 The History of Sandwiches and Sliced Bread A sandwich is a food item typically made of two or more slices of leavened bread with one or more layers of meat, seafood, vegetables, cheese or jam or butter. The bread can be used as is, or it can be coated with butter, oil, or other optional or traditional condiments and sauces to enhance flavor and texture.
The first sandwich is usually said to have been eaten by English nobleman the 4th Ea ... Date added: 27 February '08 |
 Different modes of transportation of goods by Cristina Nuta -
Goods must be transported from their place of production to the many locations of their consumers. This operation is an important marketing function. Primary carriers are those using their own equipment for the transportation of goods. There are five types of primary carriers for the transport of goods: railroads, waterway carriers, motor-freight carriers, pipelines and air-f ... Date added: 06 August '07 |
 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 ... Date added: 27 February '08 |
 Healthy Life Habits by Herminne Tonita -
Research shows that teenagers today are not as healthy as they were twenty years ago. Why? The list of the reasons is quite long and boring, but some of these "bad" aspects of our lives should be mentioned.
First of all teenagers are "addicted" to "junk" food, as their best friends are hamburgers, pizza or spaghetti. Teenagers don't eat what it is best for their physica ... Date added: 06 February '07 |
 Healthy Food Is Not Young People's Favorite by Monique Barb -
We like to eat hamburgers, cheeseburgers or hot-dogs. In a word, we prefer the "junk" food over a healthy meal.
The modern society promotes, among other things, the fast-foods. As we are in a hurry most of the time, we eat in a hurry almost every day even though we know it is not healthy.
Young people are keen on new products on the market. When we see a well designed pa ... Date added: 15 February '07 |
 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. ... Date added: 27 February '07 |
 Food and Drink in Britain by Herminne Tonita -
The English Breakfast
In a real English breakfast you have fried eggs, bacon, sausage, tomato and mushrooms. Then there is toast and marmalade. There is an interesting story about the word "marmalade". It may come from the French "Marie est malade" or "Mary is ill". That is because a seventeenth-century Queen of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots, liked it. She always asked f ... Date added: 29 April '07 |
 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 ta ... Date added: 07 July '07 |
 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 restaurant ... Date added: 15 August '07 |
 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 die ... Date added: 02 September '07 |
 Honey- A Miracle of Nature by Herminne Tonita -
Honey, a wonderful gift of God to mankind is well known since ancient times and it has been used since Antiquity for its benefic effect on our health, being a product full of nutritious elements which our body needs for its development or recovering after a disease.
The content of microelements of this product is similar to that of our blood, that is why it is so well as ... Date added: 04 September '07 |
 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 ... Date added: 06 September '07 |
 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 ... Date added: 08 September '07 |
 Diets : Friends or Enemies by Herminne Tonita -
Always looking for eternal beauty and a life without death, we all want to be beautiful and healthy our entire life. To achieve this goal we are ready to obey any rule, no matter how harsh it may be. Just because we want to fit the standards of beauty of today's society we give up our small pleasures, because it is trendy today to be as skinny as a stick.
One simple exam ... Date added: 19 September '07 |
