Georges Auguste Escoffier (French: 28 October 1846 – 12 February 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. Much of Escoffier’s technique was based on that of Marie-Antoine Carême, one of the codifiers of French haute cuisine, but Escoffier’s achievement was to simplify and modernize Carême’s elaborate and ornate style. In particular, he codified […]
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Mexican Cuisine and the Amazing Avocado
Chapultepec Castle on top of Chapultepec Hill One upon a time I was in Mexico City, in and area of the city called Zona Rosa, where they wash and sweep the sidewalks in the morning and you can find the most charming boutiques, cafes, and restaurants. By asking around and getting good advice, I found […]
Apple Cider Vinegar, Peyote and Carlos Castaneda
Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem. 1150 Just had my evening shot of Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar and remembered the time I ate peyote buttons, in the very north of British Columbia, in the middle of winter. (Bragg is not a sponsor). The fur on the buttons you see, on the outside of the Astrophytum asterias cactus […]
Sushi, Sashimi and Tempura with Love from Japan
A culture so awesome that even it’s food is renowned worldwide and loved by Sushi enthusiasts in any great food city, in every place with any restaurant culture, there’s always a spot to find the most distinctive cuisine on the planet, the unique tastes of Sushi, Sashimi and Tempura. Vancouver, Canada is an Asian foodie […]
Tomato is More Proof that God Wanted us to be happy
How many wonderful meals have tomato involved? In what ethnic cuisine is there no tomato involved? How many ways do we love the tomato? In places like Spain they worship this unique fruit vegetable. Greeks had embraced the red beauty too, it’s been central on the plates of Rome My early memory of the red […]
Middle Eastern Cuisine Rocks the GOAT
Middle Eastern Cuisine can be discovered at the many Middle Eastern Restaurants in Vancouver. Learning how to prepare these dishes is my endeavour here with this post, as I’ve often stated that if I had to choose one cuisine from around the world to be my permanent choice, it would be Middle Eastern Cuisine. Meze […]
The 5 Mother Sauces of French Cuisine
Duck Fillet – Annie Smithers Bistrot Food, oh wonderful food, the last great escape of indulgence. In this episode of this insane blog, we’ll move away from Rome and Costa Rica and take a moment to appreciate of the great food cultures and the genesis of the most delectable dishes known to mankind, the recipes […]
What is it about Turmeric?
A variety of Turmeric Flower found in Maharashtra, India. Turmeric or “Indian Saffron” is one of the most commonly used spice in India – a key flavouring ingredient in any Indian cuisine. Recently I saw a documentary on web workers who travel the world, called something like Cyber Nomads and there was one young man […]
Clean Water Production, Storage and Consumption
Starting on January 1, 2019 I began buying filtered water and storing in glass water storage bottles and looking at my future of water filtration and storage systems. This page and section is another of those sort of sticky notes to self, to aggregate more data about alternative water filtration technology and ideas for the […]
Superfoods and Medium Chain Triglycerides
A blueberry can be defined as a “superfood” however that’s not it alone, the idea is to extract the raw energy fluids from organically grown food and combine them into a concoction that maximizes the benefits of each and every ingredient, boost absorption by ingesting MCT oils that have been derived from natural sources, then […]
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