From the daily recommendation of ‘Five a day’ to those who believe that nine portions of fresh vegetables (excluding potatoes) are essential for health, we all agree that including vegetables in our daily eating plan is necessary for improved and sustained levels of health. Green leafy vegetables There is a sad irony inherent in these [...]
Archive for September, 2011
I’ve never been to New Zealand, so maybe they have no idea what a good ol’ jumbo breaded tenderloin tastes like, but I am pretty sure that most Americans have no idea what a great dish made from lamb tastes like, either. The Kiwis export more lamb to the United States than we produce domestically. [...]
The Great Famine of Ireland was a time of mass disease, starvation and emigration that lasted from 1845 to 1852. This period was called the Irish Potato Famine by countries outside Ireland. The great potato famine is considered the watershed event in the history of Ireland with its effects permanently changing the island’s political, demographic, [...]