Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone… —- Joni Mitchell Our relationship with honey bees is changing. We have become aware we need bees, not just for the miracle of honey, but as essential pollinators of our food system. While we may be aware that bees
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Eat Half, Twice As Often!
I figured out that all you have to do to lose weight and then maintain your new weight is eat half as much as you normally would, but twice as often. While you may have heard of a similar concept (small, frequent meals) before, what may be new to most people is to adjust the
5 Common Mistakes That Result In Refrigerator Repair
Personally, I am not against any mechanics, technicians or repair shops but the only thing that hurts me is when a good thing goes bad merely due to improper usage. Machines and equipment are more or less like human body, you take good care of them and they would last longer, abuse them, and they
Successful Meeting Planning: How to Handle Traffic Flow
On the following pages you will find time-tested meeting planning techniques and helpful hints on handling all of these scenarios and more. Meeting Rooms If any attendee is standing in the back of the room without a seat nearby, then you have not done your job, which is to have everyone seated in a prompt,
3 Hot Dog Recipes for Camping
Love hot dogs on an open fire? The following recipes are different versions of this camping classic food. ANGELS ON HORSEBACK 8 wieners 8 strips of cheese 2 1/2 to 3 inches long x 1/4 inch 8 thin sliced strips of bacon 8 Wiener buns Toothpicks Cooking forks Slit lengthwise pockets in 8 wieners, long
5 Tested Tips For Grilling During Windy Days
You can’t just postpone a backyard barbecue just because it’s a little breezy outside. Sure, it’s going to be more of a challenge but with the right preparation and a few adjustments, it’s something you can definitely overcome. Here are some tried and tested tips for successful grilling during windy days: Position your grill right
Places to Eat in Tehran
A popular subject of discussion amongst my friends is based around the thinking that there are certain places in Tehran that MUST be visited. Having visited all these places is almost like a badge of honour. For sometime now I have tried to compile a list of these places and not surprisingly found that it
Venice Restaurant – Bacaro Jazz
How many restaurants are there in Venice? Difficult to count but considering that more 3 millions 5 hundred thousands tourist visit Venice every year, you can easily imagine that the restaurant business in Venice cam be a very profitable one, hence the big market. Venice Restaurants originally specialized only in Sea Food cuisine but have
The Hambuger
The Hamburg steak as it was called in the 1800’s was served on the voyages from Germany to the United States. The meat patties were quickly cooked and served on two pieces of bread. To attract many of the sailors and European visitors to their eating stands vendors. They would offer the Hamburg style steak
Kitchens: Then and Now
Kitchens have come a long way since the 20th century – back then typically used for the sole purpose of preparing and cooking food in our home. Today, kitchens have evolved into one of the most social rooms in the house. Historically, house design in North America and parts of Europe included a dining room
A Clean and Organized Kitchen for Better Health and Less Waste
When was the last time you took stock and organized your kitchen? Now is a great time to do it. Start with the refrigerator, and then move on to the pantry and cabinet shelves. Finally, clean the whole room. First, literally empty the refrigerator, one shelf at a time, then the doors. Use a cooler
How to Calculate Nutrition Data Using Excel or Open Office Calc
EU directive 1169/2011 comes into full effect on the 13th of December 2016. The first phase of this directive came into effect in 2014 on December 13th but the second requires nutrition data which begs the question of how to calculate nutrition data. The first phase of this regulation required that all ingredients on labels
Advice For Restaurants in Oaxaca Mexico During COVID-19: Consider Staying Closed
Oaxaca de Juárez, a quaint colonial city in south central Mexico which relies on tourism for its very existence, relaxed its COVID-19 protocols near the beginning of July, 2020. And as we have moved into summertime, so have other cities throughout the world which are similarly dependent upon visitors. Restaurants have begun to open. Should
Barbecue Success With The Rule Of Thirds
Ever been to a barbecue party where the ‘chef’ placed as much food as he could possibly fit onto the barbecue grill, every so often stabbing the food with a fork and juggling it around so that it cooks evenly? Ever noticed how, within a few minutes, the flames start gently flickering under the food,
5 Ways to Lose 8 Ounces a Day
What if I told you to go out join a top weight loss program and gave you false expectations. Lose 30 pounds in 30 days. That’s a pound a day, what happens if after the 1st week you’ve only lost 2 pounds? Maybe you were busy and couldn’t make all there meal suggestions, maybe they
Dark Chocolate Pros and Cons
This article will tell you the pros and cons of dark chocolate. Let’s start with the benefits of Dark Chocolate; one of the best qualities of this sweet is that it contains healthy nutrients such as cocoa, this agent helps to improves the body blood flow, not only that but also contains spicatechin a kind
Eguchi Toshihiro and Palm-Healing
One person whose name recently has appeared on a number of different pieces of the puzzle is Eguchi Toshihiro. Some people today believe that he influenced the teachings of Usui Mikao particularly through his deep knowledge of Shinto practice[i]. This is reflected largely in what we now know as Level 2 or Okuden in the
The Folk Story of Bra Kakroch (Cockroach) and Bra Fohl (Fowl)
Once upon a time there lived two good friends, Bra Kakroch (Cockroach) and Bra Fol(fowl). They were living happily together in one isolated village called Dunkoma deep in the hinterland of Sierra Leone and sharing and doing things in common. Then both of them bought a piece of land on which they proceeded almost immediately
Top Ten Kitchen Tools and Gadgets!
Hello and thank you for reading my article. Here we go my Top ten favorite kitchen tools I feel every cook should own! 1. A Cake Tester – When I am cooking I always have a cake tester on me and I use it almost as much as my knife. You can use a cake
How To Plan A Banquet – A Guide To Planning Perfect Banquets For Company Or Private Parties
First time planners are often stricken with complete fear! Even those that plan events over and over again still fear that something will go wrong and they will be the subject of ridicule. Hopefully we can allay the fears and quell the butterflies in your stomach by helping you through the entire project. There are
The History of Rice Cookers
Rice has been a staple food of mankind across thousands of civilizations for almost as long as recorded history. As such, the cooking of rice dates back almost as far, which in essence requires the same basic principle steps today as it ever has. In short, the rice itself, hot water or steam and something
A Novel Way to Survive Hosting a Dinner Party – Easy Dinner Party Ideas
Hosting a dinner party for the first time can be so stressful for the host or hostess, that actually enjoying the event could be considered a totally alien concept. It can though, be different, if we use a bit of guile and imagination. Even if the method I’m going to describe is not suitable for
Natural Food Sources of Hyaluronic Acid and Collagen – Try This
So you are looking for natural food sources of hyaluronic Acid and collagen? I understand how you feel – infact not too long ago I too was in search for a diet rich in food that could help rejuvenate the look and feel of my skin. On my search, I stumbled upon many sources of
Discover the Health Benefits of Fermented Foods
If you’re like most Americans, you don’t eat a lot of fermented foods. Fermented foods are more popular in the Chinese, Korean and Japanese culture where fermented soy products like tempeh and kimchee are a dietary staple. In fact, the only exposure many Americans get to fermented foods is when they eat a container of
6 Reasons to Eat Home-Cooked Food More Often
Read on to Find out Why You should Eat Home-Cooked Food Thanks to our increasingly hectic lifestyle, eating has become one of the lesser priorities in life. For example, we eat only when we are meeting someone in a lavish restaurant or snack mindlessly while watching a movie. When was the last time you took
Some Advantages Of Bento Lunch Boxes
Now most of us reading this have grown up with the old classic lunch box that was metallic, and probably has their favorite television show characters on them. Including the thermos that our parents would put milk or some kind of juice in the box. The lunches were delicious, sometimes they were healthy, sometimes not
How To Use The Right Japanese Words For Cooking
Japanese has many kinds of cooking style and each method has it’s own unique way of cooking the food. Learn how to distinguish the differences between these cooking methods in Japanese can be very useful for learning Japanese cooking recipes. Let’s start with the most basic way of cooking and that’s to boil. The Japanese
Why Am I Still Hungry? Discover Japanese ‘s Acupuncture Weight Loss Method
The most difficult part about weight loss is how to control your cravings for food. I believe many people would agree with me. You attended slimming courses, do a lot of exercises everyday, tried yoga, lemon diet, tried varies kind of diet food etc etc etc. But, you would ask yourself the same question in
Are You Drinking Sake With Your Sushi and Committing a Serious Sushi Etiquette Sin?
It has been interesting to see how sushi etiquette customs and traditions loosen up here in the United States compared to when I lived in Japan. If you have read any of the rantings and ravings on my website on some of the debatable sushi etiquette rules, you know that I can get quite passionate
Japanese Garden of Monaco
Have you ever seen an authentic Japanese garden? Well, I had the chance of seeing the one in Monaco and was really impressed too. Wanna taste a little Japanese culture? Stepping on this ground is escaping from the real world into a fantasy land. You suddenly find yourself in a typical Japanese natural setting like
The Conscious Cook – First Vegan Cookbook With Mainstream Appeal
Being vegan in Tokyo can often make one feel isolated in the world’s most populous city, but last weekend my partner and I counted ourselves a very lucky minority to meet acclaimed vegan chef and author of the “The Conscious Cook” cookbook, Tal Ronnen. While Japan is known for originating the predominantly vegetarian macrobiotic diet,
The Best Authentic Japanese Sushi Rice Recipe On the Planet!
This sushi rice recipe was passed on to me by my now 80 year old Japanese mother who had it passed to her by her mother back in the 1940’s. My mother, who was always looking for ways to improve her own recipes, talked to many popular sushi chefs in Japan (mainly in the Osaka
Cancer: Causes and Remedies (Part ONE)
Part One This article will not be a complex one due to the mass ignorance and fear associated with this subject and fatal pathology. Americans are already frightened to death about cancer and their gross ignorance only compounds the problem, plus, a lot has already been written on this subject, but in many writings, the
What Is The Definition Of Fermentation?
It seems that Hippocrates was a man who knew what it meant to be healthy. When one begins to discuss general nutrition or trying to establish a starting point of a journey back to better digestive health, one can generally look back to what the father of holistic medicine said many centuries ago. Eating fermented
Do Old Coffee Grounds Work As Fertilizer?
First, what makes up brewed coffee, besides caffeine? Nutrition experts agree that coffee grounds contain magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, manganese and trace amounts of calcium. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are the ingredients necessary for garden soil. They coincide with the figures you see on most fertilizer bags. So coffee does have what plants need to
Acid Reflux Diet And Breakfast
Acid reflux diet and breakfast is a dilemma for a number of reasons. With the frequency that people have reflux problems through the night while they are sleeping, chances are they are waking up with heartburn. And in that case, they are more likely to go eat antacids for breakfast, than they are food that
Health Tips for Body, Mind and Heart
Boost your body, heart and mind with only 5 simple things. Unhealthy lifestyle. It’s a general contributor of our largest health problems: stroke, diabetes, heart disease, cancer. Nation’s top physicians recommend to keep your heart, body and mind in optimally good health. Here is good advice from top medical researchers. Exercise daily You are brushing
10 Helpful Tips That Will Get You Witnessing to Strangers
Want to start witnessing to more people more often? Let me share ten tips with you. Tip 1 Practice starting conversations. At five o’clock in the afternoon at a set of traffic lights you see a businessman or woman waiting to cross the road. They are across the road from the entrance to the train
To Fight Cavities, Drink More Coffee
Scientists have known for years that coffee has chemical properties that prevent tooth decay. This finding seems to fly in the face of common sense. After all, doesn’t coffee stain one’s teeth? To be fair, yes, coffee can stain a person’s teeth or dentures. The pigment in coffee is dark and can stain many porous
Things To Consider When Buying A Cappuccino Machine
Cappuccino makers have a small difference with coffee makers because they use steam or pressure to force the water through the finely ground coffee. The pressure or steam in the machines can also be used in frothing milk. You will therefore have an added advantage when you have a cappuccino maker even when you have
Desserts That Are Served With Coffee
My favorite part of a meal, is of course dessert! My husband and I love entertaining, and when we do we try to make dessert the most spectacular part of the meal. We always strive to serve something sweet and decadent that goes well with a delicious cup of gourmet coffee, such as Jamaican Blue
What Can Spoil Camping Faster? Bugs!
What can spoil a camping trip faster than the sun can set in Hawaii? Bugs! Camping, in my opinion, is easily the best recreational pastime you can share in. You can go at it with great gusto like climbing a mountain or it can be a leisurely walk on a trail through a meandering meadow.
The Aboriginal Dream Time and the Great Flood Part Three
Part three of a three part series Many times, when animals are under stress, or when they hibernate, they consume little or no food, and often recycle their own waste to survive, making feeding them less of an challenge. When the ice meteor struck the earth it unleashed a deluge causing the ice caps to
Plato, Carbon and the Human Survival Chemistry of the New Renaissance
The world of nanotechnology demonstrates that the ancient Greek Science for Ethical Ends holds a crucial survival message for modern humanity. 21st Century Moral Jurisprudence Law, based upon Immanuel Kant’s definition of aesthetics, as art appreciation theory, has no present practical scientific ethical content. However, aesthetics and ethics link together, through a process known as
4 Things That Make a Good Coffee Shop
I have traveled all over the country. And with every place I’ve visited, I’ve sipped on my favorite beverage, coffee, in many different coffee shops. I have never been a person to just stop at the nearest coffee chain for my coffee fix either. I’ve always been one to look for the “mom and pop”
Wine Glossary – Drinking in the Greek Language
Every wine producing region in the world has its own lingo. The French have terms for wine that the Hungarians don’t, the Americans have terms for wine that the Australians don’t, and the Italians have terms for wine that the Germans don’t. In fact, in the entire wine world, the only term that may transcend
Importance of Spices in Our Life
Spice has its own flavour and essence. They are always very important when taken as food or medicine. There are many spices we use for our cooking mainly cumin, black pepper, turmeric, and coriander seeds. Spices have several health benefits. Sometimes the spices are used as an antimicrobial property for infectious disease. Spices are used
Benefits of Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating is a proven way to have a longer lifespan. The numerous benefits it can provide can greatly improve your general health. Below are some of these benefits. 1. Weight Loss Health Eating helps you lose weight not by starving yourself but by improving the quality of the things you consume. There are food
Grilling – Tips For Cooking Steak on a Grill
It took me many trips to different butcher shops and several iterations in the kitchen, till I reached a satisfaction level with my grilled steak; a level that would be compared to when I was visiting famous steakhouses. The formula to grilling your perfect steak involves three parameters: Steak cut, seasoning and cooking process. Knowing
Type 2 Diabetes – Five Simple Dietary Changes You Can Make to Improve Your Blood Sugar
Making changes to your diet can be hard, and it can be intimidating. You may not know where to start, and all of the recommendations you find online can make things super confusing. The good news is improving your Type 2 diabetes can be done with just a handful of simple yet very effective dietary
Choosing The Best Grill Brush For Porcelain Enamel Coated Grill Grates
One typical issue when purchasing a barbecue grill brush is whether or not it will damage your cooking grid. The last thing you want is to scratch the grates of your expensive Weber BBQ. Thankfully, with just a bit of study it is really simple to ensure you purchase the best grill brush for your
How Many Calories Can I Have And Still Lose Weight?
To figure out how many calories you should have, first start with where you are. In other words, figure out how many calories it takes to maintain your present size and then reduce from there. You can go about this in many ways. Most people simply choose an arbitrary number like 1200 calories and that’s
Feline Nutrition: Should You Feed Your Cat Dry or Wet Food?
Any animal needs the right diet and proper nutrition to ensure longevity. Being a responsible cat owner, the duty falls on your shoulders to select the right food for your lovely little tigers. But should you feed your cat dry or wet food? We will answer this question to provide you proper guidance in taking
10 Foods to Eat to Lower Your Cholesterol
Cholesterol is an important fat-like substance used to create hormones (such as vitamin D), build healthy cells, and digest your food. The cholesterol your body uses can come from two different sources: your own body or the food you eat. Dietary cholesterol, meaning the cholesterol from food, is only found in animal-based products (i.e. meat,
What Does Your Cookware Say About The Health Of Your Food?
The health of your food is determined by a). its nutritional value, and b). the absence of metals and chemical toxins in it. Would you have ever thought your cookware plays a major part in both these aspects? Let’s see how the choice of cookware determines the health of your food: 1. The health of
Your Dog a Finicky Eater? 10 Suggestions to Beat That Loss of Appetite
Nearly all dogs look forward to mealtime, more than anything else. Don’t panic right away, if your dog isn’t showing their normal delight at feeding time. Commonly, a healthy dog can go for 3-4 days before you should be concerned. There are a number of reasons why your dog may not care to eat their
Comparing Apples to Apples – Hydrated Weight Vs Dehydrated Weight – Home-Dried Vs Store-Bought
In the interest of scientific research into what happens with apples when they are dehydrated, I conducted an experiment. Actually, it was sheer curiosity that prompted the study–the apples needed drying anyway. To proceed: 4 apples were cored and weighed before dehydration. Weights ranged from 7 ounces to 7.5 ounces. The apple slices were soaked
Having Fun With Aphrodisiac Foods!
When your sex life needs to be supercharged with new life try some Aphrodisiac foods and have fun with the experience. So, you’re wondering what are these foods? Well since the days of Montezuma one that has withstood the test of time is chocolate. In fact, Montezuma was known to have drunk something like 50-goblets
Hearty Plant-Based Campfire Recipes For Healthy Eaters
Who says you can’t have nutritious food while you’re on an outdoor trip? While the “junk food” seems to be more convenient and easier to prepare, what you can do is prep your ingredients at home beforehand to save time at the campsite. It’s also important to choose recipes that have less ingredients and a
Type 2 Diabetes and Healthy Eating – Are Bananas Good For You?
One food many people with Type 2 diabetes find themselves avoiding is the banana as they are thought to be very high in sugar and calories and, as such, a fruit to avoid. This, however, is not necessarily the case. The fact of the matter is the banana can be a very healthy food to