Would You Eat Freeze Dried Bugs?
Once you leave the Earth’s atmosphere, some relatively simple tasks, like eating, can get a little complicated. “No one delivers pizza in space. It’s sad but true. If you want to grow up to be an astronaut someday, don’t do it for the fancy meals!” Wonderopolis advises. Unfortunately, pizza delivery is still a no-go. There are plenty of food options — with some of them just getting plain weird — for astronauts to enjoy, and those options are only growing.
Are Freeze Dried Bugs Really A Thing?
You’re reading that correctly. One of the latest fads in freeze dried foods is actually freeze dried bugs. (Yum! …But not really.) Experts, including Continue Reading
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Good News Chocolate is Vegan
There’s a type of chocolate for everyone, and those who disagree are clearly lying. In 1842, the English graciously blessed the world with first chocolate bar, made by the famous Cadbury chocolate company. From there, the chocolate industry has generated roughly $895 million in annual revenue — and that’s just in the U.S.
Types of Chocolate There are three types of chocolate: Dark, milk, and white.
Dark chocolate is produced by adding fat and sugar to cocoa, yet generally no milk is added. This type of chocolate can be semisweet (frequently used for cooking) and bittersweet (this is unsweetened cocoa, also called chocolate liquor).
Milk chocolate is solid chocolate made with milk, either liquid or condensed. Milk chocolate was first invented by a German company in 1839.
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How to Tell the Best Sushi Restaurants from the Worst
Sushi bars and restaurants have become some of the most successful restaurants in the United States. Offering some of the world’s top cuisine, sushi joints now number above 4,000, according to the most recent statistics from IBIS World. While it is undoubtedly a good thing that local sushi restaurants have become so ubiquitous, their prevalence makes it extremely difficult to tell the best sushi restaurants apart from the rest. If you’re inundated by what appear to be fine sushi restaurants all around you, here are three ways you’ll know if your local restaurants are deserving of Continue Reading
Planning to Make Pastel de Tres Leches for the First Time?
Of all Hispanic foods, postres are undoubtedly among the most recognizable. From flan to rice pudding, Hispanic desserts, particularly those from Mexico, have spread into the United States and across the world, verily becoming part of local cuisines. One look at these classic recetas de postres and it’s not terribly hard to see why they’re so popular.
Of course, no discussion of Mexican desserts would be complete without mentioning pastel de tres leches, or three milk cake. As Pati’s Mexican Table, a popular foodie website writes, tres leches cake recipes make for the most popular dessertsContinue Reading
Cut Prep Time with Quality Knives
What every kitchen needs is a great set of knives. It doesn’t matter if you’re an amateur or a professional — good knives are essentials for the kitchen to make your slicing, dicing, mincing, and chopping much more efficient.
Knives are an essential part of home baking supplies. It doesn’t matter if you’re cutting nuts, berries, chocolate, or any other delicious baking ingredient, your specialty baking supplies arsenal should include a quality knife because a good knife can cut your preparation time considerably.
When you’re looking for a knife there are a number of things you need to think about including what you intend to do wit Continue Reading
Hungry? Why Not Have Some Salsa?
When it comes to parties, picnics, or even just a quick snack at home, one thing is certain: everyone loves chips and salsa. Whether you prefer a classic mild salsa dip or like to mix things up with spicy or pico de gallo salsa dips, this easy staple is always tasty and leaves you coming back for more. But did you know that there are recipes using salsa that go far beyond a bag of corn chips? Or that the amount of fresh salsa calories in a typical container is very low?
Because salsa is primarily made from vegetables like tomatoes, onions, and peppers, as well as spices, vinegar, and other simple ingredients, salsa nutrition is low in unhealthy fats and calories. It is easy to make or find in a local store, and is much less unhealthy than other dips that may be full of cream, cheese, or other fatte Continue Reading
Finding Perfect Date Restaurants
Looking for good restaurants for dates? In the mood for good craft beers? Those do not have to be mutually exclusive searches. In fact, you can find the perfect craft beer pubs near you for a great night on the town. Before you get too far into the process, you need to do a little preliminary research to find the perfect match.
Sometimes finding restaurants in your area comes down to talking with friends and colleagues about their recommendations, especially if they share similar tastes as you and your date. As you look at various options for craft beer restaurants, you might also want to consider looking at different online reviews. Frequently you can find comments and feedback from other di Continue Reading
Why You Should Eat Out at a Family Diner
When your schedule is hectic, it can be difficult to make time to cook meals, much less conserve the energy to prepare them. Between work, community gatherings, taking your kids to school, and transporting them to various activities, you simply don’t have a lot of time for anytime, and it can seem like a waste of what little you do have to run home and try to cook something that will please everyone. After all, what do you do when half of your family wants breakfast for dinner, but your spouse wants chicken? Sometimes, it may seem like your only option is to eat out at local restaurants.
This reasoning is becoming more and more common as the average American becomes busier an Continue Reading
Avoid a Bad Wedding Cake Experience With These Three Tips
“It is such a happiness when good people get together– and they always do,” Jane Austen once wrote. If you’re starting the formidable task of planning a wedding, it’s worth remembering that you’ve already gotten the hard part out of the way — you’ve found that special someone! Although planning can be stressful, it’s worth remembering that people are there to celebrate you, not the complementary shades of tablecloth or the perfectly arranged centerpieces.
One fun part of wedding planning is getting the cake. Custom made cakes are fairly standard for weddings these days — since the cakes are large and personalized, you probably don’t want to buy them at the grocery store. That said, the Continue Reading