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Food-and-Drink
16th September 2008
Would you like to know what makes a plumbed coffee maker different from all the typical coffee makers available in the market today? What makes this type of coffee maker different from the traditional ones?
To give you an idea, here are the unique ...
16th September 2008
Cruises around the world will give explorers the opportunity to experience some of most delicious cuisine imagined. If you have the palate it could be the experience of a lifetime.
* Argentinean Beef
* Brazilian Empanada
* Scottish Haggis
* Gr...
15th September 2008
If you have purchased an energy drink lately, you probably have read that it contains taurine. The interesting thing is that taurine is actually a mild sedative, it just so happens that it also aids in the movement of potassium, sodium, calcium and magnes...
15th September 2008
I tend to be forgetful in the kitchen and sometimes burn a pot or pan. It's not always my fault because my twin sons are such great conversationalists. They can talk about almost anything and are so engaging that I lose track of time...easily.
The othe...
15th September 2008
Eating chocolate is a sheer delight in and of itself, but a fountain of it? Oh, that's sure bliss. I think the alomst ultimate experience would be having your favorite type of chocolate flowing out of a 3-tier fountain. The usual for this is Belgian fondu...
15th September 2008
As the warm sun and colors of our Indian Summer is upon us and I have a couple of things I want you to think about.
There's always that question, when you are out shopping, about which wine best complements certain foods. I suggest that you let the foo...
15th September 2008
Fast food restaurants have gotten such a bad rap in the past few decades as a major reason for the obesity epidemic in the US, that many of them have felt compelled to defend their existence. Recently, the head of McDonald's, one of the most often cited ...
15th September 2008
Once you have found the wine whose taste thrills you, the thing to do is run, don't walk, to the same store where you got it, and buy a few more bottles from the same lot. This is good advice because if you wait a few months to buy another bottle, it may ...
15th September 2008
We've all had this happen to us. Good friends drop by unexpectedly. Of course, you're glad to see them and are really glad they came, but, being the "good hostess", you wonder what kind of refreshments to serve them while they're visiting. You mentally...
15th September 2008
Friends stopped by unexpectedly not long ago. We had a good visit with them, reminiscing old times, catching up on events, and discussing politics. As the night passed, I knew I needed to serve refreshments. This would be a challenging task, as I haven...
12th September 2008
Jamaican Planters' Punch
1 part lime juice
2 parts sugar
3 parts Jamaica rum
4 parts water and ice
A doggerel for this recipe runs: "One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, and four of weak," thus making it easy to keep the proportions ...
12th September 2008
Forschner blades are some of my favorite, inexpensive blades. These knives are not the absolute best blades around, but the utility they provide is almost unbeatable.
Forschner Victorinox Cutlery
It is common knowledge that Forschner blades ar...
12th September 2008
Cuban Presidente
½ shot of rum
½ shot of French dry vermouth
1 teaspoon of grenadine syrup
1 dash of Curacao
Rum first in the bar glass, then the vermouth, Curacao, and syrup. Put in the ice. Stir (never shake). After straining into the servin...
12th September 2008
Traditionally, almost all coffee was shade grown. The coffee plant in its natural state isn't very tolerant of direct sunlight; thus most coffee plants grow best under the shade of a canopy of trees. In an ideal setting, the leaves from the overhanging ...
11th September 2008
Are you aware of the fact that water is a vital part of our body and plays a very important role in proper functioning of our body? Our body constitutes 70 percent water and blood which carries oxygen throughout our body is more than 80% of water. This is...
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