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Catnip, More Than Just For Cats?Of Course!

Catnip is the common name for a perennial herb of the mint family. Catnip is native to Europe and is imported into the United States. In North America it is a common and widespread weed.
Catnip, is the common name for a perennial herb of the mint family. Catnip is native to Europe and is […]

Joining A Wine Of The Month Club

Wine of the month clubs are organizations that specialize in finding the best wine available in the world. One of the really nice things about wine of the month clubs is that you can get different wines sent to you, and the work is done to find the best wines and interesting wines that […]

How To Taste Wine

Wine tasting is a technique that takes some practice and skill to master. Obviously, wine tasting is the most important activity that goes along with writing a wine review and scoring a wine. That being said, wine tasting is something that you can learn, and something that you can everyone can do.
Wine tasting starts […]

The Good And The Bad Of Microwave Cooking

A magnetron in a microwave oven generates electromagnetic waves of very high frequency and very short wavelength, hence the name microwave.
When food and similar substances are subjected to microwaves, they absorb energy and heat very quickly.
The actual heating takes place by molecular friction within the food itself. This is why […]

Would You Eat At This Restaurant?

Residents of Ontario Canada have had a slew of bad news recently relating to food quality. The biggest story concerned the listeriosis contamination at the Maple Leaf processing plant in Toronto. According to CBC News, as of September 5, 2008 “13 deaths are directly linked to listeriosis found in meat from the Toronto […]

Rock Your Bottled Water With Flavorful Additives

We all know what is up when it comes to the craze sweeping the land about drinking plenty of water each and everyday. For years many of us have totally ignored the fact that we were not drinking nearly enough on a daily basis and we are trying to do something about, at least some […]