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Some people don’t know how to bake an egg on a sunday morning. Others easily prepare a dinner for ten without blinking. Most people are somewhere in between. For them, it might be useful to take a look at the next list: a top 10 of world’s best selling cookbooks of all time
Wine is one of the gifts of life. One or two glasses a day helps your interior system stay in good shape. Not to mention the mental and social benefits wine has to offer. It’s not necessary to drink expensive wines. Worldwide there are many winemakers who make reasonable wines for affordable prices. Some wines [...]
Bananas. Don’t we just love this easy to peel, happy piece of fruit? Perhaps the most edible fruit from cradle to grave, as chances are fairly high that your first chewings were on a banana. The banana averages 125 grams and is stuffed with vitamines and minerals. Bananas don’t care about being transported. Picked green, [...]
A cool beer can make one truly happy. Whether it’s daytime in the sun, or at night in a club, beer is a virtue. Especially when it’s well drawn. The price of a pint however may vary a lot between countries. If you like beer more than a good vacation, then consider our next top [...]
Alcohol. Love it, hate it, drink it. Beer normally contains 4 – 6% abv (alcohol by volume). The alcohol content of most wines varies between 12% and 14,5%. Fortified wines are ‘fortified’ by adding distilled spirit up to levels of about 20% abv. Stronger drinks, such as whisky, gin, rum, wodka, many liquors are distilled [...]
Our next top 10 list is hot. Very, very hot. Many people like their food little spiced. And nature offers a wide range of interesting peppers that spices your food. However, hot is not hot enough for some and that’s why some pepper growers create hybrid peppers that burn your mouth instantly. Wilbur Scoville created [...]
There are chefs who approach cooking like Bach approached composing music. It starts with a vision. It’s served like a painting. And it excites your tongue, your nose, your senses in minute details. These chefs work out their unique magic daily in world’s best restaurants. Have you ever wondered why these restaurants are the best? [...]
Pacman probably is one of the healthiest characters the gaming world has ever seen. Every next level he earned a bonus in the form of fruit. It kept him going for a while. If you want to improve your health, consider eating fruit. All fruits are healthy, but some are healthier than others in terms [...]
Talking about wine! Every wine producing country has its own climate and often its own rules concerning maximum allowed quantity per hectare. And growing grapes doesn’t automatically imply that a grower is producing wine. Think of the juicy table grapes. The list of countries with the biggest vineyard area (in hectares or ha) differs from the list [...]
Approximately 10.000 years ago our Chinese and Georgian ancestors discovered the beneficial effects of the vitis vinifera or wine grape. Collect the grapes, let them ferment, drink the result and you’ll be happy. No wonder that what we now call wine is of all ages. Over time grapes were grown almost everywhere between the 30th and [...]
