Food and Drink Articles

4000 Year Old Secrets of Green Tea - Posted by JmL.

The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea for over 4,000 years. But recent studies are just starting to unlock these ancient secrets of green tea. Today, a great deal of resea...

The Best Cup of Drip Coffee Possible - Posted by JmL.

With a "good" cup of coffee costing almost as much as a good sandwich these days, more and more people are taking to making their coffee at home from an "old fashioned" drip coffee machine. With the ...

Losing Weight During the Holiday Season - Posted by JmL.

By now, I am assuming your schedule is pretty hectic in preparation for the Holiday Festivities. So its only inevitable that I ask of you to take a few moments to ponder on how you will handle the v...

Meal Planning Help: Meal One - Posted by JmL.

It's nice when I find a meal where the foods compliment each other because it simplifies my life by knowing what to serve with what. Of course I don't have to stick to any one meal plan; I can mix an...

Meal Planning Help: Meal Two - Posted by JmL.

One meal planning challenge for me has been to `lighten up' for my family's and my health. My husband and I were both raised on `meat and potatoes' so it has been a difficult change. But we are makin...

My Mother's Recipe Box - Posted by JmL.

Remember the days when cookbooks weren't so readily available, and you or your mother relied on only one or two different cookbooks for cooking all of your family's meals? I still have my mother's ol...

Canarian Recipes for Shrove Tuesday - Posted by JmL.

For the British at least, Shrove Tuesday is probably better known as Pancake Day. Those wonderful delicacies, smothered in sugar and lemon and often tossed around in village competitions. As you will...

Avoid Holiday Excess with Tasty, All-Natural Recipes - Posted by JmL.

(ARA) - The holidays have long been viewed, from a food perspective, as a time of excess. An extra helping of stuffing for Thanksgiving, a few cookies at the office party, an extra glass of champagne...

What'S That In My Food! - Posted by JmL.

If you drop a bomb, you kill not only your enemies but your friends as well. This is the effect food additives have on humans. Man has existed for thousands of years, and only started using additiv...

The Romance of Coffee - Posted by JmL.

(ARA) - As the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach once said, '"Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine!" Since its introduction to Paris in the ...