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As a staple of life our need to eat has developed from a basic form of feeding our bodies with the fuel it needs, to a complicated art of presentation and taste together with our inborn need to experiment with what we see, touch, smell and of course taste.The ever-increasing divergence of meals that is currently available to us at our local shops and eating-places only help to confuse and tantalise us to new culinary experiments and delights...

Buffalo steak has gained quite a lot of popularity during the last decade, especially among the health-minded.Since the buffalo industry isn't as wide-spread as the cattle industry, buffalo steak, especially if ordered directly from an independent rancher, either in person or over the web, isn't packed full of hormones and other chemicals, and the animals are left to roam and graze as they did in days of old...

It's time for farmers markets.They're popping up all around the nation.They can vary from a real farmers market with farm fresh produce locally grown and sold by the farmer to more of an arts and crafts show.When shopping at a farmers market that the consumer has to be wary of anyone selling vegetables or fruit which aren't locally grown or are out of season.It's becoming common practice for some entrepreneurs to buy the same produce that's available in the grocery and market it at the farmers market place...

Have you got to be a sommelier to know something about wine? Well, if you wish to tout yourself as a professional, maybe but in case you only want to enjoy a great glass of wine, go with your gut - or rather your mouth - and appreciate what tastes good to you.So, why not host a wine tasting party? Before you hit the panic button, get uptight and claim to know nothing about wine, cease! We are not suggesting you sit around talking bouquet and barrel fermenting...

There are three basic types of Asian tea; Green, Black and Oolong.All three come from the same tea plant Camelia sinensis.The differences between the teas result from the way the tea leaves are plucked and processed.Although there are 3 basic kinds of tea, there are more than 3,000 varieties to pick from.Despite their title, herbal teas aren't tea at all since they don't come from the tea plant, but from herb and spice plants...