A refinery is where raw materials are converted into a valuable resource - petroleum, metal, sugar, salt, vegetable oil, etc...usually the finished product looks and behaves vastly different than the source material. In terms of food products, we are learning that a diet heavy in refined foods is essentially hazardous to our health, just as refining facilities often have a negative environmental
Time for some al fresco dining551 (1 vote)
It's a rarity that I make up any recipe that's worth keeping, and more unusual yet that I would blog about it, unless it's to laugh at my failure. Today, I am very well pleased with a marinade of mine. One of those pantry recipes, that worked a[...]
Foodbuzz 24,24,24 : A Dining Experience at Victoria & Albert?s551 (1 vote)
A few weeks ago my Dad introduced me to this really cool on-demand channel that reviews restaurants all over Central Florida. I must have watched all 10 of the 5 minute on demand segments that morning. A couple of the restaurants I had been to, some[...]
Leaf Dining, Solaris Mon?t Kiara553 (3 votes)
I?ve been eating quite a bit of Indian food, since I?m featuring Indian cuisine for the November issue of my FACES column. Here?s another discovery I made (ok, I didn?t really discover this. rif told me about it) in Solaris Mon?t Kiara ? Leaf[...]
Great Gatsby Dining Room on the Grandeur of the Seas511 (1 vote)
Back in August, I went on a cruise on the Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas. The trip provided some opportunities for short food adventures in Key West and Cozumel , but let's not forget the food on the ship. The Great Gatsby Dining Room was[...]