Do you love cooking meat? Do your meats often end up undercooked or overcooked? Even if you think you’re the perfect chef, using a meat thermometer is a quick safety measure that’s worth the 5 seconds it takes of your time. And the problem isn’t that people don’t have access to them. A study revealed that…
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The Rise of Plant-Based Diets in the United States
Americans are becoming more and more conscious of what they eat. It’s not just about the health aspect of food; it has also become about the ethics behind the food they consume. Google search entries about vegetarian and vegan diets have steadily increased in recent years. But the interest in these diets has not been…
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Preparing Salads – The Joy of Cooking Healthy in Retirement
Retirement is a wonderful life landmark, ushering in a new period of freedom and possibility. Free from the constraints of a work schedule, you are all of a sudden open to new experiences. You can make new friendships, rekindle old ones, spend time with family and take up new leisure activities. In short, it can…
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Important Etiquette to Remember When Dining in a Restaurant
When dining in a restaurant, you are eating with other people. You can’t act at the table the same way that you do at home. You need to be considerate of others who want to dine and have a good time. These are important etiquette to remember when eating in a restaurant. Wear proper attire…
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How to Cook Your Vegetables the Right Way
Everyone knows that eating your vegetables is one of the best ways to achieve optimum health. You get an entire alphabet’s worth of vitamins and minerals, plus antioxidants, polyphenols, fiber, and other healthful compounds with long and complicated names. But how many people are eating their vegetables right? Do you just bite off a carrot…
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The Best and Most Beautiful Ways to Cook Eggs
When I was training to be a chef, one of my favorite things to do on a weekend was to explore the many different ways of cooking eggs. I love the flexibility that eggs bring and so each Saturday morning I’d head out and pick up some Norco Ranch eggs, get back to my dorm…
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Keen Kitchens – 6 Tips For Adding a Dash of Culture to Your Cookery
Your kitchen could be a cultural mixing pot of delight and wonders if you’d let it. A veritable melting pot sitting on top of a concrete tile in Melbourne over a fire, filled to the brim with rich flavours, interesting and foreign cuisines, and new and delicious things. It might be hard to imagine, especially…
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