It was our turn to organize the annual block party this year. The responsibility of organizing is rotated from one home to next. We live across street from a lake and the 12 homes along the one mile stretch of the lake attend the party. I found some very good material about this topic at http://www.grocerycarriage.com. The host and hostess supply the food and beverages. So, this year we decided to offer finger foods. With finger foods we can prepare them early and can enjoy the block party day by visiting with out neighbors.
According to Greek mythology, the ancient gods of Mount Olympus, like Zeus and Athena, used to eat nectar and ambrosia to maintain their healthy looks and perform their rather unusual human-like activities. Although scholars have not yet concluded on what exactly ambrosia was for ancient Greeks, nectar in botany is a sugar-rich liquid produced by the flowers of plants in order to attract pollinating insects, like honeybees, essential for honey production. Nectar is produced in glands called nectaries, which are located at the base of the perianth, so as to allow pollinators perform their role and accessing the flower's reproductive structures, the anthers and pistil, while collecting the nectar the flower produces.
Inviting some friends over for a Sunday brunch can be relaxing and entertaining experience. Brunch itself is famous for being one of the easiest meals to prepare when entertaining. The best thing about it actually is that there are so many different recipes that give you the chance to prepare brunch in advance so that you can enjoy the time when your guests arrive. As it is very easy to make and exists in many variation, banana bread seems to always be a favorite addition to any brunch.
News Extract: Sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks are the most common beverages American kids buy from school vending machines, concludes a Harvard School of Public Health study...these findings suggest that school vending machines and fast-food restaurants make independent contributions to total (sugar-sweetened) beverage intake that increase with repeated exposure or use... (Original news “Sweet Drinks Are Kids' Top Choice at School” can be found at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20061011/hl_hsn/
People today are very health conscious and eating sugar is avoided or kept to a minimum either due to health conditions like diabetes or, in some cases, from the simple desire to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Chocolates, on the other hand, are the favorite food item of many people and it is very likely you'll come across individuals where these two contradictory conditions are at loggerheads with each other. That is to say a person likes chocolates but cannot eat them due to the large amounts of sugar that go into the making of mainstream chocolates.
Ever wonder what comes in that bowl of fresh fruit restaurants offer as a potential dessert choice or side dish? Well, summer would be the time to find out! With warm weather on its way, so too are the delicious likes of succulent watermelon, bright red strawberries, juicy nectarines and all different kinds of cherries (try to get your hands on some white ones, they’re like heaven in cherry form). And don’t forget your plums, blueberries, pineapple, honeydew, cantaloupe, raspberries, and blackberries. Yes, the list goes on and here’s where you can get the dish on these summer crops. Even grapes are in season!
Chocolate is found in every store shelf around the world. It is most famous for candy bars and baking. There is something about chocolate that leaves you feeling satisfied and happy. That could be due to the ingredients that are found in chocolate; Theobromine and Phenethylamine. Theobromine affects the body in so many different ways; it can cause chocolate to becoming habit forming, can reduce a person’s sex drive, increase heart rate, dilates blood vessels, reduces blood pressure, and help loosen the muscles in the bronchus which may help during an asthma attack. This can cause several different affects on the body when it works alone. But then you have phenethylamine, which has an aromatic scent. Phenethylamine was known to cause a link in falling in love. That may be why we like it so much and always want more.
