Videos: Food & Beverage

Meat-eaters say that people must eat a lot of meat to stay healthy. The paleo diet, high in fat and protein, is really a meat-based diet. Bugs are out of the question, even though they are very nutritious and less costly...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/qiSg6lwIItU 1. We must be flexible with what we have Recorded recipes are never flexible. They just report what you need, how much you need, and what you should do. They never consider your...

The key to eat really cheap junk food is actually not buying ready-made food products in grocery stores and restaurants. Instead, the really cheap junk food is one prepared at home using cheap, raw ingredients. It is junk...

Now that I got your attention… Thanksgiving is just a few days away and if you did not buy your turkey yet, you better get out there and get it! If you buy a frozen turkey, that bad boy can take up to four days to thaw in...

If this is your year to finally take a crack at hosting your first Thanksgiving dinner, congratulations. Taking on this task is no easy feat, but it can be done. Don't panic, don't freak out, all you need is...let's be...

Nowadays, fast food restaurants carry a bad reputation for causing a wide range of health problems. Especially McDonalds. Terms like "McMansion" or "burger flipper" always carry a low-class connotation. Someone living in...

The most common reasons for eating crappy food are that (1) it's cheap, (2) it's convenient, and (3) it's addictive. In this myTake, I will show you that only Number 3 is true. Number 1 and 2 are merely perceptions,...

If you've ever seen any food commercial for something like the burger above, any cookbook, or any other advertisement for food, you've no doubt wondered at some point why either what you got from the store or fast food...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/V1_O5N1zlcw https://www.youtube.com/embed/7MJnm5X9NN0 Food, Inc. is a full-length documentary, talking about the consumption of unhealthy hood and the health of Americans. The YouTube video...

I believe that everyone, men and women, should learn how to cook the most basic meals, starting right in elementary school, with some assistance from Mom or Dad. I believe cooking is an important life skill, because...

High end restaurants love to up-sell their dishes. You get lured in by the fancy digs, the matching waiters with delicately draped white cloth slung over their wrists, the menu items with words you've never heard of to...

As much as I like to cook and try new things, I'm not immune to having said at some point or another, I'm not going to try that food because of...xyz, not even giving it a chance. Given that we are all such different...

This is an interesting debate that talks about the price of "healthy food" and the price of "junk food". There are supporters on both sides. But I think it is critical to understand where each side is coming from. I...

1. Sugar Looking in the dry food aisles and the frozen food aisles at the supermarkets, I can find a lot of sugary substances. Soda drinks, sweet rolls, candy, chocolate, doughnuts, danishes, cakes, cupcakes, muffins,...