myTakes: Food & Beverage

Time for another fun Summer related Take! We all have our favorite treats that we like to enjoy on those hot days. Here are some of mine. Fruit Salad Sweet. Juicy. Healthy. Delicious. Need I say more? Homemade Lemonade...

Breakfast Many Americans start the day with a cup of sweetened coffee and a sweet pastry (doughnut). Instead of having that for breakfast, a healthier alternative would be to drink coffee without any added sugar of any...

These are reasons on why I absolutely hate coffee. 1. Bitterness Coffee by default is a bitter drink. Its bitterness is the reason why I initially avoided coffee at all cost. Then, I read in one book of The...

First, a word about cookbooks... I am a cookbook connoisseur. I have thumbed through about a thousand over the years at this point thanks to my local library, some chef friends, and many many bookstores and gifts. After a...

Whole Crab, Crab Legs, Lobster I'll tell you right now, I have suffered many a bloody finger at the hands of crab who I swear are still fighting for life postmortem. You have to respect something like that. There is...

If you aren't familiar with the kitchen, or you've just been curious about a weird looking kitchen gadget you've seen somewhere, here is an explanation of some of the things you may have seen or wondered about. 1. Off...

Let me start off by saying everybody has their beliefs and I accept you want to live by them. That's fine. This MyTake is not about me ranting- it's about me explaining my opinion. I know many vegetarians and vegans, all...

Food processing technically refers to any kind of man-made action on a vegetable before it is consumed. The plant can be grinded, diced, stewed, baked, whatever you can think of. Below, I include some vegetables that are...

1. Celery Wash the vegetable. Break off the celery stalks. Tear away the leaves. Cut the stalks into bite-size pieces. 2. Beefsteak Tomato Wash the vegetable. Rip away a small part of the flesh with your teeth. Suck all...

In America, soybeans are usually made into soy milk, tofu, soy sauces, soybean oil, dairy product alternatives, and meat product alternatives. But there are certain soy products that are just not in the mainstream...

1. Deep-Fried Foods Deep frying is not part of traditional Chinese cooking. Traditional Chinese cooking consists of mostly steaming, stir-frying, and boiling. In modern times, however, there is youtiao (deep-fried...

I've thought about becoming vegetarian and I've considered the reasons people have given. It's more humane, we don't need meat in our diets, etc. Meat eaters are bashed and don't have morals; those who don't eat meat are...

10. Rice Porridge This is part of my Top 10 list of favorite home-cooked meals, but it is at the bottom of the list, because it is so bland! To make bland rice porridge taste better, add vegetables and meat from last...

#SeeMyWork I love food. I also love surfing on the app store to find cool and fun free apps to download onto my iPad. I have downloaded some apps that were related to eating and exercise, but I usually deleted them...

Yes . I cut out entire food groups. No meat, no vegetables, next to no fruit, and basically only processed food . I live on carbohydrate, fat's, sugars, apples, oranges, and LOTS of multivitamins. And before I start...

It's a massive pet peeve of mine. People throwing away perfectly good food because the "best before" date has passed, and think that the food is spoiled and will give them food poisoning if they eat it. I remember seeing...