If you think cooking involves opening the refrigerator
and putting the frozen diner inside the microwave, you
are wrong. It involves far more than you think and if
you want to improve your cooking, you will take this
to heart. It requires a lot of preparation, testing,
cutting and tasting. And in some cases, even the
washing after you are done with making the perfect
dish.

In short, cooking is not easy. Ask any chef or you
mom; or better yet why not try yourself? You will soon
find out that making a dish is not some simple task
that involves … read more

Cooking is already hard as it is without having to
deal with defective cooking materials and equipment.
Besides, not only will you slow down the cooking
process when you buy substandard materials, you will
also put your family and your house at risk of fire
and other injuries that defective appliances and
cooking materials may cause.

Good cooking equipment need not be expensive. Just as
the ingredients that you use for your meals, cooking
materials should not be the top of the line. You can
make do with the cheaper versions as long as you make
sure that the quality is … read more

Have you heard of fruit juice cordial can cure diarrhoea? I read an article some years ago that a team of research scientists has made a chance discovery that fruit cordial will convert bacteria-contaminated water into safe drinking water.

The scientists have found that ordinary fruit juice, bought in the supermarkets or grocery store will kill vibrio-cholerae bacteria, salmonenlla and E-coli bacteria.
They stumbled on the killing effect of cordial while testing cordials to see whether they would grow bacteria causing intestinal infections. They found the revese. Vibrio-cholerae bacteria cause cholera which is the most devastating disease. Salmonnella and E-coli are … read more

With the stomach and other digestive organs in a state of perfect health, one is entirely unconscious of their existence, save when of feeling of hunger calls attention to the fact that food is required, or satiety warns us that a sufficient amount or too much has been eaten. Perfect digestion can only be maintained by careful observance of the rules of health in regard to habits of eating.

On the subject of Hygiene of Digestion, we quote a few paragraphs from Dr. Kellogg’s work on Physiology, in which is given a concise summary of the more important points relating … read more

It is a mistake to suppose that any room, however small and unpleasantly situated, is “good enough” for a kitchen. This is the room where housekeepers pass a great portion of their time, and it should be one of the brightest and most convenient rooms in the house; for upon the results of no other department depend so greatly the health and comfort of the family as upon those involved in this ‘household workshop’.

Every kitchen should have windows on two sides of the room, and the sun should have free entrance through them; the windows should open from the … read more

Macaroni is a product of wheat prepared from a hard, clean, glutenous grain. The grain is ground into a meal called semolina, from which the bran is excluded. This is made into a tasty dough by mixing with hot water in the proportion of two thirds semolina to one third water. The dough after being thoroughly mixed is put into a shallow vat and kneaded and rolled by machinery. When well rolled, it is made to assume varying shapes by being forced by a powerful plunger through the perforated head of strong steel or iron cylinders arranged above a fire, … read more