Posted on September 8th, 2010 by sanaacooks
In this part, I would like to discuss herbs and spices that not only taste good, but are thought to heal illnesses by those who advocate the use of folk medicine. As an example, leaves of the spearmint plant used in salads, cheese and drinks are believed by advocates of folk medicines stimulate the appetite, [...]
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Posted on September 1st, 2010 by sanaacooks
We all know how important spices have been over the centuries in improving the taste of food. Equally important, perhaps, is the role of spices and herbs in folk medicine. Before chemicals were used in curing and healing, folk medicine was the sole source of curing people’s ills. One imagines that, by accident or by design, [...]
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Posted on August 5th, 2010 by sanaacooks
Most theories hold that eggplant came from India, mostly because there are still some regions in that country where eggplant grows wild. The vegetable most likely went from India to the Arab world, and from there to Europe carried by the Crusaders nearly a thousand years ago. Although it is most widely used now in [...]
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Posted on December 19th, 2009 by sanaacooks
In the Provence region of France, Christmas Eve dinner quite often ends with thirteen different desserts, symbolizing Jesus and the twelve apostles. When we hear the phrase, “….and visions of sugar plums danced in their heads,” we are told by food historians that it derives from the custom, originating during Queen Victoria’s reign in the [...]
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Posted on December 15th, 2009 by sjhale
This is the first post in an ongoing series about Gluten Free cooking and a Gluten Free lifestyle. Before talking about cooking Gluten Free food, you must know what Gluten is. Gluten is a protein that exists mainly in wheat, rye, and barley. Gluten is very common in a standard American diet, but nearly 3.5 [...]
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Posted on November 24th, 2009 by sanaacooks
As proof that Thanksgiving is purely American holiday, most immigrants to this country that I know, have gone out of their way to be as American as they can be. The minute that a federal official swears in a new crop of immigrants as American citizens, one of the first thoughts in their mind is not” [...]
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Posted on November 5th, 2009 by sanaacooks
Except for the Orient, which features rice as a staple with any meal, there are few societies that do not boast some kind of bread as their staple. Even in Latin America, a tortilla is basic. Even if it doesn’t look much like bread, at least as we know it. I’ve found that most cultures [...]
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