Full course meal explained
Attending a formal dinner or going to an exquisite fine dining restaurant, one always comes across a full course meal.
A full course dinner is one that features multiple courses, usually starting with precursors to...
KITCHEN 101: The ultimate guide to picking the perfect kitchen knife
Preparing food is easier, faster, and safer when you have the right tools. But with so many different types of knives on the market, finding the one that suits your needs can be tricky.
Without...
Different strokes for different folks
Many cultures around the world consume livestock blood for food, often mixed with meat and offals – from the Philippines’ “Dinuguan” or pork blood stew, to Brazil’s “Arroz de Cabidela,” prepared with chicken and...
It’s World Cheese Day!
It’s World Cheese Day on Friday, June 4.
Cheese making is as ancient as pre-recorded history with some experts speculating that the magic of cheese started around 8000BCE following the domestication of livestock.
In fact, archaeologists...
Tacos – where did they come from?
Tacos date all the way back to the Aztec civilization where, according to historians, Moctezuma I, the second Aztec emperor, used the tortilla as a “spoon” to hold his food prepared in hot stones. Fast...
The origins of pizza
Pizza, that glorious piece of heaven on earth. The nice thing about t is that pizza has a lot of variations suiting everyone’s wish – from those with lots of meat and all, to...