Seeing where our food comes from is a great way to better understand our food, not just the science, but the whole supply chain that starts long before it comes in a factory, supermarket or on our plate. Seeing how animals live especially is something I’m interested in (although I …
Sometimes even the most fanatic scientist doesn’t want to do science, but just enjoy something. Whether it’s a view of the sky, snow flakes falling down or, in this case, eating good food. This morning I was in baking mode again, besides making apple pie, cinnamon rolls and eating bread …
“No, but vegetarian chicken is made from soy and soy comes from far thus is worse than a chicken produced 50 km from here. But, that chicken has to eat plants (maybe soy) before growing into a chicken, so getting the food to the chicken is just as bad as …
Any time I’m cooking, or baking I think about my recipes and why I have to do what I do. So, when unwrapping a pack of meat before cooking I noticed all the different colours of this formerly red piece of meat. I saw brown, purplish and red/pink! Was anything going …
Have a guess at what’s on the photo above this post. Looks like chicken to you? It is chicken, but, there’s a loophole here, it’s vegetarian chicken… Most of us know: we should eat less meat. Whereas I don’t have any problems eating vegetarian regularly, not everyone in our household …
When visiting Great Britain, there are a few things you should try: an afternoon tea (with scones and clotted cream), fish and chips and, of course, an English breakfast. Although I do have to admit, I am not a fan of English breakfasts and tend to choose something else instead. …
Winter time is the time for big hearty soups. One of my favorites is a good brown bean soup, using a recipe I got from my mom. Its a fairly simple recipe and uses a pack of dry mix oxtail soup for flavour together with beans, veggies and meat balls. However, one …
Ever experienced buying a nice looking piece of meat and after baking it in a frying pan for a little while, finding out that it’s dry and tough? I have for sure, and it’s probably due to the fact that you bought the wrong type of meat. In this post I’ll …
