Food has always been more than something to eat. Long before cookbooks existed, long before food photography, and long before Instagram plates, artists were painting, carving, and decorating with food.
Comfort foods will take soups, gravies and more. In the long standing tradition of long-standing traditions, soups, gravies, broths and other indulgent liquids has been a constant reminder of the cold weather outside and a warm fire and family inside.
Not so many years ago people starved because they did not have the means to store food in large enough quantities to see them through the long winters.
Staples, such as dried fruit, pasta and canned tomatoes are essential to every pantry. Without these base foods, we, as cooks, are at a loss when it comes time for dinner.
From juices to wines and jams to pastries, gooseberry is a rather sweet and crisp taste and looks like you mashed together a grape and a water melon rind but they will give you a sweet and pleasant surprise.
More and more people are finding they have higher uric acid levels than is healthy for them after a routine blood test. These people may need a diet to reduce uric acid.
