Origin: Imported from China to Egypt as early as 2000 B.C., cinnamon was given as a prestigious offering to Monarchs. It is even featured with positive and symbolic meaning in the NY Times All-time Best Seller, The Bible, in the books of Exodus and Proverbs. Plant: A small evergreen tree with oblong leaves and little green flowers with an unpleasant smell. Inside the tree's small purple berry is a single seed. Cinnamon is harvested by growing the tree for two years and then cutting it back in ...
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Introduction: Food not only can satisfy one's hunger, but can also play an important role in health-care. Different kinds of food have different nutrition and effects. Traditional Chinese medicine recommends the following five kinds of food, which can protect your health and make you away from some diseases. 1. Berries According to the study of U.S. Department of Agriculture, it shows that blueberry contains the highest content of antioxidant in all the fruits, and the second is ...
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The artichoke was first developed in Sicily and was known to both the Greeks and the Romans. In 77 AD the Roman naturalist Pliny called the choke one of earth's monstrosities, but many continued to eat them. Historical accounts show that wealthy Romans enjoyed artichokes prepared in honey and vinegar, seasoned with cumin, so that this treat would be available year round. It was not until the early twentieth century that artichokes were grown in the United States. All artichokes ...
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Your tongue is covered with over 10,000 individual taste buds. These receptors enable us to detect the presence of certain compounds in our food and drink. Yet for all the adjectives we have to describe flavors, there are only 4 basic flavors the tongue can detect, with a fifth having been described in Asian cultures and only recently being accepted in the west. The four we commonly think of are sweet, sour, salt, and bitter. The fifth flavor perception has been named by the Japanese as ...
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It seems like health advice is rammed down our throats whenever we open a newspaper or watch the TV. Even one of my favorite drinks, green tea is under the medical spotlight.It was when I chanced upon a report all about the potential side effects of caffeine and it mentioned green tea caffeine content as being something to be aware of that I sat up and listened. The thing I've found out over time is that when you get ten experts together you often get ten different views or opinions.Where does ...
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A big part of enjoying healthier eating is buying healthier foods, and that means making smart choices where it matters most - at the supermarket. Choosing the freshest, healthiest foods is an important first step toward making healthy and delicious meals your whole family will love. In general, most supermarkets are laid out with the healthiest, most nutritious foods around the perimeter of the store. That is where most stores locate their produce section, their dairy section, their meat ...
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Garden Pizza The best part of the Garden Pizza, is the fresh veggies from your own garden. With this you have made a Low Cal. fresh garden Pizza that you and your family will enjoy. 2/3 cup lukewarm water1 (1/4-ounce) package (about 2 1/4 teaspoons) quick-rising yeast1 tablespoon olive oil2 teaspoons granulated sugar1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour3/4 cups quick or old fashioned oats1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese1 1/2 cups (6-ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese - divided use1/2 cup thinly ...
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Newsflash: there is a world beyond olive oil. Look, I like olive oil as much as the next person and I use it extensively in my cooking. However there are alternatives and there are very good reasons for using some of them. But let's just stay with olive oil for a second or two longer. How often have you seen this statement in a recipe; 'use the best olive oil you can afford.' Well I'm here to tell you that is nonsense. The quality of olive oil is not determined by its price, nor by its fancy ...
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Festivals are always fun and no one does Festivals better than the Chinese. Of all the Chinese Festivals, the Moon Cake Festival is specifically aimed at families and in particular family reunions. As the full moon rises. families meet together. They watch the glowing moon rise, eat moon cakes and sing moon poems. The Moon Cake Festival takes place on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month ' around mid-September ' at the autumn equinox. Thus it may also be refereed to as Mid-Autumn ...
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There are many reasons why French wine is considered to be among the most excellent wines throughout the entire world. France has been producing wine through its entire history, and has developed techniques and dedicated such a great amount of time in order to found fertile spots which are able to produce several different wines of a quality that could never be equaled at other places of the globe. Wine is part of the French culture and France cuisine would not be the same without this drink. ...
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