Secret recipes from restaurants

Archive for May, 2009

One recent finding in studying the vast range of aromas and flavors profiles within coffee brews is that fungi may be the secret to great coffee. The research showed that it was mold that gave coffee a special range of certain aromas and flavor profiles.

Humans have been eating meat and animal products for many millennia, ever since evolution began and they evolved from apes. Vegetarianism on the other hand is a few thousand years old, and Veganism is just a few decades old and is an extreme form or subset of vegetarianism, where all animal products are avoided.

Mushrooms are justifiably one of the best loved ingredients in the world. Here is a tasty mushroom and walnut recipe you can cook for your family or dinner guests.

Chicken is justifiably one of the most popular meats throughout the whole world. Here is a tasty chicken recipe you can cook for your family or dinner guests.

A simple “no-cook” recipe for a rich, full flavoured, chocolate ice-cream that can be easily made at home. An ice-cream maker is recommended, but is not essential.

Ever planned out weekly dinner menus that looked delicious but on the day you were supposed to cook one of those menu items you just honestly didn’t want to cook it

Happens all the time, doesn’t it

Thin cut steak or steak marked down in the meat department If it is thicker you can cook it and cut it in strips on an angle

The Frappuccino is one of the best selling drinks in the world Now you can make this Starbucks favorite at home and save yourself time and money

Christmas usually means spending more time in the kitchen It is the time where we prepare the traditional feast and bring out our recipe books to try out new dishes

All good cooks know that to end with a great dish, you need to start with great ingredients. Quality of chai also depends on the type of tea used. You need a tea that makes a strong brew that is not easily over-powered by the flavor of the spices. Commonly used teas of make chai are Assam tea, Darjeeling tea, and English Breakfast tea.