Month: July 2013
Royal Baby … on pizza
After Queen Elizabeth, George Clooney, Robbie Williams, Sofia Loren and hundreds of celebrities, it’s now the turn of the Royal Baby to be portrayed with his parents on one of Domenico Crolla’s “pizza art piece”.
An army of bees makes whisky sweeter
To promote the launch of its “Highlander Honey”, Scotch whisky maker Dewar’s got together with a sculptor/engineer and a beekeeper, and placed 80,000 bees inside a bottle-shaped vessel that mimicked their normal hive setup. After six weeks, the bees had formed a natural honeycomb sculpture inside, in a back-to-nature “3-B” process 😉 and the distiller […]
Canadian bars join Russian vodka boycott
Last week, writer and LGBT activist Dan Savage, published a blog post encouraging the public to ‘Dump Russian Vodka’ in order to “show solidarity with Russian queers and their allies and to help to draw international attention to the persecution of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, trans people, and straight allies in Putin’s increasingly fascistic Russia”.
A Gourmet Pigment Named “Squid Ink”
“Sepia” or “squid ink” is an opaque liquid secreted by molluscs such as cuttlefish and squid as an act of self-defence. Used as a pigment for wash drawing since ancient times, this product is also employed in cooking to colour foods like Italian squid ink pasta and Japanese “udon” and “soba” noodles.
Fresh peas for the aristocracy
Native to Central Asia, peas were cultivated for a long time only for their dry seeds. It was not until the 17th century that people began to consume the fresh version, but it was so expensive that no one but wealthy aristocrats could afford it.
Chill out with a frozen drink
Frozen drinks with crushed ice are an extremely delicious way to beat the summer heat and they come in many forms such as slush, granita, frappé, etc. Refreshing and colourful, they are a huge hit with youngsters, but beware, because their nutritional profile is not very flattering… These drinks almost always consist of sweetened water, […]
In the world of ice creams and frozen desserts
In the frozen food aisle, how do you choose from among the huge variety of milk, sorbets, desserts and other treats that look like ice cream? To make the right choices for your health and taste buds, you first need the right information. Did you know that for a product to be called ‘ice cream’ […]
Lavender, a perfume from Provence
This wonderful plant, which gets its name from the Latin ‘lavare’ meaning ‘to wash’, is best known for its intense and pleasant fragrance. It was used as a medicinal plant in the Middle Ages to treat infectious diseases, because it was believed that its fragrance could stop the spread of diseases such as the plague.
President Obama (says he) loves broccoli
Broccoli growers have found their new “poster boy”: President Obama has at long last revealed his favorite food — broccoli. At least, that’s the answer he gave a kid guest at the second annual “Kids’ State Dinner” that first lady Michelle Obama organized to promote healthy eating. Skeptics immediately reacted noting that the president is […]
What can I do with lettuce leftovers?
This is the question that one of our members would like us to address. Indeed, thanks to the heavy rains of the last few weeks, lettuce heads are huge this year, which makes it difficult to use it all, especially for the single eater. As our member puts it: “I do love to eat salads, […]
What does 200 Calories look like?
Some foods have significantly more Calories than others but what does the difference actually look like? Browsing through the web, I found a very enligthning video from ASAP Science that features 200 calorie servings of all your favourite foods, from apples to Big Macs, from wine to pizza.
Spelt is back in style
Spelt is a rustic cereal of the genus Triticum (a variety of wheat), which was formerly the staple diet of Latin populations. Once other varieties of much better cereals such as common wheat, corn and rice were introduced, spelt cultivation gradually declined until it almost completely faded away.