Kathy Freston: Shattering The Meat Myth: Humans Are Natural Vegetarians
This is an interesting article that investigates the origins of human eating patterns.Kathy Freston: Shattering The Meat Myth: Humans Are Natural Vegetarians
Shattering The Meat Myth: Humans Are Natural Vegetarians
Taste Tripping
Dawn Wells Potato Peeling Video
Awesome collection of Flatbreads and pan breads cooking instructions
What’s for Dinner - Flatbreads and pan breads
There are hundreds - probably thousands - of variations on flatbreads. These are just a few of the ones I make at home, and I left out several favorites. (Currently my absolute favorite is buckwheat potato flat bread, crusted with sesame seeds. Rather like a buckwheat flavored potato pancake, delicious topped with sour cream, with or without a sprinkle of chopped green onions… mmmmm.) Flatbreads are easy to experiment with and modify, and unless you’re interested in the exotics, the ingredients are cheap.
The Powers of Ginger
Go here for the complete article: Cooking with AAF: The Powers of Ginger
Ever noticed this when you cut into ginger: the exposed flesh, if left for as little as a couple of hours grows a thin layer. Leave it for a day and you have a thick, rough surface, almost as tough as the original skin. Ginger and her cousin Turmeric are members of the zingiberaceae family and grow in sub-tropical, volcanic soils in the southern hemispheres. The plant is thought to have originated in tropical Asia and is widely cultivated in the Caribbean and Africa. Chinese medicine has incorporated ginger in remedies for the digestive system for centuries and it is regularly used as a calmative for stomach upsets.
Ginger is not confined to Asian cooking, it can be sliced into thin planks or julienne, chopped, grated, puréed, and minced, depending on what you need it for.
Foods You Can Trust Hall of Fame
Daily Kos: Foods You Can Trust Hall of Fame
Two days ago I posted my 08 Food Awards Hall of Shame and since every coin has two sides here’s the flip: the best foods you can eat and why. Though it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to tell us that fruits & vegetables win hands down on the health scale but there are still quite a few surprises in the nutrient quiver!
Dirt-cheap sparkling wines to drink on New Year’s Eve.
Dirt-cheap sparkling wines to drink on New Year’s Eve. - By Mike Steinberger - Slate Magazine
Champagne.Celebrate New Year’s with one of these fine sparkling wines Seeing out a year filled with mostly grim headlines and ushering in a new one that threatens more of the same doesn’t exactly put one in the mood for Champagne. And given the noxious associations that now spring to mind at the mere mention of the word bubble, a glass filled with millions of gaseous orbs might seem thoroughly repellant at this point. But tradition obliges us to consume something effervescent come New Year’s Eve, and if economic necessity requires that it be on the cheap side, some reasonably impressive choices are available. But don’t bother with the Champagne aisle: Its prices are still tailored to a world in which the Dow is at 13,000 and there is a McMansion in every lot. Fortunately, Spain, Italy, the United States, and other parts of France offer good, inexpensive sparkling wines that can either put you in the festive spirit you seek or serve as the balm you need.
Here’s to good eating in 2009!
Tainted milk trial opens in China
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Tainted milk trial opens in China
Dairy chain
Police said Zhang Yujun and Zhang Yanzhang illegally manufactured and sold a “protein powder” composed mainly of melamine and malt dextrin, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Police said they had found an illegal workshop run by the two men in Shandong province in eastern China, where the men made 600 tons of the fake protein powder, and was the largest source of melamine in the country.
The trial started on Friday at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People’s Court, in the town where Sanlu is based.
Hawaii Churches expanding outreach to the needy: A Xmas Story
Churches expanding outreach to the needy | HonoluluAdvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser
Across the state this Christmas, hundreds of families are enjoying a brighter holiday thanks to dozens of churches, whose members have reached into their hearts — and their wallets — to donate toys, cook meals and pass out food.Renee Arizo sorts through containers of donated canned food at Saint Patrick Church, where people in need could pick up essentials. BRUCE ASATO | The Honolulu Advertiser