Photo credit: Justin De La Ornellas It is easy to feel overwhelmed at the fish counter. You stand there wondering which is tastiest? Which is healthiest? Which is the most sustainable choice? Farmed or wild-caught? Perhaps due to this confusion, a large percentage of people walk away and...

Photo credit: Ian Brown Consumption of alcohol and strenuous exercise don’t go together, as one usually negates the goals of the other. However, alcohol and exercise share a common biochemical process: fermentation. Fermentation is a biochemical process that ultimately converts sugar...

Photo credit: Adam Fagan Last weekend a my friend N. and I were hanging around and drinking cold brewskies. She had just introduced me to a Jamaican beer called Red Stripe and this brought about a discussion of the different types of beer that exist. We had both heard the lingo and seen it...

What do salt, fire, and acid have in common? Medieval torture . . . well, maybe. Besides that, they are all used to cook meat. When it comes to salt and acid, I don’t mean a pinch of salt or squeeze of lemon to finish a dish. You can actually cook meat, poultry, and seafood with...

Photo credit – meaduva We made tandoori chicken last week. Seeing as we had a time constraint, we went with a ready-made tandoori masala mix. However, if you have the time and are so inclined, you should really make your own. There are three reasons why you are always better off making...

Photo credit: Michael Verhoef As the weather gets warmer, more and more people will turn to salads for a meal. Believe it or not, there are right and wrong ways to dress a salad. Put the dressing on too soon and you end up with a soggy mess, use a creamy dressing on the tender green and...