Gourmet Food Selections

If This Was Your Work Experience And Hobbies What Home Based Business Would You Start.?

ebiz — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:14:06 +0000

first my hobbies include gardeining,cooking,reading, painting,and crafting. my work experience is many years of gourmet cooking and voc ed food service course…so that being all said.. i would like ideas on good reputable home based business i could start with little start up costs..all assistance here would be so greatly appreciated…

Flexitarianism: Can You Be A Part-time Vegetarian?

ebiz — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:41:55 +0000

I found this article at http://www.newsweek.com/id/161559/page/1
I’ve added my thoughts and opinions into the article so when you see UPPERCASE words in (parenthesis), thats me talking.
Post your comments about the article
For the last 15 years, Dawn Jackson Blatner has been what’s now called a “flexitarian” or “almost vegetarian.” (CAN YOU SAY OXYMORON?) She eats lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts, barbecued tempeh and veggie burgers with guacamole. But she sometimes indulges in a pork chop or her grandma’s pot roast.
It might seem like being a vegetarian of convenience isn’t particularly inspiring, but a growing number of experts and even some famous foodies are fans. They say that cutting back on meat, rather than abstaining completely, may be a practical compromise that benefits our bodies and our environment.
“It gives you the health benefits of a vegetarian diet without having to follow the strict rules,” (WHY IS IT CONCIDERED STRICKED? YOU CAN EAT JUST BOUT EVERYTHING YOU WANT. EVER HEARD OF MEATLESS MEATS PPL!?!?!) says Blatner, a registered dietitian and author of “The Flexitarian Diet: The Mostly Vegetarian Way to Lose Weight, Be Healthier, Prevent Disease, and Add Years to Your Life” (McGraw-Hill, October 2008). “We know that people live longer and live healthier when they eat vegetarian, but it’s just too darn hard to do it 100 percent of the time.”
Even gourmet food writers, used to nightly courses of filets and pates, are advocating the eat-less-meat movement. In January, Mark Bittman, author of “How to Cook Everything” (Wiley, 1998), is coming out with new book called “Food Matters,” (Simon & Schuster) about how our diet affects global warming and “globesity” (global obesity). Bittman has been very critical of what he calls America’s “meat guzzling” tendencies. “I am an advocate of what I like to think of as a much saner diet—a largely plant-based diet,” he says. A meat-based diet is, he says, “not even close to sustainable.” Last year, Bittman published “How to Cook Everything Vegetarian,” (Wiley, 2007), though he is not a vegetarian himself.
Bittman notes that Americans eat about 200 pounds of meat, poultry and fish a year—twice as much as the global average (YUCK!). He argues that not only is a heavily vegetable diet healthier for us physically, but that it’s also true that the industrial production and processing of grain-fed livestock consumes a huge amount energy and has a negative impact on the environment (NEGATIVE IMPACT!!!).
It’s unclear how many people are official “flexitarian” converts, but nutritionists believe there are a growing number of people who are simply eating fewer meat entrees whether it’s for health, or economic reasons or because there are more good meatless dishes on offer. Think how many Americans regularly eat peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches, pasta, bean burritos and cheese pizzas as their main courses, says Blatner. “I do feel like that is a shocking thing, when you think about how much vegetarian food we eat without even trying.” (THIS IS THE SAME GUY WHO SAID VEGETARIANISM WAS STRICT?!?!)
And while only 2 to 3 percent of Americans are traditional vegetarians, who shun anything that ever had a face, according to the Vegetarian Resource Group, vegetarian foods have become increasingly popular among non-vegetarians. “If you look around at every regular, mainstream grocery store, you have soy milk right next to regular milk, you have veggie burgers in the frozen section, and tubs of tofu sitting there in the produce section,” says Blatner. She suggests that many of those who buy these products may be flextitarians and not even realize it. Even dedicated vegetarians say they are somewhat flexible. A 2003 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that two out of three vegetarians say they can’t stick to a pure veggie diet all the time (DO YOU THINK THIS IS TRUE?).
Some vegetarian advocates hope that a movement that begins with eating less meat might lead to more people embracing a no-meat, no-fish and no-fowl lifestyle. Vegetarian Resource Group co-director Charles Stahler, calls it a “step in the right direction.” It should also inspire even more restaurants to create veggie options, and more people to realize that it’s “easy to be a vegetarian,” he says. In fact, it already has become a bit easier for gourmet food lovers to find good meatless entrees. Last year a National Restaurant Association survey found that more than 50 percent of chefs rate vegetarian entries among their top 10 trendiest menu items (I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING).
Still, not everyone agrees that it’s a great idea to be mostly vegetarian instead of going whole hog—so to speak. “Given the environmental, cruelty and health impact of a meat-based diet, going vegan is best, going vegetarian is good, and being a flexitarian is like smoking two packs of cigarettes instead of ten, beating one pig down the slaughter ramp instead of two, and pouring a p

How Do You Rate “pbj Loco” (new Chain Restaurant Specializing In Gourmet Peanut Butter Sandwiches)?

ebiz — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:50:49 +0000

Someone I know is interested in buying a franchise and offering me a manager position. Is it a cool place, relaxing atmosphere? Good food, decent prices? Will people go for it?

Which Is The Finest Gourmet Foods You Have Ever Tried ? Details,if You’re So Kind ! Thank You?

ebiz — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:26:29 +0000

Tiger in Hong Kong.

Which Is The Finest Gourmet Foods You Have Ever Tried ? Details,if You’re So Kind ! Thank You?

ebiz — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:49:26 +0000

Once when I was home by myself for at least about 4 hours I had all the ingredients to make Fudgy brownies. It was the best gourmet I’ve ever had. I got the recipe of a website

Which Is The Finest Gourmet Foods You Have Ever Tried ? Details,if You’re So Kind ! Thank You?

ebiz — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:14:15 +0000

Probably the best thing was escalopes de foie gras with a fruit chutney sauce. It’s whole lobes of fattened goose liver. Really delicious. It was served as entrée in a restaurant in Choully, Switzerland and it was with the white wine Aligoté. That’s a hard wine to find outside of a certain region, but it’s very nice if you can get your hands on it.
Runners up would probably be raw oysters in Paris, or the delicious steak in cognac mushroom sauce at my favorite restaurant.

Help With My Cat Please? He Has Diarrhea.is This Because Of The Food? Help Please Easy 10 Points Read Please?

ebiz — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:59:45 +0000

I am 13 and my family adopted my 10 month old cat from the shelter last month. Last week he got diarrhea, but he doesnt use the litter box that much, he goes in the neigbours garden hehe (dont worry that neigbout doesnt even go in the garden, and he is a really rude and mean old man)
Anyways both my parents work full time, and my mum stocks up on the cat food i think twice a month. I leave out dry food for him, and i feed him whiskas in gravy twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening.
My old cat, i had her since she was 7 years old, and she died from cancer at 11 years old, last year. She used to also eat whiskas cat food in gravy too, and like 2 years after i got her she started getting diarrhea on and off. In the end they found out she had cancer and they had to put her to sleep
I live in the uk, and i think whiskas food isnt that good anymore, because people on here said their cats wont eat it. It says real meat, but today i read on the back and it said at least 28% real meat and i was like wtf?? He eats go cat cat food.
Is there a really good affordable cat food on the market in the uk? My parents think whiskas is like the only reasonably priced one lol.
I want to ask about:
Iams wet food
Felix wet food
Classic cat food
Gourmet gold cat food
and any others you reccomend what is your experiences using these cat foods? please help me
My dad said we can try the change in food, and if it doesnt help we will take him to the vets, the thing is he just went 2 weeks ago and the bill was £120 (he sprained his leg when he was playing) and that isnt good with the economy and all that rubbish going on that i dont even understand lol

Whats The Biggest Risk You Have Taken, It Could Be Anything?

ebiz — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:48:03 +0000

im about to start up a gourmet food business with the little cash i got thats the biggest risk ive taken but obviously hoping it will work as ive done some research. i am doing it as a badly want o be my own boss as i believe it would make me work harder but enjoy it. what is the biggest risk you have ever taken and why?

Any Recipes For Doggie Food?

ebiz — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:31:32 +0000

Any gourmet things I can make for a dog’s birthday? He is a yellow lab that will be 2. I have a party hat for him, but thought a nice home made dish would be good. After I will give a cupcake with 2 candles, and I know….doggies cant eat chocolate.
Blessings
David (and Sammy McBones….woof woof!)

If Dog Food Is Safe For Dogs, Would You Eat It? Why And Why Not?

ebiz — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:31:54 +0000

Considering that now they have gourmet varieties like filet mignon and salmon. Sounds yummy doesn’t it?