Spices have been valued throughout history not only for religious ceremonies and medicine, but also for culinary purposes. Spices are parts of plants that are densely loaded with flavor and aromas. Spices are derived from the stems, roots, fruit, seeds, and flowers. Science has studied and investigated that these flavors and aromas are compounds or
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Research involving cane sugar at the University of California-San Francisco reports that sugar is essentially a toxin that causes all sorts of lifestyle diseases, including hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and even cancer. Sugar is just about in every day foods bought. Such as bread, low-fat yogurt, soy milk, bbq sauce, tomato sauce, chocolate milk, cereals,
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To think about cooking as purely functional would be to look at just one aspect of it. When in fact there are several reasons why we cook. Cooking makes food more edible and in doing so cuts down on the time it takes to digest it. Some foods we can eat raw, but there are
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Fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet, and variety is as important as how many servings you eat every day. No single fruit or vegetable will provide all of the nutrients you need to maintain a healthy body. A diet filled with plenty of different fruits and vegetables can help to
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Tarragon is a culinary herb that is described as an herb with glossy skinny leaves and an aromatic flavor similar to fennel and anise. Fresh tarragon has an intense flavor over dried tarragon as the oils evaporate during the drying process. The most common type found in markets and used in cooking is the French
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