In addition to good taste, clay pots offer some health benefits. Because clay pot cooking does not require any addition of cooking oils, since the moisture in the soaked clay keeps food from burning, cooking this way is an easy way to reduce calories and fat in your diet. ...
Since March, stovetop cooking hasn’t sounded the same in our kitchen. Instead of the click-click-click-poof of a gas burner igniting, turning recipe ingredients in a pan or pot into a meal begins with the beeps of buttons on a touch-sensitive display and then the pulsing buzz of an in...
While some people only worry occasionally, others can experience profound difficulties participating in life because of their worries. When intrusive worries become the norm, people need to take action to protect their mental health. Getting to the root of the problem is critical for finding treatmen...
"TCM pursues health by establishing a harmonious relationship between people and nature, so a practitioner considers an individual's constitution, mood, attitude, health status, season of the year and environment in prescribing medicine or a medicinal diet," Shang says. It's said that Chinese beli...
Generally, medicinal diets include stews and soups, pot (food and medicine braised together in a hot clay pot), congee, desserts, tea and wines. "Compared with Western extract supplements, the nutrition in this diet is much more easily assimilated," Shang adds. ...
Foodways have been a component of archaeological research for decades. However, cooking and food preparation, as specific acts that could reveal social inf
These ones have come up, self sown, wild, in the cracks in the paving around the pottery. Even though everything is more of less completed around the pottery, it still takes us a day to set the studio up for a workshop, prep all the clay, clean the batts and pot boards etc, ...
In the heart of our school, a unique club stands out among the rest - the Cooking Club. It's not just a place where students gather to learn cooking skills, but also a melting pot of diverse cultures and flavors. As I walk through the doors of the club, I am greeted by the aroma...
Three-stone fireplaces are used with metal or clay pots or a Mitad clay plate to bake Injera (a local flatbread made from fermented Eragrostis tef or, in poorer households, from Zea mays). The Mirt ICS is a permanently installed sand-and-mortar ICS for baking Injera, but it can also be...
Naan is Iranian in origin, and similar to the lavash bread served in the Middle East. Even though it’s not terribly healthy, vegan naan is worth seeking out. Authentic naan is cooked in a tandoor (a clay oven), which imparts a sensational texture. Unfortunately, you should assume naan ...