Celebrity Beauty Secrets
By Allison Saunders - 1/4/2008
So you want to look like a star? Who doesn?t? It would be really nice to wake up and have
someone else worry about your hair and makeup. Celebrities have ?people? whose very jobs are to help famous
faces look their best. Award-winning actresses, runway models, even pop stars all
depend on their l...
What To Do If You Accidentally Put Contact Lens Cleaner In Your Eye?
By Jon Butt - 1/4/2008
If you?ve ever accidentally put contact lens cleaner in the eye you know what we are talking about. Yes, it itches and it burns and you feel like gouging out your own eyes. What you need to do in such a situation is stay calm (Right! With all that itching, it?s really easy to stay still) Contact le...
Lay Your Makeup Like a Pro
By Dawn Hull - 1/4/2008
Although concealer is one of those ?optional? products, I personally would never leave the house unless well concealed. (Shades will work if you?re in a pinch, but on a cloudy day, it?s a dead giveaway.) Foundation, what is the purpose of foundation? Simple, the purpose of foundation is to even out...
Is It a Grill, a Broiler or a Salamander?
By Michael Sheridan - 1/4/2008
`I like grils`
`Don`t you mean girls?`
`And just what`s wrong with us grils?` Well, it doesn`t really matter much what you call it, it`s a simple device for applying heat to food. I`m going to call it a grill, because it takes less time to type. While grills come in all kinds of shapes and si...
Cosmetic Surgery: Do You Really Want One?
By Peter Lenkefi - 1/4/2008
Advertisements of cosmetic surgery have been seen in newspapers, featured on television programs, displayed on the faces of celebrities. Cosmetic surgery offers to improve many areas of the body. But as with any surgery, cosmetic procedures involve certain risks and limitations. To increase the like...
Cappuccino: Monk`s Hood or Just Good?
By Marjorie Dorfman - 1/4/2008
"Wake Up And Smell The Cappuccino!" ~ The Dorfman Archives The two years I spent in Italy in the 1970s marked in some ways the best
times of my life. I was a student in a small Umbrian city, (Perugia, where
they make all that wonderful candy that does all those not so wonderful
things to your te...
Calendula Essential Oil for Healthier Skin
By J. Martin - 1/4/2008
Calendula essential oil is a soothing therapeutic oil distilled from pot marigold. Its uses are varied -- from soothing minor skin disorders like pimples and dry chapped lips to curing snakebite. Calendula`s medicinal properties have been explored for centuries. It was discovered that a great deal o...
Our Guide To Copper Gluconate
By John Gibb - 1/4/2008
There are many different types of supplements on the market today, and it can be tough to weed out the prospective good supplements from a world of choices. For that reason, we?ve written this article to explain to you more about the element known as copper gluconate. Copper gluconate, a readily abs...
The Facts about Rhinoplasty Nasal Surgery
By Mike Spencer - 1/4/2008
Rhinoplasty is a surgery to reshape the nose. This is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States. Rhinoplasty can reduce or increase the size of the nose, change the shape of the tip or bridge of the nose, narrow the span of the nostrils, change the angle between the...
A Short-cut to a Smooth and Healthy Skin!
By Shannan Barrett - 1/4/2008
You are 25 but look 35. Blame it on your skin! The skin is the largest organ in the body, and the most exposed. Pollution, ultraviolet rays in the Sun`s light, stress, lack of essential vitamins, all contribute to wear and tear your skin. Most people don`t take proper care of their skin - either due...
Best Recipes: Rum Raisin Cheesecake
By Donna Monday - 2/15/2007
If you like rum raisin ice cream, you?ll enjoy the flavor of rum raisin in this unique cheesecake.
Crust
1 cup old fashioned or quick cooking oats, uncooked
¼ cup chopped nuts
3 tablespoons margarine, melted
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
Filling
2 8-oz. pkgs. cream c...
Three Rules For Choosing The Right Dinner Wine
By Dakota Caudilla - 2/13/2007
RULE NO 1: Drink the wine that you like.
Sounds obvious, doesn`t it? Sometimes, however, we get so caught up in what is the right wine and what is the wrong wine that we forget the most important thing: we have taste! We have our own individual taste and love drinking the wine we love to drink. S...
Holiday Ham: Tips for Choosing
By Linda Schnable - 2/12/2007
The holiday ham is the traditional centerpiece for Easter, Christmas, and other holiday gatherings. Almost any special meal warrants a holiday ham. Many options are available in choosing a holiday ham and in the quest to make the choice your holiday ham centerpiece a success. You can not judge the v...
The Successful Dessert Party
By Kim Labarbera - 2/10/2007
What`s wrong with this picture?
I used to serve delicious dinners with wonderful desserts (yes, I`ve checked around and they were wonderful) but, I knew that there was something missing. After working in the Food Service Industry, I learned that the little things complete the big picture.
It`s n...
Favorite Cake Flavors for Baby and Bridal Showers
By Criss White - 2/10/2007
A cake is an excellent treat at any party, especially baby showers and bridal showers. Asides from making a great centerpiece for your snack table, cakes are a delicious treat that everyone will enjoy. Here are some of the most popular flavors for cakes:
1) Cheesecake - Cheesecake has always been ...
Diners - An American Icon
By Barbara Wangelid - 2/9/2007
The definition of a diner is typically a narrow structure resembling a railroad dining car with the interior containing a service counter with stools for seating. Food preparation is along the back wall behind the counter.
History
The first "diners" back in the 1890`s were horse drawn wagons on ...
Old Fashion Bread
By Andrew Krause - 2/7/2007
This is a bread for bread lovers, it?s a bread similar to what people had made in the old fashion brick oven that was found in most peoples back yard many years ago.
It is a firm bread but with great taste and texture, it is especially good when served hot right from the oven with butter and jam. ...
Ten Facts You Probably Did Not Know about Tea
By Lorraine Bevere - 2/7/2007
Legend has it that a Chinese emperor was the first to discover Tea when some leaves were blown by chance into a bowl contain some boiling hot water. The tea we drink today is exactly the same and the brewing process has never been interfered with.
It is now known that men who drink black tea whic...
Blended and Varietal Wines
By Darby Higgs - 2/7/2007
Novice wine lovers soon come across the concept of blended and varietal wines. The two questions that spring to mind are, ?what does it mean?? and ?does it matter??
At the basic level, the difference is quite simple. Varietal wines are made from a single grape variety, while blended wines are ma...
The Secret to Cooking for a Crowd
By Debbie L Boynton - 2/6/2007
Having a large family growing up, I learned to cook in a big way. With 5 brothers and 3 sisters plus Mom and Dad, I started out cooking for eleven people by the time I was twelve. Mom needed help and taught her daughters to cook at an early age. I?ll never forget the first time I fried chicken all b...
Pineapples: The Healing Fruit of the Tropics (includes a recipe for Pina-Banana Orange Smoothie)
By Monique N. Gilbert, B.Sc. - 2/5/2007
For a natural and tasty way to improve your health and boost your healing capacity, add fresh pineapple and pineapple juice to your diet. Pineapples are nutritionally packed members of the bromeliad family. This delightful tropical fruit is high in the enzyme bromelain and the antioxidant vitamin ...
Flavored Coffee Beans & Coffee Flavoring Syrups
By Shona Lynch - 2/5/2007
Many a coffee aficionado would turn up their nose at the thought of adding flavorings to their beloved black beverage. But, if you`re not an aficionado, and you didn`t pay exorbitant amounts of money for single-estate specialty coffee beans, then why not indulge in trying some of the fine coffee fla...
Mint-Chocolate Coffee Spoons
By LeAnn R. Ralph - 2/4/2007
A quick and easy way to enjoy mint-chocolate coffee!
My sister-in-law makes these, and they sell them at school events to raise money for the parochial school where her son is enrolled. She says they "sell like hotcakes." Suggested price: 2 for $1. If you want to make gifts for people for birthda...
Regional Cuisine: As American As Apple Pie
By Samuel Murray - 2/2/2007
We love baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet ? or so an old ad for Chevrolet tells us. Apple pie is as American as? well.. apple pie. If baseball is the All-American sport, then apple pie is the all-American dessert. And while the internet and book stores have spread the recipes far and wide,...
Enjoy Colorado Wines
By Jim Bruce - 1/30/2007
Announcing! One of the Best Kept Secrets in the World of Wine...
Do you remember hearing that the best wines are now coming from California?
Forget everything you`ve heard about California wine and listen, on my
summer vacation I discovered one of the best wine growing areas in the
Uni...
Excellent References Can Be the Clincher
By Linda Matias - 1/29/2007
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me." This childhood chant is familiar to many. It is probably the most famous comeback line in playgrounds across the country. But does this jingle have merit outside of the playground? In the real world, does it matter what others thin...
What Wine Really Is (Just In Case You Thought You Knew)
By Neil Best - 1/27/2007
Although millions of people across the globe enjoy wine, very few of them know exactly what it is about a particular wine that they enjoy. By understanding each of the different components of wine, you can quickly establish the parts you prefer, and therefore choose your next bottle with more confid...
Specialty Gourmet Coffee
By Gary Gresham - 1/26/2007
Specialty gourmet coffee is a very hot commodity in today`s market. The consumption of gourmet coffee has steadily grown with consumers enjoying the more sophisticated tastes of gourmet coffee beans.
Specialty gourmet coffee, sometimes called premium coffee, is exceptional coffee beans grown only...
Serving Wine
By Tynan Szvetecz - 1/26/2007
Serving Temperatures
The flavors of both red and white wines fall apart if they are too warm. It is advisable to chill your reds in the fridge for about twenty minutes before serving them, and whites can generally be left in the fridge altogether. When in doubt, it`s better to serve the wine colde...
Thicken That Sauce!
By Michael Sheridan - 1/22/2007
With most sauces and nearly all types of gravy you will need to use a thickening agent at some stage. This may be one of any number of things.
The most commonly used are starches of some kind, because they all have the quality of swelling up in any liquid to which they are introduced. But it?s i...
Summer Basil Pasta Salad
By Bek Davis - 1/22/2007
With the long hot days of summer, you will find that you will need something lighter than a T-bone steak.
If you are seeking a fresh and light pasta salad, then you will need to serve this at your next gathering.
Summer Basil Pasta Salad
Recipe:
16 oz. box Whole Wheat pasta, find a fun shape...
Kosher Food Popular With Health Conscious Of All Faiths
By Miklos Margaretten - 1/20/2007
Until recently, it was close to impossible for the kosher or health conscious traveler to keep his religious or healthy meals while in transit. Now developments in the kosher food industry are making this challenge much easier.
The health conscious and dieters are finding Kosher food is better fo...
Low-Carb Pastry Pizzazz
By Jan Nicholas - 1/20/2007
This delicious treat adds only 1.9 grams of carb for a Superb Roll of any size. Just add a glaze to the rolls once they are baked. While the rolls are baking, make ½ or ¼ of the below mentioned glaze. Apply the glaze thinly with a pastry brush to the tops of the hot rolls. It will set within minutes...
Wine Storage - Hints And Tips
By David Roberts - 1/19/2007
Few wine lovers are lucky enough to possess perfect purpose built, cavernous, subterranean cellars. Many of us have imperfect storage arrangements for our wine, but it is important to understand how to protect wine from damaging conditions so that we can make the most of the wine storage facilities ...
A Beginners Guide to Chinese Cookery
By Liz Canham - 1/19/2007
Introduction
When I first ate Chinese food in the UK in the 1970s, it was really quite unappealing. Everything came in a gloopy sauce and seemed to taste the same, due to the overuse of monosodium glutamate, supposedly a flavour enhancer but in reality, nothing of the kind. Then in the 1980s a n...
Coffee Storage
By Gary Gresham - 1/18/2007
Proper coffee storage makes a lot of difference in how your coffee tastes once you go to use it. Here are a few tips for storing coffee beans and ground coffee to keep your coffee tasting as good as possible.
For roasted whole bean coffee storage use an airtight ceramic canister that blocks light....
What is Fair Trade Coffee and Why Should We Buy It?
By Serge Letaset - 2/14/2006
Today`s society is very familiar with fair trade coffee, yet it is unclear whether the true meaning behind the economic, environmental and social impact of purchasing and drinking it is understood. In order to comprehend the full impact fair trade coffee has on our society, one must learn what...
Save Time in the Kitchen. Cook Pasta the way Restaurant Chefs Do
By Skip Lombardi - 2/8/2006
Have you ever wondered how a restaurant can get a dish of pasta to your table in about four minutes when you know it takes ten minutes just to cook the pasta? Does the water on their stoves boil at a higher temperature than the water on yours? Do they know a trick that you don`t? As a matter of fact...
Tempranillo?s Role As A New Varietal Wine In Australia
By Darby Higgs - 2/7/2006
Tempranillo is the premium red wine grape variety from the Rioja region in Spain. It is now challenging Sangiovese as the up and coming star of the red varietal wine scene in Australia.
New plantings throughout Australian wine regions over the past five years are just coming into bearing. In fact ...
The True Hystory of Tiramisu`
By Anna Maria Volpi - 2/2/2006
Open an old Italian cookbook, browse through the index and? surprise! No Tiramisu?. My first encounter with Tiramisu? was in 1985. I was in Italy at that time: A friend of mine told me about this new recipe she got. She was so enthusiastic about it that I felt compelled to try it immediately. The ta...
Sandwich Rolls
By News Canada - 2/1/2006
2 3/4 cups (675 ml) Five Roses All Purpose White Flour or Never Bleached, or with Wheat Bran
1 tbsp (15 ml) sugar
1 tsp (5 ml) salt
1 tbsp (15 ml) Instant yeast
1 cup (250 ml) water
1 tbsp (15 ml) olive oil
1 beaten egg
Reserve 1/2 cup (125 ml) flour. Mix remaining flour, sugar, salt a...
Rowan Jelly (Mountain Ash - Pyrus aucuparia)
By Simon Mitchell - 1/18/2006
Sharp and sour but sweet and succulent all at the same time, this traditional accompanyment to cold meat is bursting with flavour, and folklore !
‘Rowan tree and red thread - have the witches all in dread’
On May eve Rowan crosses used to be worn in UK and were sometimes fastened to ...
Chocolate Cookie Buttons
By News Canada - 1/31/2005
1/2 cup (125 ml) butter, softened
1/2 cup (125 ml) dark brown sugar
1/3 cup (75 ml) granulated sugar
1 egg
4 squares Semi-Sweet Chocolate, chopped
1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
1 -3/4 cup (425 ml) Five Roses All Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp (2 ml) baking soda
1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt
Coating:
12 squa...
White Chocolate Carousel Cake
By News Canada - 1/31/2005
Cake:
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
- 1-1/4 cups (300 ml) Five Roses All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup (250 ml) granulated sugar
- 2 tsp (10 ml) baking powder
- 1/2 tsp (2 ml) salt
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) milk
Mousse:
The Perfect Complement
By News Canada - 1/31/2005
(NC)?The origin of onion soup is rooted in two legends. The first story credits its origin with King Louis XV of France who returned late one night to his hunting lodge, and all that was on hand were onions, butter and champagne. He mixed them together and created the first French Onion Soup. Anothe...
Honey Dijon Glazed Ribs
By News Canada - 1/26/2005
Makes 4 Servings
3-4 pounds pork back ribs
1 cooking onion (chopped)
1/4 cup Maille Red Wine Vinegar
1 stalk celery (chopped)
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. peppercorns
Maille Honey Dijon Mustard
Place ribs in a large pot and add onion, vinegar, celery, bay leaf, peppercorns and enough water to c...
English Muffin Crab "Au Gratin"
By News Canada - 1/23/2005
Perfect for lunch or brunch
4 English muffins, halved
1/2 cup (120ml) Summersweet Crab and Three Cheese Dip
fine bread crumbs
parmesan cheese, freshly grated
Green onions, finely diced for garnish
Preheat the oven to 325F (170C). Arrange the English muffin halves on a baking sheet. Sprea...
Southern Mama
By News Canada - 1/23/2005
Ingredients and Preparation
2 cups (500 mL) cold milk
1 medium-size ripe banana, peeled and quartered
1/2 cup (125 mL) frozen orange juice concentrate
(or more to taste)
Blend ingredients together on high speed until smooth and frothy. Pour into wine glasses and enjoy!
Here`s what you ge...
Holiday Recipe: Filled Cookies
By LeAnn R. Ralph - 1/21/2005
From the book: Christmas In Dairyland (True Stories From a Wisconsin Farm)
When I was a kid growing up on our dairy farm in Wisconsin 40 years ago, cookies with a date filling were my dad`s favorite kind. Here is the recipe.
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine (softened)
- 3/4 cup shorten...
Chicken Korma
By News Canada - 1/17/2005
(NC)?The Royal chefs of the great Moghul Emperors made an enormous contribution to the richness of the celebrated Northern Indian cuisine, using cooking techniques which were mainly similar to those of the western world but raising them to new heights with their exquisite blends of spices and herbs....
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