Category Archives: Diet & Cooking General

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for the several species of fish from the Salmonide family. Their flesh is generally red, but there are some white-fleshed wild salmon. There are several species of salmon, divided into Atlantic and Pacific Ocean species. The two groups are as follows: Atlantic Ocean species Atlantic Salmon is the species after […]

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Safe Food Handling For The Holidays

Did you know that the turkey you thawed on the kitchen counter, instead of in the fridge, could now contain bacteria levels high enough to harm human life, even though you can’t see, smell, or taste it? There’s nothing better than a home cooked meal during the holidays. But, with all the special effort that […]

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Russia’s Vodka Wars

Vodka is a crucial component in Russian life. And in Russian death. Alcohol-related accidents and cardiac arrests have already decimated Russian life expectancy by well over a decade during the last decade alone. Vodka is also big business. The brand “Stolichnaya” sells $2 billion a year worldwide. Hence the interminable and inordinately bitter battle between […]

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Rooibos, Just the Facts

Rooibos (pronounced “Roy-boss”), botanical name Aspalathus linearis, is clearly gaining popularity in the US due in part to all the hype surrounding the South African herb. I personally get many questions about Rooibos and the various properties and benefits it delivers. Like everyone else I can get drawn up in the “hype” so I decided […]

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Rokok Kretek: The Culture and Heritage of Indonesia’s Clove Cigarettes

Rokok is cigarettes, kretek is clove flavored, so rokok kretek means clove flavored cigarettes or clove cigarettes. For many millions Javanese and Indonesians, kretek is enjoyable companion, tasteful, it gives a feeling of relief & relaxation and its price is nothing compare to the comfort given. Clove tree In restaurants, pubs, bars, discotheques, public buildings […]

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Risky Fish: The Thrill Of Fugu

There’s a certain weird appeal to the Japanese delicacy known as fugu. After all, it’s not every day that the food on your plate could bring about almost instant death. Fugu is the Japanese name for the blowfish, also known as the pufferfish, which has the ability to puff up to twice its size and […]

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