Food & Cooking

The attraction of licensing trademarks for business intentions appears to be at an all-time high, mostly in the fashion arena where consumers are buying more licensed products and brand names than ever before. For retailers, licensing opportunities provide them with a point of difference from their competitors. Licensing is leasing […]

Did you know that Yin and Yang, the principle at the heart of Chinese philosophy, applies to Chinese food and cooking as well? In Chinese medicine, all food can be divided into four Qis: Hot, warm, cool and cold; or yang, mild yang, mild yin and yin respectively. In general, […]

For those who are not familiar with Indian food and cooking, Indian cuisine today is of the leading and most popular cuisines in the world. Today you won’t be surprised to find that every city and every state has a wide array of restaurants to choose from, all specializing in […]

*Delicacy Felicacy* Delicious Delicacy with Felicitous Felicity The moment we think, watch or read about Culinary (def. something related to food or cooking) activities and practice, there is a mouth-watering effect in our mind. Let us start with a little Culinary Vocabulary study to understand what is the depth, width […]

A little history Metal cooking utensils have been in common use for centuries. Stainless Steel cookware is a more recent development. The smelting of Stainless Steel (an iron-nickel-chromium alloy) didn’t occur until 1910 when Harry Brearley (under the employ of John Brown Laboratories and Thomas Firth & Sons, England) sought […]

Our ancestors use to cook their food either directly on fire or using pots made out of clay. With the advance in technology, we have developed much better appliances and in doing so we have also lost the food’s real taste and nutrients. People in South Asia specifically use clay […]

Just as I told you before, to have your business fanchised, you’ll need everything on your business to be standardized. This is why you should develop documents of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). With a good SOP you won’t be bothered by your franchisee asking how to operate the store, how […]

An instant read cooking thermometer is a kitchen and outdoor grilling gadget that I now, wouldn’t be without. If you’ve ever done any cooking in your home I’m sure you will have been presented with occasions when you need to know if your food is sufficiently hot or cooked enough. […]

The Arawak, Carib, and Taino Indians were the first inhabitants of the Caribbean islands. These first inhabitants occupied the present day islands of British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Trinidad, and Jamaica. Their daily diet consisted of vegetables and fruits such as papaw, yams, guavas, and cassava. The Taino […]

Eating nutritionally lacking food is as good as eating no food at all. Even if you’re making sure your food is rich in proteins, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and other nutrients, there is a great chance it loses nutritional value before eating it. Few people are aware that most of the […]