Potatoes will take food stains off of your fingers. Just slice and rub the raw potato on your skin and rinse with water. Just the same, if you’re peeling shrimp or cleaning fresh fish and you don’t want the smell to remain on your hands all day, squish a few fresh strawberries between your fingers [...]
Substances added to foods to prevent the oxygen present in the air from causing undesirable changes in flavor or color. BHA, BHT, and tocopherols are examples of antioxidants.
Some naturally occurring antioxidants are beta carotene, vitamins C and E. It is believed that they may destroy free radicals, which may accelerate aging and contribute to the [...]
Folk saying: ‘Apple pie without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze.’
In countless surveys, Apple Pie has been chosen the favorite dessert in the United States. Apple pie has also been a favorite in England for hundreds of years.
In rural homes in the 19th century, apple and other fruit pie was often a common [...]
ALLERGIES, FOOD ALLERGIES
The true prevalence of food allergy in the U.S. is not as great as the public perceives it to be. According to the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology (AAAI) estimates for 2006 suggest that food allergy of all types affects about 4% of the total population, with prevalence in children generally [...]
List of Aphrodisiacs
Aniseed
A very popular aphrodisiac with many culinary uses. It has been used as an aphrodisiac since the Greeks and the Romans, who believed aniseed had special powers. Sucking on the seeds [...]
Interesting History
Source: Cambridge World History of Food
Aphrodisiacs were first sought out as a remedy for various sexual anxieties including fears of inadequate performance as well as a need to increase fertility. Procreation [...]