British chef Martin Blunos presented the most expensive sandwich at the Frome Cheese Show in Somerset. His masterpiece, priced at $176, is made up from three pieces of 5-pound bread baked on a special kind of leaven and sprinkled with Extra Virgin olive oil. Layered between the pieces are slices of Cheddar with flakes of […]
It is a tasty and nourishing puree soup that can be given to children from 4 months on. Children should eat one yolk in two days, so you’d better begin with a quarter of a yolk gradually working up to half a yolk. On the days you omit to put in yolk you can add […]
It has been scientifically proved that the smell of fried bread brings back happy memories. Surveys show that 49% of people, when smelling hot toasts, hark back to remembrances of home and childhood. It’s the well-known Proust effect in action, when a smell makes memories come alive. The smell and taste of toasts is associated […]
There is a good reason to drink a glass of low-fat milk. A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition summed up the results of a 2-year research on how individuals who drink milk regularly lose weight. Scientists discovered that adults who drank two glasses of milk every day and had a high […]
The Linguine pasta is long and a little flattened. It goes very well with a thick sweetish sauce with tiger shrimps seasoned with ginger. People who are fond of pasta and seafood are sure to like this dish. Ingredients for Linguine with Shrimps 1.2 lb tiger shrimps in shells 0.8 lb cherry tomatoes 0.32 pt […]
Fresh buns smelling of vanilla will be just right for breakfast. You can make them any shape. The dough is easy to make, and you can use it not only for buns, but also for making rolls with all kinds of fillings. Ingredients for Vanilla Buns 1.4 lb flour 00 0.53 pt milk 5 tablespoons […]
This gadget will be helpful for those who enjoy an unhurried cup of hot, strong and fragrant tea. Designer Vincent Reardon came up with a quaint and fun concept for a common ceramic tea pot. The new pot has an important advantage – it has three legs that allow to put a candle under it […]
Pop-star Lady Gaga turned up at the MTV 2010 in Los Angeles dressed in the most outrageous attire any star has ever worn before. Her dress was made from raw meat, she wore a piece of meat on her head instead of a hat, and had raw meat wrapped around her feet for shoes. Designer […]
This vegetarian dish is on the list of wholesome dishes compiled by the MAYO clinic. It can make part of any healthy diet, slimming diet, or a diet for cleansing the body and maintaining normal weight. Dietitians consider black rice to be one of the healthiest foods on the globe. Ingredients for Black Rice with […]
During the last 25 years the intake of medium-fat and high-fat dairy products has decreased. That was caused by people’s anxiety over their influence on health and fear of bad cholesterol. Nevertheless dairy products are part and parcel of a healthy way of eating and their intake should be encouraged – that is the opinion […]
Here is a typical Neapolitan dish called Pasta al forno. It is similar to lasagna, but it is made with the kind of pasta called penne instead of flat kinds. The dish comes out tasty and nourishing, enough to feed a whole family. The upper layer of macaroni should be fried well, for the upper […]
A recent article published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine reveals that cookware with a non-stick surface has an adverse effect upon health. Teflon’s harmful influence is put down to the use of dangerous perfluoroalkyl acids in its production. A team of researchers at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, studied […]
A chef from Texas thought of a way to deep-fry beer in salty dough. Mark Zable said that he hit upon the idea when he was sitting in the bar looking through an uninspiring list of beer snacks. He worked out a method by which beer is first frozen, then placed in a dough pocket […]
Scampi is the Italian name for langoustines. Their flesh is very tasty, sweet, a little like lobster’s. The combination of scampi with the clam mollusk and black rice makes for an exquisite, inordinately fine dish that requires special attention. Ingredients for Langoustines with Black Rice 1.0 lb langoustines (scampi) 0.2 lb clam (flesh and juice […]
Now and then gadgets come round that are very inventive and useful for the kitchen. Here’s one – silicon guards for the oven. They allow you to take racks out of a hot oven with your bare hands without snatching a glove or a towel first, for silicon remains cold even at the temperature of […]
