Food and Drink Articles

Food and Drink | By Bercle George @ Wednesday, 27th August 2008 @ 1:45 PM

Here is another set of healthy cooking information that you use as your cooking guide. This gives you healthy cooking ideas particularly in preparing healthy fish soups. Three fish soups are presented below: Fish stock. Ingredients:2 lbs. of beef or veal (optional), any kind of white fish trimmings, of fish which are to be dressed for table, 2-3 onions, the rind of 1/2 a lemon, a number of sweet herbs, 2 carrots, 2 quarts of water. Procedure: Cut up the fish, and put it, with t... more...

Food and Drink | By Ki Gray @ Tuesday, 26th August 2008 @ 8:43 PM

Held every spring, the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival is a celebration of the rapidly expanding food and wine culture to be found in Central Texas. This 501(c)4 non-profit organization was founded in 1986, and their annual festivals have become one of the hottest tickets in town. Held over a four-day span, and featuring a multitude of events scattered throughout the greater Austin area, this festival highlights the cutting edge chefs, writers, food and wine producers who have elevated... more...

Food and Drink | By Ki Gray @ Tuesday, 26th August 2008 @ 7:58 PM

One of the city's beloved Austin originals, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas (or simply the Drafthouse, as many Austinite's call it) have been around since the late 1990s, when the first opened downtown on Colorado Street, as a second-run theater. To date, there are nine Drafthouses in all, with four in Austin (the newest having just opened at the historic Ritz Theater on 6th Street), one each in Houston, Katy, San Antonio, and Rio Grande, Texas and even one in Winchester, Virginia. more...

Food and Drink | By Roger Munns @ Tuesday, 26th August 2008 @ 12:51 AM

If you're ever in a bar fight in Ibiza and someone tries to smash a beer bottle to threaten you, the end result might not be as bad as you think. When the bottle makes impact, instead of it being a deadly weapon, it will stay intact. A Lancashire police officer has recently introduced a new type of beverage container that is practically unbreakable and unbeatably practical. Sgt. Richard Hurt presented the unbreakable glasses to the Club Health 2008 conference in Ibiza, an annu... more...

Food and Drink | By Michael Doom @ Monday, 25th August 2008 @ 9:46 PM

If you watch any cooking show you will see that a key factor in producing a successful and timely dish is a very well organized kitchen where everything is stored so as to be easily and quickly accessible. There is also a food safety aspect to a well-organized kitchen. This concerns primarily minimizing the potential for cross contamination (mixing or contaminating ready-to-eat or cooked food with raw foods) and the possibility of errors or mistakes in the cooking process including usi... more...

Food and Drink | By Daniel Millions @ Monday, 25th August 2008 @ 1:35 PM

Wine has been around for thousands of years, and has been produced through the simple fermentation of grapes. Many adults like to drink wine with their dinner, as not only does it have an enjoyable taste, the fact that there is alcohol present makes wine a relaxing and fun beverage. Wine enthusiasts who want to collect and specialize in wines must amass a vast amount of knowledge. In fact, there are even adult education classes that focus solely on wine, and even include wine tasting. Th... more...

Food and Drink | By Heather Richards @ Monday, 25th August 2008 @ 9:37 AM

It seems that many people today, with the various diets and lifestyles, lack the essential understanding and awareness of recommended serving sizes. Often we we will look at that handy and insightful nutrition information label, but we'll overlook the little part that tells us exactly how much of the product the nutrition facts actually apply to. In general and contrary to the common assumption among many people, the 'Nutrition Facts Label Serving Size' is not related to the '... more...

Food and Drink | By Heather Richards @ Friday, 22nd August 2008 @ 7:01 PM

One of the most common arguments against maintaining a vegetarian diet is the assumption that you must consume meat to keep a healthy level of protein and other nutrients more easily attainable through animal products. Many people who become a vegan or vegetarian without proper diet research can suffer from protein energy malnutrition (PEM) or iron deficiency, along with too little zinc, calcium and vitamin B. This can lead to a feeling of weakness, lack of energy, as well as head and muscle ach... more...

Food and Drink | By Michael Doom @ Friday, 22nd August 2008 @ 6:05 PM

The examination of your food, once you've received it, is possibly the most important final aspect of avoiding food poisoning or food-borne illness. There are definite obvious and not so obvious signs that you can lookout for in this last stand you have in preventing yourself from becoming ill. RETURN RULE: I have one main rule that I recommend when any of these hazardous or potentially hazardous signs noted below are present in your food. Of course do not eat it, but also do n... more...

Food and Drink | By Katie Kelley @ Friday, 22nd August 2008 @ 5:16 AM

Recently, a research paper authored by a group of investigators at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Louisiana State University, resurfaced providing details on individuals who have fallen victim to mesothelioma cancer based off of their dietary habits. The report, which was compiled by a Diet and Mesothelioma taskforce, followed 116 individuals, half of whom had mesothelioma cancer and the other half had been exposed to asbestos but did not develop mesothelioma or other asbestos-r... more...

Food and Drink | By Uchenna Ani-Okoye @ Thursday, 21st August 2008 @ 8:06 PM

As he did, all that came out of the calabashes was sand. Unlike the calabash or gourd, the EPI NO can be used not only to prepare the pelvic floor muscles and perineal tissues for birth; it can also be used to regenerate the tissues through post-partum exercises. The calabashes pretty much represent choices and finding the ancestral cream represents success. Here, here is the ancestral cream; I brought some in gold and silver calabashes. He took a good look at them, decided that he didn&#... more...

Food and Drink | By Michael Doom @ Thursday, 21st August 2008 @ 5:04 PM

All food establishments and facilities (restaurants, delis, cafeterias, bars, grocery stores, meat and seafood markets, wholesale and retail warehouses, mobile carts and trucks etc.) must be maintained and operated so as to prevent the entrance and harborage of vermin. Vermin includes mice, rats, flies, cockroaches and other food-infesting insects. This is state and local health and safety law throughout the U.S. and in most countries, believe it or not. It's the lack of government enfor... more...

Food and Drink | By Victor Epand @ Thursday, 21st August 2008 @ 11:46 AM

Vacuum sealed foods will always last longer than other storage methods, aside from canning. Regular plastic wrap, foil, zip-lock bags, and even air tight containers cannot preserve foods as well as vacuum sealing. Why is that? Food ripens as a result of oxygen exposure. Fruits, vegetables, and meats will begin to spoil after a certain amount of time because they have been exposed to the air. Often mold and bacteria will develop, leaving the food undesirable because of the change in odor, ... more...

Food and Drink | By Dave Russell @ Wednesday, 20th August 2008 @ 11:19 PM

Vietnam is famous within Asia for its outstanding cuisine. Vietnamese food not only has Asian influence, but it also has influence from the French as well. The combination of both French and Asian makes for several amazing dishes. Vietnamese food is famous for using alot of fresh vegetables in there dishes. Some dishes are entirely vegetarian keeping with the Buddhist vegetarian tradition. In addition to vegetables they are known to use several types of herbs and spices including ... more...

Food and Drink | By Ann Knapp @ Wednesday, 20th August 2008 @ 10:51 AM

The signs are everywhere: America is, increasingly, a taste-conscious country. After decades of fast food, people are talking about the "slow-food" movement. Magazines like Gourmet, Food and Martha Stewart Living appeal to more and more peoples' desire to eat well, not just copiously. The difference is visible in other media as well. Television shows like "Top Chef" and "Hell's Kitchen" attract an audience hard to imagine twenty years ago, as do cable ch... more...

Food and Drink | By Shaun Parker @ Wednesday, 20th August 2008 @ 9:40 AM

There is a well known saying ... 'not for all the tea in China.' Now the world's tea production is spread over some 30 countries, it is about time to modify that old cliche! Not for all the tea in Argentina; doesn't have quite the same ring to it. Argentina currently stands as the largest exporter of tea to the United States of America, and Kenya is the largest producer and supplier in Africa when it comes to worldwide distribution. We must not forget though, that this wh... more...

Food and Drink | By Shaun Parker @ Wednesday, 20th August 2008 @ 9:31 AM

Being a social butterfly flitting from party to bar and back again, I'm obviously fond if lubricating my iridescent wings with the odd bevy here and there. I quite like a nice evening in at home with a little splash of something special too, a fine Pinot Grigio, a heavy Rioja, or an Irish cream on ice. One of my favourite drinks is something known as a Brandy Sour. It is basically a drink concocted from brandy, bitter lemon and angostura bitters. This is one I can never make though. I&#... more...

Food and Drink | By john mce @ Wednesday, 20th August 2008 @ 7:41 AM

We should all be aware of the food labelling system used today but it can cause some confusion. Best before dates and use by dates are the two dates we should be concerned with but how are they different. Use by dates Use by dates are used on foods that have a shorter shelf life and that go off quickly. These foods include fresh and cooked meat and fish, soft cheeses, yoghurts and other dairy produce. The Foods Standard Agency state that we should not consume any food or drink that ha... more...

Food and Drink | By Rachel Yoshida @ Tuesday, 19th August 2008 @ 4:30 PM

Pizza is one of the most popular and most-eaten foods in the world. For those who are unfamiliar with what a pizza looks like, it is generally a round, flat piece of bread that is topped with pizza sauce, cheese, usually mozzarella, and various toppings. These toppings range by region, but the most common ingredients are pepperoni, sausage, Roma tomatoes, olives, mushrooms, and onions. The pizza is believed to have originated from Naples in Italy's Campania region but has spread to other pa... more...

Food and Drink | By Dee Power @ Tuesday, 19th August 2008 @ 12:23 PM

Know a kid who doesn't love tacos? Probably not. There aren't many kids who don't like tacos. If you are looking for a great way to "spice up" a kid's party, consider setting up a taco bar. You can even go a step further and purchase a pinata, for the event. Stuff the pinata with individually wrapped candies, small toys from the dollar store, and coins. Because most children don't like, or simply can't tolerate, extremely spicy hot foods, you'... more...