Does our insurance cover stuff like this?
Just curious, I don’t need an answer today.
Just curious, I don’t need an answer today.
We met up with celebrity chef and food guru Govind Armstrong to try the new versions of Prometheus Springs. Govind has recently been heralded on Oprah as having created the best sandwich in America, He has also appeared on the Bravo series Top Chef as a guest judge as well as the Food Network (more…)
Continue Reading...
Ginger is native to India and China. It takes its name from the Sanskrit word stringa-vera, which means “with a body like a horn”, as in antlers. Ginger has been important in Chinese medicine for many centuries, and is mentioned in the writings of Confucius. It is also named in the Koran indicating it was known in Arab countries as far back as 650 A.D. It was one of the earliest spice known in Western Europe, used since the ninth century. It became so popular in Europe that it was included in every table setting, like salt and pepper. A common article of medieval and Renaissance trade, it was one of the spices used against the plague. In English pubs and taverns in the nineteenth century, barkeepers put out small containers of ground ginger, for people to sprinkle into their beer — the origin of ginger ale. In order to ’gee up’ a lazy horse, it is the time honored practice of Sussex farmers to apply a pinch of ginger to the animal’s backside..
Spice Description
Although often called “ginger root” it is actually a rhizome. It is available in various forms, the most common of which are as follows: (more…)
