English Food

Discover how to become self-sufficient through foraging—cut back on your expenses while living a healthy lifestyle! Enjoy the freedom of knowing your way in nature and the fun of a foraging journey by yourself or with loved ones.

In Sài Gòn, Lan is always trying to be the perfect daughter, dependable and willing to care for her widowed mother and their bánh mì stall. Her secret passion, however, is A Bánh Mì for Two, the food blog she started with her father. Meanwhile, Vietnamese American Vivi Huynh has never been to Việt Nam. Her parents rarely even talk about the homeland that clearly haunts them. So Vivi secretly goes to Vietnam for a study abroad program, determined to figure out why her parents left, and to try everything she’s seen on her favorite food blog, A Bánh Mì for Two.

This book exposes an industrial system of food production geared not to produce nourishing food, but to produce maximum profit for corporations. It is based on hard scientific research, most of which has been conducted outside of the United States, where food production lobbies have fought against this kind of research.

Homesteading is having a new surge in popularity as people look for more ways to become self-sustaining. You can learn all the basics to start a backyard homestead. That means you need not go buy a plot of land; instead, you can homestead with the very foundation of it in mind, use what you have on hand, and cultivate for the future.

The Pound a Day Diet is an accelerated program designed to help dieters lose up to five pounds every five days - without frustrating plateaus - while enjoying all their favorite foods. It rewrites every carb/fat/calorie rule in the book! This delicious, easy-to-use, plan is specifically formulated as a Mediterranean-style diet that is carb and calorie corrected to turbocharge metabolism and weight loss.

The scientific data on the link between lifestyle, environmental factors, and cancer risk has been accumulating at an accelerated rate over the past decade: Every week, we learn something more that we can do as individuals to decrease the risk of cancer and improve the likelihood of long-term survival. Many of us - patients and doctors included - do not realize that changes in our daily choices and habits can improve quality of life, increase the chances of survival, and aid in the healing process for those with a diagnosis.

If you have high blood pressure, you're not alone: nearly a third of adult Americans have been diagnosed with hypertension, and another quarter are well on their way. Yet a whopping 56 percent of diagnosed patients do not have it under control. The good news? Hypertension is easily treatable (and preventable), and you can take action today to bring your blood pressure down in just four weeks - without the potential dangers and side effects of prescription medications.

Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming the defining drink during a pivotal historical period. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola.

Everyone is talking about ketogenic diets now, and for good reason - a low-carb, high-fat nutritional approach is a highly effective way to lower blood sugar and insulin levels, reduce inflammation, increase energy, stabilize mood, and so much more. But far too many people are trying to go keto without shifting the focus of their diet to real, whole foods. That’s what Real Food Keto attempts to educate listeners about, explaining the reasons why whole foods are a critical element in optimizing your pursuit of nutritional ketosis.

Dig in! Vanilla may be a favorite, but there are thousands of ice cream flavors. Listen to get the scoop on this icy dish. Check out the recipe at the end of the book too!

Get ready to know all there is to know about starting your own food truck business and, more importantly, keeping it successful! Starting a small business is a challenge, but the food truck industry is growing rapidly. Over the last five years, the food truck industry experienced a massive surge in growth due to increased demand for specific food options, such as plant-based and eco-friendly food, as well as diet-specific foods.

According to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), each year, an estimated 24 billion tons of fertile soil are lost due to erosion. That’s a whopping 3.4 tons lost every year for each person on the planet.

From the reinvention of French food through the fine dining revolution in America, Daniel Boulud has been a witness to and a creator of today's food culture. A modern improviser with a classical foundation (a little rock 'n' roll and a lot of Mozart, he'd say), he speaks with the authority that comes from a lifetime of preparing, presenting, and thinking about food - an ancient calling with universal resonance. In Letters to a Young Chef, Boulud speaks not only of how to make a career as a chef in today's world, but also of why one should want to do so in the first place.

If you want to learn better food choices are capable of controlling the compulsive eating behavior as well as weight gain...then keep reading! Do you want to experience feelings of calmness, alertness, and high levels of energy from the food eaten? Whatever do you eat affects the way you feel? Are you ready to make a change in your lifestyle? Here is the deal: Food not only nourishes your bodies but also makes you feel good. If you either eat too much or too less, the quality and health of life could be affected. This will result in having a negative feeling towards food.

Grounded in cutting-edge science and filled with case studies that read like medical thrillers, this is a book for every parent whose child suffers from mood swings, stomachaches, ear infections, eczema, anxiety, tantrums, ADD/ADHD, picky eating, asthma, lack of growth, and a host of other physical, behavioral, and developmental problems.

Ensure your food safety knowledge meets industry standards! In the fast-paced foodservice world, safe food handling is essential for legal compliance, customer trust, and business success. This guide covers key topics like preventing foodborne illnesses, managing allergens, and maintaining hygiene, equipping food managers to master safety protocols and safeguard public health. This study guide is designed to help you prepare for the ServSafe Manager exam, an essential certification for anyone in charge of food safety management.

Of all the essentials for survival: oxygen, water, sleep, and food, only food is a vast treasure trove of memory and of sensory experience. Food is a portal to culture, to times past, to disgust, to comfort, to love: no matter one's feelings about a particular dish, they are hardly ever neutral.

Have you ever wondered how pasta is made? While pasta only takes a few ingredients—flour, water, salt, and sometimes eggs—the process can be quite complex. Luckily, modern technology has greatly simplified the process from grain to flour, to dough, and finally to the pasta you find at the grocery store.

Teralyn Pilgrim had no idea the environmental and economic impact of food waste, or that she could save $100 a month by being waste free. But when a story of hungry children fills her with unbearable guilt, she decided to make a change to the way her family approached mealtime. Despite finicky kids and a skeptical husband, Pilgrim turned her feelings of guilt into action and created a zero-food waste kitchen.

When you're cooking, you're a chemist! Every time you follow or modify a recipe you are experimenting with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams. In your kitchen you denature proteins, crystallize compounds, react enzymes with substrates, and nurture desired microbial life while suppressing harmful microbes. And unlike in a laboratory, you can eat your experiments to verify your hypotheses.