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Kombucha is made from fermented, bubbly and sweetened tea. One sometimes calls it tea fungus, tea mushroom or Manchurian fungus, although those terms mean more the culture that prepares it. Although it has the name of fungus, kombucha does not always carry fungi. The “fungus” indeed is a symbiotic group of bacteria and yeasts, known … Read more

Chick Fil is an American chain of fast food restaurants, that is the biggest in the field of sandwiches from chicken. The company has its main office in College Park, Georgia and it runs stores in more than 48 states. Daily, except Sundays, one prepares here fresh dishes from carefully chosen ingredients. In the menu … Read more

Garbanzo Beans show everywhere when one starts to cook them often. They have many names, like chickpeas, Bengal gram, chana or Egyptian pea (depending on the land where one lives). The scientific name of the plant is Cicer arietinum, a yearly plant from the family Fabaceae. Quite funny, the word “chickpea” comes from the Latin … Read more

Oolong Tea is a classic Chinese kind of tea, produced from the plant Camellia sinensis, just like green and black teas. The main difference lies in the way one prepares it. It belongs to partly oxidized teas so it sits between unoxidized green tea and fully oxidized black tea. Even if the oxidation reaches only … Read more

Proteins are present everywhere in the body. They are in muscles, bones, skin, hair and almost every other organ or tissue. They form the enzymes that help many chemical processes, and the hemoglobin that carries oxygen through the blood. Many consider proteins the basic building blocks of life because they break into amino acids, that … Read more

Excedrin is medicine for headaches that one can buy without a prescription, and it usually comes as tablets or caplets. It is made up of three main substances: acetaminophen, aspirin and Caffeine. One believes that the mix of those three elements gives a stronger effect for stopping pain than any of them alone. Bristol-Myers Squibb … Read more

Jersey Mike’s, that American chain of sub sandwiches from Manasquan in New Jersey, went through a lot of changes since the opening of its doors in 1956. From one single store it grew to a truly efficient and dynamic business. Now it has almost 3,500 stores from that more than 2,000 already operate, while others … Read more

Dunkin Donut are an American global company about coffee and donuts, that also operates as a fast food place. Bill Rosenberg founded it in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1950. In 1990, the Baskin-Robbins-owner Alliance Lyons bought the chain. Through the decades, Dunkin Donut became known because of its everyday service of coffee and donuts for the … Read more

Prime Rib brings a clear image to mind, although the name can sometimes mislead the truth. The term “prime” in Prime Rib does not imply that the meat has USDA Prime grade. It is the most superior most rare and costliest level of beef, determined by the marbling, even so not every bit of Prime … Read more

The beef tenderloin is a slice from the lower part of the animal that extends along the spine between the ribs and the thigh. This muscle gets little motion, so it turns in the softest bit from the beef. It lies in two separate parts, the short loin and the sirloin, what gives it a … Read more