Nutritious and Delicious Nuts Nuts are popular with the majority of the population, but for vegetarians they represent a welcome textural, nutritional, and flavour change. Generally, nuts grow in tropical and subtropical climates, contain significant amounts of fat and are best to buy unshelled. Due to their high fat content, […]
Most North Americans think of Chile as a tropical South American country. In reality, Chile stretches from north to south 4500 kilometres and approximately 120 kms. from west to east, and enjoys a range of climates from hot, to Mediterranean, to cool, and cold in teh very south close to […]
Tajine My first encounter with tajine occurred in Morocco a few years ago. In a restaurant, waiters were carrying clay containers with elongated and tipped covers to various tables. When the covers were lifted, the aromas wafting were heavenly and enticing. I quickly ordered one, and after a while the […]
Liqueurs We owe the invention of liqueurs to Medieval Monks, who were the best educated of all and the fact that they had the time and facilities to experiment. At first liqueurs were concoctions to cure indigestions and other ailments. Alcohol’s medicinal properties were well known by monks. To that […]
