Food & Cooking News

You’ve probably heard a lot about canola oil in recent times, both good and bad. Most of the bad news doesn’t have much solid scientific footing. On the other hand, the many health benefits of this oil are well-studied. As for whether the oil will turn your food brown, yes, […]

For a long time it has been believed that the effects of global warming on agriculture and food supply is going to be a positive one. This is because the rising level of carbon-dioxide resulted for climate change will help the greeneries for photosynthesis. Thus there will be a rise […]

This recipe goes back many years with us. In 1974 when we first moved to the California Central Coast, Julia Child had a T.V. show called “Julia Child’s Kitchen.” Larry and I started watching it and feel she was the first person to really get us started on the road […]

News reports and mainstream media reports about pathogens and harmful bacteria almost on a daily basis. It is easy to think that all bacterias are bad for your health. The truth is, there are certain classes of bacteria that are good for you, they are also called probiotic or “for […]

Hotels and restaurants produce a large amount of recyclable waste material. They also require more specialized waste containers and rollout carts. The most common type of waste includes organic waste (prepared food and its ingredients), plastic, glass, metal, paper and cardboard which can be managed using a variety of Rubbermaid […]

I was in the navy for 8 years, and I’ve had food from navy destroyers, aircraft carriers, submarine tenders, and shore duty galleys. When a ship is in port, it always had plenty of fresh food on board. Right before a ship pulls out to sea, it is replenished with […]

I was at Singapore Expo this (Saturday) afternoon with my wife, visiting the National Library Book sale. There was thousands and thousands of books and hundreds of avid book lovers thronging the exhibition hall. Many were tugging bags and trolleys of these books, each selling at just $2 to $5. […]

Several years ago, there were only a handful of vegan cookbooks. Today, there are dozens, and I recently learned there are 200 new vegan cookbooks on the way! Great news, unless you are deciding which cookbook to add to your library. Fortunately for me, I did not have to choose, […]

Living this conflicting era is a challenge. With news broadcasts telling us that pollinators are declining, the availability of food is threatened, budgets are getting tighter while prices of food climb and all the while experts tell us obtain nutrition from food. Getting the most out of the budget we […]