Editorial ChefThe Chestnut is undoubtedly delicious, especially when roasted over an open fire, grill, oven, you name it. So what is so interesting about this nutritious food? The chestnut is an edible nut with a rich and delicate …
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Take Time out and Discover the Aromatic Chervil
Chervil is an herb particularly used to season certain foods such as poultry, seafood, young vegetables, soups, stews, and sauces. it can be described as mild aromatic licorice or aniseed. It also has an edible root …
You are Never Wrong With the Blueberry in Your Diet
The blueberry is a deciduous shrub belonging to the family of Ericaceae, in the genus, Vaccinium. The blueberry plant is a perennial flowering plant with indigo-colored berries. These blueberries grow off two types of shrubs, …
Getting Crimson and Detoxed With Beetroot
The beetroot or simply beets is the edible and highly nutritious taproot of the beet plant. The root also goes by several other names such as beet, table beet, garden beet, red beet, or golden …
Meet Brazil Nut, one of the Treasures of the Amazon
The Brazil nut is a tree found in the South American Amazon Jungle of the family Lecythidaceae. It is also the name of the tree’s edible seeds. it is closely related to blueberries, cranberries, gutta-percha, persimmons, phlox, …
Meet the Common Fig, Ornamental Tree, and Fruit of the Ancients
The common fig is a plant of the mulberry family. It produces a fruit simply known as fig. The plant is native to the Middle East and Western Asia. The fig tree grows to a height of …
Elevate Your Next Meal With Dill Weed, an Enticing Herb
Dill or Dill weed is a herb that has significance in the culinary field. It is related to celery, cumin, caraway, and fennel and comes from the genus Anethum. Both leaves and seeds are used to add flavor to food …
Eating Pungent Radish Brings Starved Doctors to Their Knees
The radish is a pungent edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family. It is usually eaten raw as a crunchy salad vegetable. Their pungent characteristics come from chemicals including glucosinolate, myrosinase, and isothiocyanate. They are closely related …
This is the Shallot, an all so Delicate and Flavorful Delight
The shallot is a type of onion, specifically of the species Allium cepa. it is also closely related to Chinese onion, chives, garlic, and leek. It is believed to have originated around Central or Southwest Asia with the name …
Add a Touch of Health With the Sunflower Seed
The sunflower seed is the fruit of the sunflower plant. Botanically speaking, the fruit is a cypsela. The plant is commonly cultivated for the seed which is eaten as a snack or for extracting the sunflower oil. The three …