What is Food Poisoning?
Food poisoning results when you eat food contaminated with bacteria or other pathogens such as parasites or viruses. Your symptoms may range from upset stomach to diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps and dehydration. Most such infections go undiagnosed and unreported.
But the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that each year about [...]

Why is that food processing and commerce are not strictly regulated by law so as to prevent health problems generated by an inadequate diet? Unhealthy products encourage an unhealthy diet, appealing the consumer by their availability within reach and the invading advertising. If the food producers are controlled by health officials, then it must be [...]

Few herbs demonstrate the difference between fresh and dried as distinctly as basil. Fresh basil bursts with aroma and flavor while dried basil pales pitifully in comparison. This and the ease with which basil can be grown even under the poorest of circumstances make it the perfect herb to plant. If you [...]

Health conscious individuals often drink green tea, but did you know that there were many different varieties? In this article, you will find out about 3 of the main types of green tea. You will normally need to approach a specialist gourmet tea company in order to buy the individual types.
1. Lung Ching (Longjing, Dragon [...]

They are grilling celebrities in their own right. You’ve seen them on TV and you see their cookbooks lined along the shelves of your local bookstore. They may have different backgrounds and a variety of cooking styles, but just like you, they all share the same passion and that is for grilling and barbecues.
Bobby Flay [...]

The type of restaurant equipment you will need for your restaurant depends on the type of service you provide. For example, if you are a full-scale restaurant you will need many more equipment items that a small mom and pop store will need. If you are a fast food restaurant, you will need different items [...]

Will a chocolate bar a day keep heart attacks away?
The candy industry keeps trying to convince us that chocolate is a health food by sponsoring and publicizing studies. One of the latest, in the medical journal Hypertension (July, 2005), shows that eating dark chocolate lowers high blood pressure. Jeffrey B. Blumberg, a professor of nutrition [...]

It is that rare day when an entire region is so admired that its name is given to something as occurs with Bordeaux wine. Exploring Bordeaux wineries is an experience in wine royalty.
Exploring Bordeaux Wineries
One of the world’s foremost regions for wine can be found in France. The city of Bordeaux, located on the western [...]

The deep, dark recesses of the brain of any student of early 20th century American history should light up, tingling, when they compute the importance of The Settlement Cookbook and the Settlement House, established by Lizzie Black Kander. Both the concept and the woman made an indelible mark on America.
A native of Milwaukee, Lizzie Black [...]

In cowboy flicks, it is a common scene for the protagonist to be drinking from a flask, as he sprawls lazily under a tree, with his horse’s leash tied around the trunk. This is after a long travel from one desert to another to outrun a group of bandits who want him dead. If you [...]