Topic: food - on November 11, 2008 at 1:56:12 PM CET
It's good to play with your food
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Topic: food - on October 29, 2008 at 10:42:00 AM CET
Hanföl – Spender gesundheitsfördernder Omega-3-Fettsäuren
Hanföl ist im Vergleich zu anderen Speiseölen besonders reich an den ungesättigten Fettsäuren Linol- und Alpha-Linolensäure sowie an Omega-3-Fettsäuren. Damit weist das Öl ein ideales Verhältnis der Omega-3- zu Omega-6-Fettsäuren von etwa 5:1 auf. Experten sprechen Empfehlungen von 15 bis 20 Gramm Hanföl täglich aus, um eine optimale Zufuhr an essentiellen Fettsäuren zu gewährleisten. Studien zeigen, dass der Konsum von Hanföl, welches ebenso große Mengen an Vitamin E enthält, mit einem geringeren Risiko für Arteriosklerose, Herz-Kreislauferkrankungen und Stoffwechselstörungen verbunden ist.
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Topic: food - on October 29, 2008 at 10:32:00 AM CET
World's most technical avocado preserver
Keep expensive avocado halves fresh longer with this money-saving gadget.
Simply place half-cut avocado face against bright green surface with pit in well — adjustable buckle secures it in place to reduce contact with air and slow discoloration.
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Topic: food - on October 8, 2008 at 10:01:00 AM CEST
Plumbing mishap turns water into wine
Water into wine - a miracle? Nope, a plumping mishap by bungling Italian authorities.
The Marino Grape Festival normally features a fountain in the square where free wine flows. But at this year's festival sparkling chilled white wine started flowing through the reisdent's own taps.
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Topic: food - on October 3, 2008 at 11:13:00 AM CEST
Ultrasound machine 'turns cheap plonk into fine wine in 30 minutes'
Inventor Casey Jones says the £350 gadget uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of ageing by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle.
The Ultrasonic Wine Ager, which looks like an ordinary ice bucket, takes 30 minutes to work and has already been given the thumbs up by an English winemaker.
Mr Jones, 53, said: "This machine can take your run-of-the-mill £3.99 bottle of plonk and turn it into a finest bottle of vintage tasting like it costs hundreds.
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Topic: food - on August 19, 2008 at 10:38:00 AM CEST
Spain sweats amid 'water wars'
Spain is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years. Climate experts warn that the country is suffering badly from the impact of climate change and that the Sahara is slowly creeping north - into the Spanish mainland.
Yet in Spain itself there is little consensus about what is to be done. Indeed, such is the disagreement that journalists and politicians alike are calling it "water wars".
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Topic: food - on August 14, 2008 at 11:22:00 AM CEST
Gen-Food: Prinz Charles legt sich mit Regierung an
"Experiment von multinationalen Konzernen ging schief" - Abhängigkeit von "gigantischen Gesellschaften" wird in Desaster enden
Der britische Thronfolger Prinz Charles hat in ungewöhnlich eindringlicher Form vor gentechnisch veränderter Nahrung gewarnt. Multinationale Konzerne, die derartige Agrarprodukte entwickelten, betrieben "ein gigantisches Experiment mit der Natur und der ganzen Menschheit, das völlig schiefgegangen ist", sagte der 59-Jährige in einem am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Interview im Daily Telegraph.
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Topic: food - on August 1, 2008 at 10:19:04 AM CEST
World’s oldest chocolate found at Paso de la Amada in Mexico
Chemical traces from an ancient pottery vessel from southeastern Mexico showed that it had been used for a chocolate beverage more than 3,500 years ago, produced in the region which the Aztecs conquered for its rich orchards of cacao trees.
Although cacao (or cocoa) beans are grown today in many parts of the world, the tree which bears the seed pods, Theobroma cacao, is native to southern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. The Spanish conquistadors remarked that a drink made from the toasted and ground beans, whisked, frothed and flavoured with hot chilli peppers, was consumed by the elite of the Aztec Empire. Other parts of the pod, including its soft inner pith, were fermented into various beverages.
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Topic: food - on June 11, 2008 at 1:38:34 PM CEST
Department of Water and Power drops 400,000 balls onto Ivanhoe Reservoir
The water needs to be shaded because when sunlight mixes with the bromide and chlorine in Ivanhoe's water, the carcinogen bromate forms, said Pankaj Parekh, DWP's director for water quality compliance. Bromide is naturally present in groundwater and chlorine is used to kill bacteria, he said, but sunlight is the final ingredient in the potentially harmful mix.
The DWP drop was designed to stop the three from mingling in the 10-acre, 58-million-gallon Ivanhoe Reservoir. The 102-year-old facility serves about 600,000 customers downtown and in South Los Angeles.
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Topic: food - on May 18, 2008 at 5:31:54 PM CEST
BLUE - und das Obst bleibt länger frisch
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone out and bought fresh fruit, only to have it mold by sitting in my refrigerator’s crisper drawer. It’s both a waste of food and money and can be quite frustrating at times. This is where BLUE enters the picture.
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Topic: food - on May 18, 2008 at 5:28:25 PM CEST
Winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi dies
Robert Mondavi, the vintner who built his career and helped an iconic Northern California industry blossom by insisting that Napa Valley wines can compete with the best in the world, died in the valley Friday. He was 94.
Mondavi died peacefully at his home in Yountville, Robert Mondavi Winery spokeswoman Mia Malm said.
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Topic: food - on April 14, 2008 at 3:13:00 PM CEST
Uruguay hosts biggest BBQ, grills 12 tons of beef
More than a thousand barbecue fanatics in Uruguay grilled up 12 metric tonnes (26,400 lbs) of beef on Sunday, setting a new Guinness world record while promoting the country's succulent top export.
Army personnel set up a grill nearly 1 mile long and firefighters lit six tonnes of charcoal to kick off the gargantuan cookout.
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