Nowadays, it is easier for home cooks to buy professional equipment for their kitchens. For example, the convection oven is a tool used by professional bakers worldwide. Convection ovens that restaurants use are highly priced (a few thousand dollars for a good one) and need special wiring. But now, there are a line of table-top, […]
Heard by a Bird
"’American’ is less a nationality than a diagnosis." – Ludwig Bemelmans Bumper sticker: IF YOU LIKE CHENEY SO MUCH, GO HUNTING WITH HIM! A Letter Dear "Bird Is the Word," Rock music no longer rocks. At best, it slightly rolls. "Indie rock" should be known as "Indie roll." J. R. Did you see the cloud […]
Is weight loss surgery a cop out from addressing an issue with food?
Does weight loss surgery give individuals a cop out from putting forth the effort to exercise? In the battle of weight issues in this day and age medical science is offering those who struggled to lose weight, but is it really as effective as they make it? It seems as if the people who get […]
Is Organic Eating a healthier way to live
Is organic eating the better way to a healthy lifestyle? The food that’s eaten today is loaded with chemicals and artificial flavoring, preservatives, and coloring. Food that was made 25 or more years ago didn’t have a lot of ingredients and artificial coloring and preservatives. What would the world be like without fast food restaurants […]
Forests cleared for poppy plants
Forests serve as the reliable sources of timber and other wood-based products that could generate huge foreign exchange receipts when exported. But nowadays, the forests are also being explored and tapped for growing poppy plants. But the trade-offs are tremendous to the environment because clearing of the forests alone was observed to have exerted […]
Dog meat, anyone?
The idea alone of eating dog meat scares a lot people, especially those in the West, whose appetite for this animal seems remote considering that they are man’s best friend. The question that would always crop up in their minds is that why should we kill dogs for meat purposes? Some kind of a big […]