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Bartending’s Pride

“We open sealed bottles and pour it mixing with appropriate mixtures and make it look complete work of art. This is what bar goers with bar etiquette prefers to mention. In other hand, we are just dumb uneducated labors there to serve the arrogance and mentality.” Don’t take us wrong here, but this is what [...]

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Food


Ugali- An East African Delicacy»

NAIROBI, Kenya – The midday lunch rush at Malindi Dishes Restaurant in Kenya’s teeming capital attracts people from all over the city. It’s a serve-yourself cafeteria-style place and patrons wait in a line that stretches out the door.
Malindi, from which the restaurant gets its name, is a small coastal city in Kenya. It is known [...]


Nina’s Heavenly Delights»

Released:    2007
Directed by:    Pratibha Parmar
Cast:    Laura Fraser, Shelley Conn, Ronny Jhutti, Art Malik, Raji James, Veena Sood, Kulvinder Ghir, Atta Yaqub, Zoe Henretty
The simple story line based in Glasglow, Scotland reveals bold subject on lesbian relation of inter cultural along with family values and pride to save out. Nina Shah (Ronny Jhutti) escapes home [...]


Understand Mock Meat»

Once my friend suggested me to visit a restaurant in town which serves all the veggie meals with total non veg taste. I was surprised and even was curious about the fact. I asked myself, can this happen that a veg product tastes like non veg. So I thought of giving a visit to that [...]

Beverage


Wine Faqs with Sommelier Sandeep Kumar K.C.»

Can you tell me something about Beaujolais Nouveau?
Smirik Bhutia
Kalimpong
I am being honest here with you. The Beaujolais Nouveau fever spread like a wild fire. In other word, marketing hoax done smartly by French minds to promote the region of Beaujolais. However credit goes to them as world has started to accept young year old wine [...]


All Cheese goes well with wine. Oh Really?»

Everyone says so and we all believe it. No wonder we act like snob who restrict ourselves from learning curve and saturate to minimum. In English proverb there is a saying “Empty vessel makes noise.” No offense but that is the fact. The only reason to believe so is one due to agent involved in [...]


Wine Appraisal - ANGOVE’s Misty Mooring Long Row Blended Non Vintage»

This version of Angove’s provides something which doesn’t mention about vintage. The simple reason for using it is due to different grape varieties from different vintage. It creates confusion, so that is the whole idea of just calling it blended. The use of some good vintage grapes and some not up to the mark actually [...]

Health


What happens to the food we eat?»

‘Digestion’ is the term used for the process by which the complex food factors are broken up into small, simple and soluble units. These units can be easily absorbed in the digestive tract and diffused through the living of the digestive tract into the blood, lymph, spinal fluids, organs and tissues. The constituents of foods [...]


Water Safety while Traveling»

Traveling is enjoyable experience until you face a situation where you feel that it has been ruined by one reason or other. Especially, when you take a lot of precautions and still get sick. It is not just about a few extra bathroom stops. Travelers take a lot of precaution on drinking water still it [...]


Effect of Cooking on Nutritive Value»

Nearly all foodstuffs, with the exception of fruits and some leafy vegetables used either as salads or in chutneys, are consumed in the cooked state. Strictly speaking, the assessment of the nutritive value of any foodstuff should be made on the cooked material, the state in which it is consumed and not in its raw [...]