I subscribed to Gourment magazine for about 20 years, always looking forward to the next delicious issue arriving in my mailbox. I loved the literary articles, by reporters I got to recognize like old friends, the mouthwatering photography, and the wealth of information I needed to turn out gourmet meals. I loved having a seemingly endless supply of fail proof [...]
Ever wonder how a cow can survive, get fat and produce milk on a diet of grass? A cow’s specialized stomach with 4 compartments can digest the cellulose in plants and use those nutrients. Unfortunately, we humans aren’t able to digest cellulose. Cellulose is just sugar molecules linked together, but we cannot break the type of bond in [...]
I have been eating a lot of poached eggs lately, thanks to a fantastic little cooking gadget, the egg poaching pod. It is a green silicone pod that floats in a shallow pan of water. You oil the pod lightly, drop an egg into the pod, put a lid on the pan, and [...]
Theobroma Cacao  is one of the richest and most seductive tastes we can find. It represents luxury, love, sex and guilty pleasure. We feel like we are addicted to chocolate, even though there are no addictive chemicals there. If chocolate tastes so good, it must be bad for you, right? Well, maybe not. [...]
You can enjoy a sinfully delicious chocolate cake this Valentines Day, even if you are on a gluten-free diet.
Who needs to follow a gluten-free diet?
If you have celiac disease you are probably following a gluten-free diet. Celiac disease is a condition where your immune system reacts against gluten in the small intestine, causing [...]
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