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161) How To Choose A Live Lobster
Author:
Brian Schwartz
Category:
Food and Drink
If you've been online to purchase a lobster you may have noticed that you're spoiled for choice. They come in different ages, sizes, shapes and colors. How then do you go about selecting one?You can choose from lobster tails, green lobsters, red lobsters, female lobsters, male lobsters, Maine lobsters and spiny lobsters. If you're looking for a live lobster online for the first time it's of no surprise that you're mystified. But all it takes is a little experience and research to sele...
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162) Interesting Facts About Lobsters
Author:
Brian Schwartz
Category:
Food and Drink
You may have shopped several times for lobsters and you may have relished a lobster meal as well but you'll be surprised at the things you don't know about these creatures. Here are some interesting facts about lobsters that you're probably not aware of.Lobsters have been popular in Europe for a very long time. In fact, its reputation as a prize delicacy can be traced to European nobility. Surprisingly enough lobsters gained appreciation in America only in the 1900's. It was considere...
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163) The Great Grilling Steaks Of Summer
Author:
Peter Sicoli
Category:
Food and Drink
Come on over and we'll throw some steaks on the grill...often a summertime conversation amongst friends.Well, what steaks are the best, you ask? We have tested these beauties and bring you our opinion.Here we have the 8 best steaks for grilling this summer. These steaks are a cut above the rest, and will not let you down when prepared correctly.1. The Ribeye. A juicy, tender flavorful cut. there is generous marbling through out, and is a crowd pleaser. This cut, when lef...
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164) Maple Sugar, New England's Liquid Gold
Author:
James Hyde
Category:
Food and Drink
What "liquid gold" and "Texas tea" are to oil, New England's "liquid gold" is to maple syrup. And depending on whom you ask, one of three states makes the best syrup in the U.S.: Vermont; New Hampshire and Maine. While the quality is arguable, quantity isn't. Vermont is the largest producer of maple syrup in the United States.If you're visiting Vermont during the early spring, one "must' getaway stop is a sugaring house, of which the state has many. There, maple tree sap is boiled dow...
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165) What Not To Do At The Dining Table
Author:
Kimberly Law
Category:
Food and Drink
Although the term dining generally refers to the act of eating, we have come to utilize dining as a means to socialise and conduct business. Unfortunately when we're unsure how to skillfully navigate a meal, the dining experience can become an awkward experience. Here are a few basic tips to leave a good impression:? Never Butter the Whole Slice... Rip off a bite-sized piece of bread or roll, butter it and eat it one piece at a time. Hold the bread on the plate while buttering it....
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166) Three Rules for the Grocery Store
Author:
Joseph Devine
Category:
Food and Drink
Good food begins with good ingredients. No matter how spectacular your culinary skills may be, if you pick up a bad batch of groceries, your food will turn out just as badly. At best, you'll end up with a unsatisfying dinner - at worst, you may find yourself suffering from stomachaches and fever.Many enthusiastic chefs put all their focus on the kitchen, on the actual act of cooking, and forget about the basic preparations which make cooking enjoyable, healthy, and safe. Even somethin...
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167) Home Brewing 101 - How to Brew Your Own Beer
Author:
Nadine Cartrid
Category:
Food and Drink
Most beer lovers out there who are looking for more ways to enjoy their beer drinking experience can spice things up a little by brewing their own beer. With a little information and the right tools you can brew your own beer, and you can do it right at home.The basic equipment that you will need for home brewing your beer includes a basic home brewing kit, a stainless steel enameled pot large enough to hold up to three gallons of liquid and a long stirring spoon. The brewing process...
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168) Delicious Coconut Related Foods
Author:
Andy Mullins
Category:
Food and Drink
Coconuts are ubiquitous in Jamaica. I love the taste of coconuts. Coconuts can be eaten raw, baked or cooked. Fortunately, in some countries, especially in Jamaica, many snacks and foods are prepared with coconuts. In this article I'll focus on a few of the the foods and snacks prepared with coconuts. Many coconut snacks and coconut related foods can be found in local stores in Jamaica, you can also find some of these snacks (and coconut related foods) in Caribbean stores which are springin...
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169) Shopping for Healthy Groceries
Author:
Ken Bendor
Category:
Food and Drink
If diet and nutrition have a sizeable impact on your health, then the grocery store is an opportunity where if you improve your habits, your health will follow. Supermarkets have a wide selection of foods. Healthy, unhealthy and in between are all there. The foundation of food you build your diet around will greatly affect your health, so having good shopping habits is a must.Going grocery shopping is not just about walking up and down each aisle putting whatever you want into your sh...
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170) Have You Ever Thought I Wish I Could Learn More About Cooking Really Good Food!
Author:
Victoria Sweetwood
Category:
Food and Drink
Where do you start when you want to learn how to do something really outstanding? You make up your mind to do just that. It is about setting goals and with baby steps we can achieve anything. You practice, you research, you practice and you engage you're closest of family and friends to help you accomplish a goal.For example, let's talk sports for a minute. Tiger Woods is a household name. Now he is one of the best golfers in the world today, I do believe he is the number...
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171) The Rich History of Italian Cooking
Author:
Joy Harrison
Category:
Food and Drink
The history of Italian cooking actually stems all the back to the traditions of the Romans and Greeks. There are still dishes today, such as polenta, which are practically identical to the meals that were prepared for the Roman soldiers over 2000 years ago. The next time you dig into a plate of pasta, imagine that Caesar himself may have enjoyed the same dish so many years ago.Italian cuisine has been influenced and modified throughout its history by many other cultures who ventured t...
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172) The Atkins Diet - Scientifically Sound or Medically Hazardous?
Author:
Joseph Devine
Category:
Food and Drink
In the early years of the 21st century, the Atkins Diet burst into the public consciousness with the momentum of a freight train. Developed and publicized by Dr. Robert Atkins and his low-carb franchise, the Atkins Diet was hailed as a revolutionary way to achieve weight loss goals. During the heyday of the low-carb diet craze in 2003 and 2004, it was estimated that nearly 10% of American adults were on the Atkins Diet. However, the popularity of the Atkins phenomenon waned almost as quickl...
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173) How To Eat Difficult Foods
Author:
Kiya Sama
Category:
Food and Drink
The plate of food looks delicious, but you haven't a clue about how to eat it. This list describes how to eat difficult foods, according to etiquette experts. Note that the preferred way of eating a food is often dependent on the formality of the occasion.Artichokes: Pull the leaves off a couple at a time. Dip the base of the leaf into the sauce, then put it in your mouth and pull it through your teeth to extract the tender part. Put the chewed leaves in a pile on your plate. A...
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174) China Sichuan Cuisine For People Who Like Spicy Food
Author:
Janey Yang
Category:
Food and Drink
Sichuan Cuisine, known more commonly in the West as "Szechuan," is one of the most famous Chinese cuisines in the world. Characterized by its spicy and pungent flavors, Sichuan cuisine, with a myriad of tastes, emphasizes the use of chili. Pepper and prickly ash are always in accompaniment, producing the typical exciting tastes. Garlic, ginger and fermented soybean are also used in the cooking process. Wild vegetables and meats such as are often chosen as ingredients, while frying, frying wi...
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175) Event Catering Business
Author:
George Walker
Category:
Food and Drink
Now it is completely accepted fact that catering is a very good and profitable business. But the business is not so easy for the starters. People often face some problems in the initial days since this business is all about planning and 'market reputation'. The 'market reputation' is responsible to receive the catering orders. Since the market reputation is nearly nil in initial days, it becomes a real problem to get the catering orders. So now in this article we will discuss a little about the...
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176) Your Drinking Water Questions Answered
Author:
Mike Selvon
Category:
Food and Drink
Going to the sink and running you a glass of clear, cold water do not take much effort. But have you considered where your drinking water comes from and if it is safe. Sure, we buy bottles of water each year but who makes sure that the water found within those plastic cocoons is actually safe for human consumption?It is a complex process that begins with your bottle or glass of water and continues on to the federal government. If you have not given your drinking water much thought it...
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177) Are Our Water Supplies Safe To Use?
Author:
Mike Selvon
Category:
Food and Drink
The United States has the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that source water is safe. You do not have to worry about contaminated fluid like some countries face on a daily basis.For some areas, water supplies are not available so they must use dirty, contaminated sources of liquid that cause dysentery and other illnesses. These people cannot run out to the corner store to buy a bottle of fluid.Water supplies are essential. Unfortunately many source liquid areas are bei...
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178) A Sampling of Potato Varieties
Author:
Shelley Pogue
Category:
Food and Drink
There are many different varieties of potatoes and possibly 3,000 in all. There are only about 100 which are typically grown and each has its own characteristics that are unique to that particular potato. Each potato has its own texture, shape, color and taste. I am going to give you the ones that I think are the most popular and also give you the best options for using them as well.Russets Potatoes: = Idaho Potato = baking potato = starchy potato = chefs potato. They...
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179) Cooking Secrets of Chef Dawn - Packing Food For Weekend Family Trailer Camping Trip
Author:
Dawn Walker
Category:
Food and Drink
We bought a travel trailer 2 years ago to have quality yet economical family time for ourselves and our four daughters. We borrowed $20,000 to purchase the 2006 Jayco 10-person, 31-foot trailer. I call it "princess camping" because it has a bathroom with shower, tub, sink, toilet, storage and medicine cabinet all behind a door that locks. The back portion has two bunk beds that sleep four with a wardrobe and a removable table between. The center section is equipped with surround sound, p...
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180) List of Foods Low In Carbs
Author:
NJ Brighton
Category:
Food and Drink
Whilst putting together this list of foods low in carbs I thought to myself, "this might take some time..." because the beauty of low carb diets is the fact that they are so flexible and broad.This is great news for us low carbers, as knowing what foods we can incorporate into our own customized plans allows us total freedom with our low carb food diets from day to day, week to week!This freedom of course, will ensure that those of us who are committed to losing weight and stay...
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