In this weeks episode of #TheChopUp Miss Mandi pan-fried some sweet plantains! Plantains are a fruit that you can fry, steam or eat raw. Plantains ripen just like bananas as well and depending on what…
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Italy takes gold at World Pastry Cup (Pictures)
(Relaxnews) – Italy now holds bragging rights to being home to the best pastry chefs in the world, after taking gold in a culinary event known as the baking and desserts equivalent of the Olympics….
Video: How to quickly remove seeds from chilies #TippyTuesday
For all those chili lovers who have a hard time trying to de-seed chillies, we’ve got a quick tip that will help speed things up for you next time you’re in the kitchen. Enjoy!
#Wines: Zac Posen to design wine label
(Relaxnews) – After dressing some of the world’s most fashionable and beautiful women, designer Zac Posen has been tapped to dress a bottle of Italian wine. Posen is collaborating with Trento-based Italian wine company Ecco…
World Pastry Cup kicks off in France
(Relaxnews) – Aspiring pastry chefs, chocoholics and sweet tooths take note: A competition that stakes a country’s honor on flour, chocolate, sugar and butter is set to take place in France starting Sunday. At the…
Marijuana cookbook to be released this summer
(Relaxnews) – A new cookbook that treats weed as a cooking herb is in the works and will include recipes like marijuana-infused black pepper biscuits and butternut squash soup. With four US states legalizing the…
Westhouse Hotel hosts inaugural Wine, Chocolate and Cheese Festival
The inaugural edition of the Wine, Chocolate and Cheese Festival will take place at the Westhouse Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya from the 6th to 8th of February 2015. The Festival brings together notable brands of…
Restaurant creates Kimye-inspired Valentine’s Day menu
(Relaxnews) – Aspiring Kimye couples take note: A Brooklyn restaurant has created a special Valentine’s Day menu inspired by the power couple. The menu at Brucie is described as L.A. meets Paris: sexy, brooding, wet…
#Wines: Burgundy vintage unveiled in top market
The big names in Burgundy wines unveiled their first 2013 vintage this week in Britain, their main export market, with tasters gathered at the majestic Institution of Civil Engineers in London branding it a “good…
#Wines: Boutique revolution puts Israeli wines on world map
In the rolling pine-covered hills west of Jerusalem, winemaker Eran Pick checks on the vines he cultivates, plying an ancient trade which has been common to the area since biblical times. “For 3,000 years wine…