Have you ever tried to make your own wine? Personally I think that anyone who fancies themself a chef or cook should give home wine making a shot. Why? Because all you are doing is cooking a beverage! There is no difference between making your own table wine and cooking your favorite dish for dinner [...]
lthough there are several types of wine that you buy, one of the most unheard of is ice wine. Ice wine is a very rare form of wine, a wine that is produced under certain types of weather conditions. Ice wine is mainly produced in the Pacific Northwest region, where the weather conditions [...]
Recently I was experimenting with a new home made wine recipe. It was a lot of fun and reminded me about how much I really enjoy making my own wine. Anyone who loves cooking should give this hobby a try. It is kind of nice when you have friends or family over for dinner and [...]
Well this is a greatly debated subject. It all hangs around the fact that flax seeds are a great source of essential fatty acids principally omega 3 oil (a.k.a. linolenic acid). This fatty acid is unstable and if heated can cause it to mix with oxygen and so oxidize; essentially goes rancid and so no [...]
If we take a look at coffee making history, we will notice that the job of making a cup of coffee was a disappointing simple and easy process. Coffee beans were put in a pot or a pan, to which hot water was added.
During the 19th and even the early 20th centuries, it was considered [...]
Some of my favorite dishes for the winter months are the traditional ones, for example Shepherds Pie. This is a dish now often made with minced meat, but traditionally made with leftover roast lamb which has been put through the mincer or your blender on “chop”. Also using leftover gravy, carrots and mashed potatoes (winter [...]
