Store bought ice cream can be disappointing, no doubt about it. Even homemade ice cream disappoints sometimes, but that’s because you either nail a recipe or fail at it, which is something that can be improved with practice. But you can’t improve store bought ice cream yourself. That job is up to someone else to […]

Come the 1700s and coffee not only spreads successfully in other parts of the world but continues to shape the face of history and influence cultures on a deep level. The next major discovery to coffee making after the discovery of coffee itself came from the French who developed a new way of making coffee. […]

At the same time that Pope Clement VIII was enjoying his coffee in Venice, merchants in Arabia and Africa were enjoying a monopoly on coffee production, but all that was about to change, and it started with Baba Budan, an Asian Indian who cleverly brought fertile coffee beans to India despite export being strictly forbidden. […]

Coffee was discovered in Ethiopia a long time ago, and from Ethiopia, it spread all around the world, particularly after people found out what a great beverage roasted beans made. The more popular coffee became, the more businessmen realized its potential for commerce, and the more coffee started to have a greater impact on the […]

Forget about normal butter. Clarified butter is not only more and more popular but is also much healthier and comes with a whole lot more of shelf life. But what exactly is clarified butter and where can you buy? And how come it’s healthier? Clarified butter is butter from which milk solids are removed by […]

Think of the three most common ingredients that every cook keeps in the refrigerator or the pantry. Separately they’re just your usual ingredients. One is acidic and known to bring out the flavor in foods. It’s also yellow and makes good lemonade. Another is what adds a beautiful flavor to dishes, but is neither an […]

Sorbet and sherbet are both a type of frozen dessert and are often confused as the exact same thing. But while both fruity and with names that do somewhat resemble, sorbet and sherbet are different. What distinguishes the first from the latter is one important ingredient: dairy. If you had to choose, which would you […]

A lot has been written about pizza, and as food celebrated everywhere in the world, pizza has seen a lot of twists and turns since first invented. Pizza rolls, calzone, stromboli and all the other varieties found in different countries are beloved food often associated with Italian cuisine, but in fact, pizza may have been […]

Fleur de sel is a fine finishing salt with light and delicate crystals that dissolve instantly when added to food. This salt is extremely popular with cooks and renowned chefs from around the world and has made an appearance as the best of sea salts into some of the most sought-out cookbooks. A gourmet salt, […]

Pine nuts have been a part of people’s diet for many years. They go back to the Paleolithic times according to historical evidence and were a popular food item with the Egyptians, and the Romans, the Greeks, the Asians, and the Europeans. Our ancestors used pine nuts both as food and as medicine to treat […]