Posted on December 13th, 2009 by admin
The holiday season seems so traditionalistic: home bonding, eating up plentiful meals, catching up with familiar acquaintances, holding presents. But have you ever stopped to consider about some of the ornaments you employ during this time time of cheer? And more significantly, why you apply them? Get set for a crash course on occasion ornaments! [...]
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Posted on November 19th, 2009 by admin
You come home from work after a long day, sink into the tub for a moment of reprieve and just as your muscles begin to relax … the phone rings. You dash out and grab it on the last ring only to be greeted by a telemarketer who mispronounces your last name.
Surely most every American [...]
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Posted on November 11th, 2009 by admin
Apricots are a good source of dietary fiber with insoluble cellulose and lignin in the skin and soluble pectins in the flesh. The apricot’s creamy golden color comes from deep yellow carotenes (including beta-carotene) that make the fruit a good source of vitamin A. Apricots also have vitamin C and iron.
The bark, leaves and the [...]
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Posted on November 7th, 2009 by admin
There are only three basic types of Asian tea; Green, Black
and Oolong. All three come from the same tea plant —
Camelia sinensis. The differences between the teas result
from the way the tea leaves are plucked and processed.
Although there are three basic types of tea, there are over
3,000 varieties to choose from. Despite their name, herbal
teas [...]
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Posted on November 5th, 2009 by admin
The story begins some two millennia ago in the tropical rainforests of the Americas. Although the cacao tree had been around for some time, the natives had never used the beans inside the pods for food. Upon discovering that the seeds could be processed and used as a drink, it quickly caught on [...]
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Posted on October 31st, 2009 by admin
Food is a substance that holds cultures together. Common foods unify and define countries and regions. However, a food that one group considers a delicacy,
another group may find offensive. The French have long been called “frogs” because of their taste for the amphibians. The English once were sneered upon
as “beefsteak” because of their trend-setting use [...]
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