The art of selecting just the right gift for the corporate client or personal friend is enhanced by the chance to include Fairtrade chocolate, an organic Christmas pudding or an award winning wine. A hamper should impress, delight, and surprise the recipient. The days of ordinary fayre are no...
All professional coffee makers (baristas) will have their own technique for making the perfect cup of coffee. Here my home-grown suggestion
The whole process begins with simple water. This water has to be good or no amount of decent coffee grounds will matter. Water should be fresh and...
The first Sweetest Day in history took place in October of 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. Organized by a committee of candymakers, all sorts of candies were delivered to poor people throughout the city to put forth the message that that October Saturday was the “sweetest day of the year.”...
Its a trite but true refrain that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. For most of us, its been about 12 hours since our last meal and our bodies need a good refueling. Yet, statistics show that as many at 50% of us dont eat breakfast.
Were too busy. We dont like breakfast...
No, this isn’t a recipe for a drink. It’s a recipe for life.
We all come upon problems, either self-imposed or from elsewhere, often from the least expected places. Little or big, easily managed or seemingly devastating, they all can lead to growth and a path to the good...
Prepare the Produce First, inspect the fruit to ensure the grapes are ripe and free of insects or other contaminants. Put the grapes in the straining bag and measure the sugar level using your hydrometer. A hydrometer can be purchased at any wine making store. The sugar density should be 22...
Sushi is a Japanese dish, popular all throughout the world. Sushi lovers, young and old alike, mistakenly think Sushi refers to raw sea fish. Sushi actually means vinegar-flavored rice and the raw food accompanying it are called Sashimi.
Types of Sushi Preparations
There are five...
Cigars are comprised of surprisingly few component parts. Unlike cigarettes, which usually have filters, two different kinds and colors of paper, and filler ingredients other than tobacco, cigars are all tobacco. What makes one cigar so different from another is the type of tobacco, where its...
Imagine this scenario. You are sitting in your favorite sit-down restaurant, celebrating a birthday, promotion, or a Spelling Bee victory. A few minutes later, a server appears outside the kitchen, and begins walking towards your table. Just a few steps from your table, the server suddenly...
What happened to the old days where you would rotate your crops from year to year, eat food you could grow yourself in the country you live in and having fruit and vegetables only when they were in season? Today when you walk down the isle of any supermarket, certainly in England, you can buy...
Are you looking to lose weight or just improve your health? If you are, you will want to take a close look at your eating habits. Watching the foods that you eat and the fat and calories that you take in is a great way to stay on a happy and healthy path.
As important as eating healthy...
What if you could drink all the soda you wanted and never get fat? To some peoplecomputer programmers, harried editors, every ten year old in the worldthis sounds like heaven, while others shudder at the proposition. We cant hear enough about how harmful Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and the like are to our...