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July 2008
"Simply Ming" is the companion cookbook to celebrity chef Ming Tsai's public television series of the same name. The recipes are of the east-west fusion variety that have made Tsai one of the most interesting chefs on television, and the book itself is organized in a way that sets it apart from the crowd.
According to a recent study in the U.K., many children aren't able to recognize common fruits and vegetables. In fact, one in three kids didn't know what celery looks like.
Celery? Seriously? The survey was commissioned by a restaurant chain in the U.K. called Tootsies. Granted, the sample size was small: 200 children between the ages of 11 and 13. The study asked the children to identify 40 common varieties of fruits and vegetables, and the results are unbelievable.
A unique photographic exhibit, "Liquid Gold" by renowned French fashion photographer and artist Bettina Rheims, concludes its worldwide tour in Moscow in October.
"Liquid Gold" is a series of eleven large scale portraits that illuminate the allure of femininity and the embodiment of the "French Chic."
The Wines of Chablis is sponsoring the international tour; a perfect match, as Chablis is often referred to as "Liquid Gold."
As the theme of the exhibit, one key element of the mysterious "French Chic" is embodied in each photograph: Elegance, Magnificence, Sensuality, Desire, Bewitched, Reflection, Intensity, Dream, Pride, Amazon and Thirst.
It seems as if health research is designed only to confuse consumers. One week, something's good for you, and the next, it's been discovered to cause cancer.
Okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but surely you know the feeling. So, we go about our lives trying to eat healthy fatty acids in the form of fish rich in omega-3. Good for you, right? Right. Or wrong. Or both. Or neither.
We all know by now that we should be enriching our diets with antioxidant-rich fruits and berries. So we load up on acai berries, blueberries and pomegranate.
But did you know our fuzzy little green friends, kiwifruit, are also loaded with antioxidant power?
So says a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
"Sometimes 'gourmet' isn't defined by imported spices and fancy sauces," says Janet Groene, author of 25 books including Cooking Aboard Your RV and Creating Comfort Afloat.
"To campers and boaters, gourmet dining means a campfire scented with applewood or fresh-caught walleye cooked over a stern-mounted grill."
"How can you put a touch of class on a wilderness meal without wasting fuel, water or any other precious resource?"
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