Why You Should Have A Go At Making Your Own Sausages

Are you fed up with buying the same old mass produced sausages that have no real flavour to them, are full of additives and preservatives as well as this you have no idea what meat has gone into the production?...

Why Italian Food Is Good For You

In 2008 we live in a time of plenty, we have more disposable income than ever before yet we are more in debt than ever before, we have more leisure time than ever before yet we work harder than ever before....

Choosing The Best Italian Sausage and Salami

Italian sausage and salami is amazing. Every bite of fresh Italian salami is a flavour sensation, it takes a cheese sandwich to a new dimension; if made with Italian cheese it really blows the roof off!...

Wonderful Italian Jams And Conserves

When the summer season has come to a close, there's no better way of preserving the colourful fruits of the season than by making some jam. The jam tradition is said to date back as far as the Ancient Greeks, who would gently cook quinces with honey in order to preserve them before the days of refrigeration....

Trouble On The Rocks At Parties?

Most young women often suffer from ‘DRUNKOREXIA’— A term that aptly describes ladies who stave through the day to drink at night Drunkorexia is the new contagion among party- hopping women of the city...

Which Italian Bread to Choose

Bread is one of the most simple food stuffs within our diet and we take it for granted. If you're reading this from the UK then your idea of bread will be the horrible mass produced plastic wrapped loaf of sliced white bread that is full of additives and preservatives....

Sardinia, The Land Of Beautiful Bread

Sardinia is a very insular island, traditions and recipes have been handed down through generations. When in Sardinia I look forward to nothing more than waking in the morning and taking a stroll down to the local bakery to collect my traditional Sardinian bread for my breakfast and lunch....

A Brief History Of Cutlery

Cutlery has been around for a long time, although to watch some people eat in restaurants you'd think they it was a relatively new invention. The precise date for the introduction of cutlery is unknown but it is believed to have been around the mid 17th century that forks were first used at the dinner table...

Why You Should Know More About Nutrition

Most of us like to think we know about nutrition, but do we? We know we're supposed to eat fruit and vegetables and yet fast food is more popular than ever and we all know that we are supposed to drink over 1 1/2l itres of water a day and yet soft drinks sell more than ever....

Ice And Easy Does It

A look at the ice cube and its many uses....