KitchenVile

Have you ever wondered how the raw fresh milk of a cow turns to the stringy snack that we love to tear and eat that is string cheese? I know I have. The process begins with whole fresh milk that is put in a pasteurizer. This step is important for...

The use or discovery of chili, which is the key ingredient in hot sauce, can be traced way back a whopping 7000 years. The first findings of chili were discovered by archeologists in Peru. As for their spread to other parts of the world, it is believed that birds played...

When I first thought of canning to preserve my food, I felt so intimidated. It felt like a complex process that needed a lot of time and energy but I am always up for a challenge. So I started doing my research on canning food preservation ideas. Water Bath Canning...

You may have noted that fish sauce is used in the preparation of certain Chinese meals. Well, when it comes to Southeast Asian dishes, particularly Taiwanese, Thai and Vietnamese, the use of fish sauce is a staple. Fish sauce is anything but ordinary. To begin with, it is rich in...

Essentially, dates are the fruit borne from the date palm tree. It is what we refer to as stone fruit. That is to mean that it has only one seed kind of like mangoes and olives. This single seed is covered up by fleshy fruit. Dates were first traced to...

Guacamole can be described as a dip that is made out of avocados, lime, and other fresh ingredients such as cilantro, tomatoes, onions and so much more. As with most things in our kitchens and pantries, guacamole can either be store-bought or home - made. The store -bought alternative will...

Essentially, when we say honey, we mean the natural substance that is sweet and produced by bees using the nectar that they get from flowers or even secretions from plants. An interesting fact about honey is that because the composition of honey usually depends on factors such as the breed...

Let me tell you a really quick story about tea that I actually heard from a friend of mine. Apparently, according to an old adage, tea was first discovered to exist in the years Before Christ. The discovery was made when an Emperor in China, Shen Nong, was boiling some...

Picture this scenario, you have gone to the store or farmer’s market and have bought a whole batch of smoked salmon. You are back home now and you realize that you will not use all the packets you have bought, let alone finish one. What to do? I have found...

Cheesecake, although is technically not a cake, is a dessert that typically has two or more layers making up its structure or form. These could be layers consisting of one layer of sweet softened cheese that is then mixed with sugar, some eggs, a bit of flavor, and then set...