Editorial ChefCelery is a strongly flavored plant that has been cultivated and eaten as a vegetable for centuries. This highly aromatic plant blurs the lines between the distinctions of what a vegetable, herb, and spice are. It is a small …
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A Quick Understanding of Carrots as a Food Source
Carrots are mildly sugary and crunchy biennial root vegetables. They are usually orange in color. We say usually because there are purple, black, red, white, and yellow varieties. They can be stored for several months in …
Getting to Know Your Ginger Root Spice
Ginger is a hot pungent, spicy fragrant root tuber that is rich in culinary functions and has great nutritional and medicinal value as is common in many traditional Indian and Chinese medicines. The spicy Ginger root is …
A Brief Overview of the Facts on Basil Herb
The word Basil is derived from Greek, meaning “King”. That’s where it gets its designations as “King of the herbs” or the “Royal herb”. In some cultures, it is known as the “Holy Herb”. It …
Onions, the Culinary Delight as a Food Source
Onions are vegetables that also go by the name of bulb onions or common onions. It is a small perennial herb plant that grows to about two feet tall. It takes about three to four months from …
A Quick Understanding of Nuts and Seeds in the Kitchen
Nuts and seeds are very similar in the culinary context yet they are significantly different when looked at them from a botanical point of view. Seeds are embryonic plants enclosed in self-contained protective outer coverings. …
A Quick Understanding of Spices and Their Culinary Uses
Spices can be described as fruits, seeds, roots, barks, buds, or other parts of a plant that are primarily used for flavoring, preserving food, and coloring. A Spice can be distinguished from a herb in that herbs are …
Fish as a Highly Nutritious Source of Food
Fish can be best described as an aquatic animal that is abundant in water bodies all over the world. These range from freshwater rivers, ponds, and lakes to vast saltwater oceans. Fish are generally cold-blooded …
4 Steps to Checking if Fish is Fresh or Not
Fish is one of those foods that do not keep for too long and proper care must be taken not just when preparing the fish but also when purchasing it. There are different ways to test …
Quick Understanding of Herbs and Their Culinary Uses
Herbs, in general, refer to the leafy green or flowering parts of a plant. The herbs may be used either fresh or dried. These plants can be used for their aromatic or savory properties in …