How to Make your Cooking Practices Sensible & Energy Efficient

Preparing meals at home is definitely cost efficient – there is no denying that. However, whether our cooking practices are energy efficient is an entirely different question altogether.  Did you know that making hot meals at home accounts for 15% of your total energy consumption? You had no idea, right?

Given that energy costs are increasing day by day, common sense would dictate a more judicious use of electricity at home. For green lovers and planet-conscious folks there’s an added incentive – the more wisely you use energy at home the less greenhouse gases you will produce. Now that we have our respective motives in place, let’s get started on some energy efficient cooking practices. (more…)

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Three Vineyards go Green to Reduce Carbon Footprint

In a rapidly changing world that has been placed at a precarious position by the mishandling it has received at the hands of humans, it is only the concerted efforts of other human beings that can help restore balance. The same holds true when it comes to farming practices, including vineyards all over the world.

Governments, major retail outlets, as well as consumers are showing increasing awareness towards the effect of fine wines on climate change. Several vineyards have taken extensive measures to go green and reduce the carbon footprints. This is the story of three of them. (more…)

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Harney & Sons – for the “Tea”-totaling Connoisseur

In a society that is obsessed with coffee, tea is a drink that is considered somewhat antiquated, even boring. However, if you listen long enough to Emeric Harney, Managing Director of Harney & Sons, he will have you convinced that tea is “a fabulous, interesting product with great history and stories behind it.” His enthusiasm is infectious and it won’t be long before you start looking at tea with newfound respect. (more…)

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What’s lurking in your Meat: Probably Staph!

Kitchen credo states that after handling poultry and raw meat you should wash your hands thoroughly to avoid infection that could rise from listeria, salmonella or E.coli contamination. While you are at it, you might as well give your countertops, the cutting boards, and even the faucets a thorough rub, since there is a new enemy in sight – Staphylococcus aureus, also commonly known as staph!

Wondering where you heard that name before? You may recognize this pathogen from the stir it created several years ago when a particularly virulent strain of staph – methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) – caused illness in children leading to tens of thousands of death. (more…)

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The Most “Drunk” Countries in the World

It’s always interesting to notice the relationship people have with alcohol. Some use it as a means to shed their inhibitions and others as an impetus to facilitate social interactions. In some countries alcohol is a matter of national identity while in others it’s a national problem. (more…)

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