of the milk when left undisturbed. It may be defined as that portion of milk which is rich in milk fat. It can also be defined as the portion of milk into which fat has been gathered and which contains a large portion of milk fat. When milk fat is concentrated into a fraction of the original milk, that portion is known as "cream".As per the PFA rules in India (1976),...
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334) Butter Making
Author:
Thenmozhi Kathirvelu
Category:
Food and Drink
Butter acts as a balance wheel of dairy industry. Whenever surplus milk is produced, it is usually converted in to butter. During the periods of scarcity, the milk meant for butter production would be used for production of other essential items. References to the butter found a place in the Old Testament.Butter may be defined as a fat concentrate, obtained by churning cream, gathering the fat into compact mass and then working it.According to the PFA rules (1976), table or cre...
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335) Health Benefits of Water
Author:
Scott Bryant
Category:
Food and Drink
How much water should you drink each day? A simple question with no easy answers, but in truth, your water needs depend on many factors, including your health, how active you are and where you live.Though no single formula fits everyone, knowing more about your body's need for fluids will help you estimate how much water to drink each day.Health benefits of waterWater is your body's principal chemical component, comprising, on average, 75 percent of your weight. Every sy...
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336) Eating Your Way Around the World
Author:
Sandy Cosser
Category:
Food and Drink
It's said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. This idiom doesn't apply only to men. Place a well cooked, well presented meal that she didn't have to prepare, in front of a woman and you're half way to conquering her soul. Especially if an extraordinary dessert follows the meal, such as caramelised milk chocolate hazelnut tart or raspberry white chocolate coupe.Each city in the world has restaurants that can be divided into three types: the dives, the family restauran...
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337) Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire, But What About Those Other Holiday Food Products - Bah Humbug!
Author:
Paul C Davis
Category:
Food and Drink
I'M NOT EATING THEMThe holiday season is bringing with it some wildly interesting new festive food choices but Paul C. Davis won't be first in line to sample them.Call me traditional or call me crazy but when I think of food for the holiday season my mind goes to the old favorites. Doesn't everybody look forward to the candy canes, cranberries, gingerbread, egg nog, mince meat, shortbread and the turkey with all the "trimmins"? Well, apparently not because if you head to the...
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338) The Bread We Eat
Author:
Frankie Goh
Category:
Food and Drink
IN A ristorante in Buenos Aires, Argentina, hungry patrons watch as a porteño of Italian ancestry sends a disk whiffing into the air and catches it, repeating the performance over and over to make a pizza. In Lebanon a housewife flips a similar disk from forearm to forearm, each time rotating it to maintain its circle. In Mexico a young woman pats out a tortilla disk between her palms, much as does her counter part in distant India.Still differently, a cook in Ethiopia, when making in...
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339) Where Coconut Predominates in the Menu
Author:
Frankie Goh
Category:
Food and Drink
One reason for this is the ready availability of coconuts in this tropical climate. And there are other reasons why the coconut is used in a wide variety of food preparation.There is coconut milk-not to be confused with the saccharine water inside the nut. The milk comes only after the pulp is grated and squeezed. Coconut milk serves as a tasty addition in preparing rice, biscuits and stews.From the milk comes coconut oil. The process of extracting the oil is a common sight in...
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340) 6 Key Questions To Ask When Searching For The Highest Quality Goji Juice
Author:
Martin Paroz
Category:
Food and Drink
The fact that you have found your way to this article on choosing the highest quality goji juice would suggest that you have at least some awareness of the substantial wellness benefits goji provides. Scientific research and personal experiences of consumers across the globe speak volumes of the immense value of this exotic little berry.Which leads one to the key question, "Where can I find the highest quality goji juice, so I can experience the life changing benefits for myself?"...
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