French Sea Salt – The New Super Condiment

If you enjoy cooking and reading recipes, you have probably been hearing about fleur de sel and celtic salt. These French sea salts may be the latest gourmet craze, but they have been popular in France for hundreds of years. Their briny taste is like a kiss from the ocean and truly is a tasty alternative to regular table salt, which you may find burning and bitter after tasting these lovely products.

Using Venison

Using Venison- The Basics. When we were first given Venison, I was not sure what to do with it, so we started out making Venison Jerky in the dehydrator, using ground venison, mashed flat, cut into strips. These were a HUGE hit. We added a small amount of the venison jerky to our “goodies gift baskets” at Christmas and folks loved it.

The French Love Lentils – Why Not You?

You will find lots of recipes from France that use lentils, everything ranging from crisp salads with warm lentils and creamy goat cheese to hearty lentil stew, rich with ham and sausage. Learn about lentil nutrition and why you should be eating more, as well as what varieties are available and some delicious French ideas on how to serve them.

The Art of Receiving and Giving Tips

Depending on where you work, receiving tips is sometimes quite difficult to achieve. Often, establishments pay waiters and bar staff lower wages based on the assumption that they will gain tips. As a customer therefore, although it is a responsibility to give tips as these employees are reliant on you.

Shocking! How Do Pharmaceutical Drugs Get in Drinking Water?

Our water supply seems to be under a continual onslaught from different contaminants, chemicals, pesticides and a myriad of other sources. So, to cap it there now seems another candidate to add to the list.

Wedding Catering – Important Considerations For Your Big Day

If you are a recently engaged couple you know that you will need to do a lot of wedding planning. You may have already selected the date but you still have much to accomplish. Examples of the things you need to consider are the guest list, clothes, colors, location, and catering options. You still have many decisions to make.

7 Steps to Organic Certification

You’ve done your homework on the requirements of labeling product organic and have decided on a certification agency. Now what? Each certification agency handles the certification process a little differently then the next, however, the basic steps are similar between all US certifiers.

Getting Started With Raw Foods

Raw food diets can be a great way to lose weight plus move you towards a healthier, natural lifestyle at the same time. Some folks will say eating raw is strange and it may feel like that at first. If you can arm yourself with some good information you can make a go out of eating raw. First off, start slowly and think about the benefits of a raw foods diet.

Organic Grocers – The Organic Food Shopping Experience

Would you believe that there was once a time when a person could go to their neighborhood grocery store and be 100% guaranteed that any item from the produce section was not only good for them but fresh and harmless? A time when people would convert to vegetarianism only because they were against the harm of innocent animals for human consumption?

Agas Go Green

The essential old fashioned traditional style oven for the British kitchen is attempting to become more environmentally friendly. Over 300,000 UK households currently own an Aga with celebrities such as Jilly Cooper, Sean Connery and David Cameron all being owners.