Sicilian cuisine conceals some subtle mystery. Some combinations of tastes may be arguable. But as soon as you dig into any Sicilian dish, arguments die down, and everyone just enjoys the taste. So follow this recipe and you’ll get a delicious dish. Ingredients for Sicilian Caponata 3-4 eggplants a couple of celery stalks 1.1 lb […]
This is the season when you can enjoy fresh and ripe figs. They make tasty dishes with different kinds of cheese. Especially exquisite and languid is their combination with blue cheeses. In Italy soft and a little sharp gorgonzola with fresh figs is customarily served at the end of a meal. Spread together over crunchy […]
A study published in the British Medical Journal and delivered at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Paris proves chocolate’s potential beneficial properties for the heart and the vessels. The results of the research bear out the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of chocolate as well as its ability to bring down blood pressure and […]
Salads with pasta can make a good dinner or supper, especially when the weather is hot. We used the farfalle, or the butterfly pasta, for that salad. Farfalle make the salad look better and go well with tomatoes, tuna, tender mozzarella and fragrant basil. The salad’s Mediterranean flavor is set off perfectly with tart Gaeta […]
Here is a tasty Italian dessert for you, with nectarines, cream cheese mascarpone and almond cookies Amaretti. It’s fairly easy to make, but guaranteed to please! Ingredients for Dessert with Nectarine and Mascarpone 3-4 nectarines or peaches 0.5 lb mascarpone cheese 3 tablespoons Amaretto liqueur 3-4 tablespoons sugar 4-5 Amaretti cookies Recipe for Dessert with […]
Amaretti cookies, crunchy, with a gorgeous almond flavor, go very well with coffee and tea. It is often an important ingredient in Italian desserts based on fruit, ice cream or cream. Amaretti recipe was born in the Italian town Saronno, Lombardy, and initially produced only in the nucleoli of apricot. Then it began to prepare […]
Everybody who has been to Sicilia is sure to have eaten arancini, the pride of the Sicilian cuisine – they are rice balls with different fillings – meat, cheese, ham, sausage, mushrooms or spinach with ricotta. Arancini means “little oranges.” This dish is named so because bright yellow rice balls look like oranges. They get […]
This is a dish that is very popular in Byelorussia, Ukraine, America, Germany, Czech Republic and Switzerland. In Israel they call them latkes and prepare them for Hanukkah. They fry grated and pressed potato on olive oil. Draniks are also on the diet of the Pope Benedict XVI. Wherever they are made, the recipe is […]
The season has begun when sweet, fleshy and juicy plums are in. Scientists regard plums as super wholesome food. They discovered that this violet fruit equals in the amount of antioxidants and phytonutrients to the well-known topper blueberry. Plums contain almost as many antioxidants such as lutein, zeaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin as a handful of blueberries, […]
Scientists discovered that damson provides a simple and efficacious measure against bone loss and bone breakage. Although all fruits and vegetables have a positive influence on health, damson is especially salubrious for strengthening bones. A research team from the University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma conducted experiments on two groups of women in […]
The Aneja laboratory specializes in investigating natural, non-toxic ways to cure cancer using mild medicines made from vegetable matter since modern methods cause grave and debilitating side effects. According to the study published in British Journal of Nutrition Ritu Aneja, associate professor of biology, discovered that ginger extract can inhibit the growth of cancer cells […]
Sangria is a popular Spanish beverage made up from wine and fruits. Having drunk it once, it is impossible not to develop a fondness for this heavenly incomparable taste. The beverage is light, flavorful, easy on your head, it cools down and brings restfulness even to highest tempers. Sangria is highly popular in sunny Italy […]
Active children should take more milk. As a measure against dehydration it is more effective than water, is the conclusion of scientists from McMaster University. Children often get dewatered when running, playing or working out. It’s important they should get enough liquid. Milk was found to be the best drink for that of all other […]
When swimming in the sea in the morning we picked up many shells from the seashore rocks. These gastropod mollusks are called patella. There are about 200 species of them in the world. They often go unnoticed by a casual onlooker because they merge with the color of the rocks. They stick tightly to the […]
Scientists continue their exploration of factors conducive to childhood obesity epidemic. Popular cartoon characters, artfully employed in children food ads, coerce children into a subconscious inclination to choose surrogate and unhealthy foods. Wrappings, cartoon characters and commercial videos are three main factors causing kids to whine for these kinds of food. Instantly recognized symbols and […]
