Category: Buying Local

Carnival 2010 in Cyprus

Carnival time in Cyprus is nearly here! From the 1st until the 4th of February the town crier will be announcing the Carnival’s arrival all around Limassol. Carnival was celebrated in ancient Greece and organized…

Dave and Lillian Brummet – Author Interview

Q: What is the significance of your book/the cover? What do you hope readers will feel when they have read/seen it? D: The significance of the book is to guide others on how to cook…

Tips on Processed Meat Products Or Processed Foods

By definition, processed foods are those that are altered from its natural state by applying a certain step to be able to produce a variant out of that natural food. With meat for example, the…

How to Coupon While Taking Down a Full-Time Job and Family

How to Coupon When you first learn how to coupon, you may feel overwhelmed. How can I find time to learn? When am I going to clip and organize all those coupons? Is it worth…

The Jolly Green Revolution – A Take on Present Day ‘Green’ Consumption Phenomena

The “Green” phenomenon if I may call it that, seems to have sprouted recently. In reality, it’s been an ongoing cycle, rather a wheel with spokes that represent different avenues of ‘green’ resources connected to…

Ozarka Water Exposed

Before we get into the meat of it all. When we do simple water tests, we usually just focus a few matrices. One of them is the TDS reading. TDS stands for totally dissolved substances.…

The Vientiane Baguette – A Culinary Journey of Laos

The baguette, a delightful culinary legacy of the French is unavoidable in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Especially in Laos, baguettes are everywhere; sold at stalls, off of bicycles, bakeries, and vegetable markets. Baked in brick…

Fun Facts About Cottage Cheese

Cottage cheese is not usually associated with boycotts, but in the summer of 2011, that produced by the Elite company was boycotted in Israel because of its high cost, in comparison to its cost in…

Some Considerations Before Getting Into Rabbit Farming

One industry that has seen a recent rise in popularity is rabbit farming. It is a great industry for people who want to farm something, but don’t have a lot of space or time to…

Eating Your Curds And Whey

Nursery rhymes are frequently hundreds of years old and their meanings are not clear but simply repeated or sung by young children. In the case of “Little Miss Muffet” she is eating a centuries old…