A Short History of Ice-Cream

The first ice creams were a right royal treat, and ice cream continued to be an expensive luxury until American dairyman Jacob Fussell set up the first ice-cream factory, in 1851. Since then the introduction of cones, wafers and choc-ices have made ice cream ever more popular. The first frozen desserts were invented by the Chinese and Arabs over 2000 years ago. The Khalifs of Baghdad were...

The History of Fast Food

Fast food means big business, with hamburgers and pizzas leading the way. But these two European dishes did not get the fast food treatment until after Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the world's first fast food restaurant in San Bernadino, California, in 1948. Fast food is the term given to many items that can be prepared and served quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be...

Young People Nowadays Refuse to Eat Healthy Food

by Cristina Nuta - Unfortunately, many young people nowadays refuse to eat healthy food from several reasons but the majority says they don't like it. They prefer going to a fast-food and have a hamburger or two, a pizza and a can of coke. Boys use to do this frequently. Most of them are away from home all day long and they have no time to go home and have a soup prepared by their mother....

Breakfast Represents 40 percent of the Daily Necessary of Calories

by Herminne Tonita - It has been proved that the persons who eat in the morning are more dynamic and are always in a good state of mind. Nutritionists claim that the breakfast must assure 40% of the daily necessary of calories, the lunch 35% and the dinner 25%. Thus breakfast must represent the most important meal of the day and most of us start their day with only a coffee or a fruit juice....

What do Spanish people like to eat?

by Cristina Nuta - The Spanish man likes, among other things, to eat good. This statement is demonstrated by the saying: 'Little water and ham till the mouth'. Besides the general meals of the day- breakfast, lunch and dinner- in Spain people use to eat 'la merienda', a snack in the afternoon which is taken in a bar or at home. 'Ir de tapas' is another typical Spanish thing which consists in...

How often do you eat out?

by Cristina Nuta - Being a student and don't having enough pocket money to spend, makes it harder to frequently eat out. Generally, students prefer spending their money on different things, for instance buying clothes and going from one bar to another or from one club to another. Still, there are moments when I go out with friends to eat something. Generally, we gather to go to a...

Worries about calories and fat

by Herminne Tonita - It doesn't really matter whether I eat out or at home. I always worry about the calories and fat content of what I am eating. Mum says I worry too much and that it has become an obsession. Partly it is true because I had a period when I put on weight and I didn't feel good about myself so I decided to start a diet. I don't speak about something drastic or about those...

Do you think about color when you prepare a meal?

by Herminne Tonita - Our senses are activated by external excitants like all sorts of flavors, colors and fabrics. When we get home and mother is preparing dinner even if we are not too hungry, our senses are awaken by the smell in the kitchen or at the sight of the dishes on the table. Whenever you want to impress someone you could always cook and invite him to lunch. We say that love also...

Obesity is becoming a big problem

by Herminne Tonita - Obesity is becoming a problem in the USA and throughout the world because people don't have time to spend in the kitchen and cook healthy food and eat only junk food which is not good for our body and at the same time makes you put on weight. People are so busy with their jobs that prefer to have a donut, a hamburger or a pizza and a coke and that is the lunch. Moreover...