how to cook quinoa
Many quinoa recipes use quinoa that has already been been cooked and prepared before including in a recipe. Cooking quinoa twice is very common and most recipes will require you to do this preparation stage. When you have prepared the quinoa in this way it is ready to be put into all [...]
For many folks, one of the most enduring memories of their childhood is awakening to the wonderful smell of home baked bread baking in the oven. There surely is no better way to start the day than with the taste of hot, freshly baked bread with butter dissolving on top. These days however, the art [...]
The word caviar refers to the processed, salted roe of certain species of fish. Most commonly it is the eggs or roe taken from the female sturgeon that make up caviar. The sturgeon is a primitive, ‘fossil’ fish species that are found in coastal waters, rivers and lakes of the Northern Hemisphere. The sturgeons of [...]
At first it might sound like a crazy question, but what is cooking? Or, to be more precise, when does warming up food become basic home cooking?
A trip to the supermarket. Rush home with your frozen, pre-prepared meal. Open the packet and toss the frozen meal into the microwave oven. Set to high and turn [...]
Some foods are always included in diets because they are so low in fat but they do not always satisfy your stomach that is aching for food. These include salad vegetables and other fresh veg as well fruit and low fat processed foods. You will always have these types of foods in diets and they [...]
The whole experience of dining and/or drinking at a restaurant/bar can be given a facelift with proper and adequate restaurant/bar supplies being made available. The restaurant is a place having close association with leisure and concerns the fine taste of individuals. The intimate association of the restaurant with the lifestyle of persons dining out there [...]
Parties are fun times and no party is complete without arrangements for special food to be served. It is the gourmet food fare offered at parties that takes our hearts away. Caviar can be a suitable delicacy to be served at parties. This is principally consumed as a garnish or as a spread. Serving of [...]
Cavemen weren’t always barbaric in their daily lives, between gathering food and knocking one and other over with big sticks they utilized the outdoor oven known as at barbeque pit. Our cave brothers knew what they were doing when they smoked turkey and chickens over the hot coals of the pit, they were unknowingly [...]
by Joyce Chng
Let’s Get Creative!
When it becomes chilly at night and gorgeous yellow-orange pumpkins start appearing in markets for the ritual carving of scary faces – it is time for Halloween. And Halloween paraphernalia appear in a wide variety from witches’ hats to glow-in-the-dark skeletons. Creative costumes are worn for trick-or-treat and of course, for [...]
Special occasions like anniversaries or birthdays that require the giving of a gift are ideal times to consider a wine gift basket. They are beautiful gifts for any occasion and can include a wide selection of gourmet delights besides wine. They may also include such delights as fruit, nuts, candy, cheeses and wine accessories like [...]