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After years of falling consumption, grains are back on the menu, with per capita use rising. Wheat, rice, oats, barley and a host of specialty grains are regaining acceptance from consumers, dieticians and nutritionists. In turn, food manufacturers are developing new grain-based products and seeing new popularity for old standbys. But the focus is on grains in their healthiest forms - whole grains - rather than refined wheat and rice products that offer less in the way of fiber or nutrition. There is a marked increase in products using the food label “whole grain.”

This resurgence has been driven by health and nutrition professionals who recognize that whole grains can play an important role in a healthy diet without necessarily contributing to weight gain or sugar imbalance. In addition to great taste and versatility, complex carbohydrates, the family of foods that includes whole grains, have numerous nutritional benefits. The restrictive high-protein/low-carb diet, the diet du jour for many years, contributed to the decline of the market for grains and grain-based foods, but consumers today are showing preference for a wider variety of foods and the health advantages that they offer.

This report examines today’s market for grains, including core grain foods such as flour, dry rice and rice mixes, hot cereal, and packaged or bulk grains such as barley, millet, amaranth, and quinoa. Corn is included as cornmeal only, in the flour category. The report focuses on market trends and market drivers for consumers. In addition, The U.S. Market for Whole and Other Grains: Trends and Developments explores the role of grains, especially wheat, in the global commodity markets, and how new trends such as grain-based ethanol production affects the food industry. The report also takes an in-depth look at market trends for specialty grains, including organic grains and the so-called “ancient grains,” such as amaranth teff, spelt, and quinoa, which are rapidly gaining recognition and popularity among consumers. Some of these grains are gluten-free, making them of special interest as the market for those with food allergies and sensitivities grows.

Using current Product Launch Analytics’ (a Datamonitor service) data, the report looks closely at new product introductions, especially value-added products. Information Resources Inc. data indicate sales trends, and Simmons data help to provide a picture of demographic trends.

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Caviar, sturgeon roe, is a delicacy in the modern world relatively few get the opportunity to sample. The idea that an ancestor decided to eat fish eggs might seem the most bizarre aspect of caviar’s history, but in fact, a number of interesting events are part of the caviar chronicle.

The word “caviar” comes into English from the Italian import in the 16th century, but it ultimately stems from the Persian word for egg. Although the Persian term technically refers to both the sturgeon and the roe, it has come down into English meaning only the egg. Caviar from fish other than the sturgeon usually has an adjective naming such origins, such as “salmon caviar.”

The Persians were early cultivators of caviar from the Caspian and later the Black Seas, believing in the roe’s vague medicinal qualities. Others in the area learned the value; Ancient Greek writers mention caviar, including Aristotle, who said the arrival of the caviar indicated the end of the banquet. Later, it was apparently a staple in Roman parties, well known for their excesses. Caviar seems to have been reserved for use by the upper echelon in both these societies even though it was relatively easily available.

This exclusive trend continued for centuries. In the Middle Ages, for instance, many European countries required those who obtained caviar to offer it to the sovereign. King Edward II of England (1284-1330) is one who gave such a decree. Even when and where the rules weren’t so strict, caviar was reserved for royalty. The Russian czars had the easiest access and so were historically the primary consumers. Czar Nicholas II (1868-1918) collected an annual tax from fishermen in the form of caviar.

It wasn’t until the early 19th century that there was a change in the exclusiveness of caviar patrons. Sturgeon were found in both the Delaware and Hudson Rivers. A short time later, the Columbus River in Oregon became a source. There was such an abundant supply that Canada and the U.S. were the major suppliers of caviar to Europe during this period. The roe was in high enough supply that it was often served in American saloons, sometimes for free. (The equivalent to modern use of peanuts, the salty taste would encourage more drinking.) By 1900, the United States was the largest producer in the world, generating over 600 tons annually.

So many of the fish were harvested for the caviar that by 1906, a ban was placed on commercial sturgeon fishing. The American taste for caviar had already been stoked, however. Cesar Ritz put it on his menu created in partnership with his world-class French chef, and caviar’s place in high class restaurants was secured as other high-class restaurants followed suit.

The 1906 ban wasn’t enough to counter the depopulation in sturgeon that had already taken place, however, and the numbers continued to dwindle. In the 1960s, the price skyrocketed due to low supply, encouraging even more enthusiasts to farm the fish to make a quick profit. It wasn’t long before more drastic steps had to be taken as even the Caspian, home to at least 90% of the world’s population of sturgeon, began to see a serious drop in numbers of fish. Limits or bans on fishing as well as export bans on the caviar have found recent support. Such activities drive the price higher, which then encourages more poaching in the ancient waters, but conservationists feel little more can be done.

Some changes have occurred in the way caviar is extracted, leading to a larger supply in the long run. The universal method always has been simply clubbing the fish and taking out the ovaries. Currently, it is more common to remove the caviar surgically, stitching up the fish and keeping it alive to produce more roe. These fish often live over 100 years and become sexually mature at 15, so such precautions can add up to a lot of caviar. Even less invasive is the process of “stripping,” taking out the caviar without surgery. This relatively new procedure has not fully caught on due to the lack of education, but it promises an even healthier population of sturgeon in the years to come.

The popularity of caviar continues regardless of the harvesting method. It retains its primary association with wealth and grandeur but is still commonly found on holiday and wedding tables in eastern Europe as well as fine eating establishments worldwide.

So the history ends with a fish that swam with and survived the dinosaurs becoming endangered because of its famous eggs and perhaps becoming extinct within the next decade. Years of over-fishing and pollution cannot be undone quickly, but as conservationists learn more, caviar has a brighter future.

Gavin Ashford

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The first thing you will need to do is acquire the ingredients and equipment for this brew. You will need the standard equipment for making a home brewed beer and the following supplies:
4 pounds of English light syrup
4 pounds of Canadian light syrup
.5 pound of 60L crystal malt (grain)
0.13 pounds of Roasted Barley
1 ounce of Centennial pellet hops
3/4 cup of priming sugar
1 packet of Nottingham ale yeast
Hop bags and grain bags

Pour the grain into a grain bag. Fill your pot with 2 gallons of water, add your grain bag, and begin to heat on the stove. Heat until 150 degrees F. For the next 30 minutes keep the temperature between 150 and 160 degrees F. During this time, occasionally lift the grain bag and allow it to drain. Do not squeeze the bag. After 30 minutes is up, lift the bag from the pot and again allow it to drain. Discard the grains.

Increase temperature and bring contents of pot to a boil. Remove from heat and add the Canadian light syrup and English light syrup, stirring while adding. Keep stirring until it is completely dissolved. Put 1/2 ounce of Centennial hops into a hop bag and tie knot. Add the hop bag to the pot, return to heat, and boil for 45 minutes. Put the 1/4 ounce of Centennial hops directly into your pot and boil for another 14 minutes. Put the remaining quarter ounce of hops pellets directly into your pot after the 14 min and boil fro one more minute.

After boiling is done, remove the hop bag from the pot. At this stage, the mixture is known as wort, which is just a word for unfermented beer. The next stage is to quickly cool the wort by removing it from the stove and putting it in the sink full of ice. I have found the best way to do this is to fill the sink with about a half inch of cold water, add put the pot on this thin layer, then add a bag of ice evenly around the pot. I do it this way to keep an even temperature around the outside of the pot while also keeping the pot level. If you add the ice in before the pot, you will have trouble getting it level.

While the wort is cooling, you should take this time to sanitize your fermenter. Mix a teaspoon and a couple of cups of water into the fermenter making sure all surfaces get wet. Pour out the solution onto the top of the fermenter. Rinse the inside of the fermenter and the top at least two times before adding the wort.

By this time your wort has probably cooled down quite a bit. When it reaches 100 degrees it is time for it to be added to the fermenter. Pour a little bit of water to the bottom of the fermemter, making sure the nozzle is shut, before adding your wort. Fill the rest of the fermenter up with tap water to the 5-gallon level. Add the yeast packet to the mixture making sure that you are stirring during this process. It is important that the yeast is aerated. Put the top on the fermemter making sure that is it on there tight. Fill the air lock halfway with water and fit it on the lid’s hole.

The hardest part of making this brew is complete. All you have to do now is wait. After about half a day you will notice the air lock will begin to bubble and inside a think foam will be forming on the top of the wort. After 2-3 days I usually transfer my mixture to a glass fermenter for the remainder of the process, but this step is not necessary. What is important though, is that you wait until all the foam is gone before bottling.

Pat McLoughlin is a avid homebrewer and enjoys writing about it on his website homebrewhints.com. Home Brew Hints gives step by step instructions on how to brew beer at home as well as a collection of helpful hints that can assist you in your homebrewing process.

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This holiday season, maybe it’s time to start thinking outside the box. Who says you have to send the traditional gifts? For the right recipient, green products and organic foodstuffs perfectly express the spirit of the holiday. You can show you care about the planet and the recipient. Here are some unconventional ideas that can brighten the days of colleagues, family and friends.

1. Organic Grassfed Beef - Sending meat in the mail may sound funny, but why not? So many Americans love to celebrate with a terrific steak or roast this time of year. Grassfed beef is becoming more and more popular, due to its health benefits, yet it’s not easy for everyone to find at their local supermarket. A delicious sampler of Greensbury organic grassfed ribeyes, filet mignon, and other fine cuts can be ordered online and sent directly the door of anyone on your list. All they have to do is defrost, cook and serve!

2. Organic Tea - The holidays can be stressful. Consider bringing a tin of relaxing organic teas to treat the host of a holiday party, instead of wine or spirits. Green, white, and black teas contain disease-fighting antioxidants, and herbal teas may have wonderful properties ranging from aiding digestion to calming the nerves. Organic tea samplers can also be sent via mail through sites.

3. Organic Bamboo Socks - Everybody needs new socks. Organic bamboo is wonderfully soft and silky and also resists odor, making it an ideal material for socks of all kinds, from active anklets to knee socks to fashionable and funky socks for the whole family. Bamboo is the most sustainable natural fiber. It even fights global warming, since bamboo takes in 5 times the amount of greenhouse gases and produces 35% more oxygen than an equivalent stand of trees. Warm toes, cool the planet…give organic bamboo clothing!

4. Recycled Jewelry - Creative jewelers are making truly unique necklaces, earrings and other jewelry out of every kind of recycled material imaginable. To name a few: glass, porcelain, bicycle tubes, skateboards, and computer components. When you consider how much harm is caused by mining for gold and gems (to humans and the planet alike), it’s exciting to discover that you can give someone a little holiday sparkle while staying mindful of environmental and political issues.

5. Customized Reusable Bags - Everyone’s jumping on the bag wagon these days, making or selling reusable totes. It’s a practical earth-friendly gift. But that doesn’t mean it has to be dull. You can order a canvas tote for someone on your list that’s customized with a name or photo - more incentive to bring it along wherever they go!

That wraps up this shopping list, though there are plenty more green ideas out there. Remember, organic meats, organic fruits and vegetables, and other organic products are free of things nobody puts on their holiday list: hormones, antibiotics, and pesticides.

Donna Jefferson has been an advocate living healthy. Organic Meats is her specialty and would like to share facts with the public about Organic Beef

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Are you interested in the idea of creating a home brewing system, but not sure where to start? Doing so isn’t overly complicated, but it’s important that you have an understanding of what needs to be done in order to do it the right way.

Getting Started

The first step in the process of creating a home brewing system is to determine the type of beer that you want to brew. Perhaps you want to have a variety of beer, or just one specific kind. Regardless of what you choose, this is the first step.

The next step is to acquire the necessary supplies for your home beer brewing system. If you are indeed just starting out, more than likely you don’t have the ingredients and equipment to brew the beer at home yet. Here are some of the essentials.

Equipment

Brew pots and kettles are two items that are needed for the home beer brewing process. Using regular pots and pans aren’t encouraged for several reasons. First, chances are they won’t be sufficient in size. Second, you will not be able to cook food in these pans after using them to brew beer, unless you want beer residue in your food.

Stick to your budget when purchasing equipment, but be sure to buy quality supplies so they last a long time.

Finally, before creating your brewing system do the proper research and have a plan. This results in having a better understanding of what is required and avoiding unnecessary problems. You want the process of brewing beer to be a fun activity, and being prepared before starting is the key.

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Ginger beer plant is, surprisingly, not a leafy plant at all. Instead ginger beer plant is a probiotic plant culture which you can use to brew your own, fizzy, old-fashioned ginger beer.

What are the health benefits of real ginger beer?

When you make your own real ginger beer, you are avoiding nasty chemicals like aspartame which are often included in cans of fizzy drinks and ginger beer. True ginger beer is made through fermentation with the probiotic plant bacteria and yeast creating a fermentation to give the ginger beer a good fizz. Most colas and other shop-bought fizzy drinks are carbonated, and that’s what makes them fizzy. You are controlling all of the ingredients that go into your own true ginger beer, so you can be sure that no nasty ingredients go in. You can use organic fair trade sugar, and organic ginger and lemons to ensure that your ginger beer is organic too.

What actually is ginger beer plant?

Ginger beer plant’s origins are an enigma, but we know that it became popular in the UK some time in the 1700’s, and was a common sight in kitchens right up until the 1950s. In the 1880s, curious botanist Harry Marshall Ward spent years researching the culture. He worked out that ginger beer plant is a “composite organism consisting of a fungus, the yeast Saccharomyces florentinus (formerly Saccharomyces pyriformis) and the bacterium Lactobacillus hilgardii (formerly Brevibacterium vermiforme)”. So now you know!

How to spot the ginger beer plant that isn’t a probiotic culture

Many places are selling ‘ginger beer plant’ starter kits. This is not real ginger beer, but merely a yeast. This will not provide you with everlasting ginger beer.

How to make real ginger beer.

Home brewing your own organic ginger beer is easy when you have some ginger beer plant. Unless you know someone who will give you some spare ginger beer plant, then most people will buy their ginger beer plant online. This has usually been dehydrated. When you receive it, you need to rehydrate it in unchlorinated water and sugar for a few days, and then you will be able to rinse out the probiotic culture grains and start adding ginger, lemon and sugar to start the fermentation process. After a few days, you’ll be able to bottle your real home brewed organic ginger beer.

What do I need to make ginger beer?

Other than ginger beer plant, you’ll need sugar, unchlorinated water (filtered or mineral water is fine), root or powdered ginger and lemon. You’ll also need a large jar for brewing the ginger beer and then a plastic bottle to decant it into.

So you can see that for a relatively small initial investment and just some basic kitchen utensils and ingredients, you can ensure that you and your family have an everlasting supply of real old-fashioned ginger beer, a delicious probiotic drink.

Retro Culture specializes in real ginger beer plant and probiotic cultures. Visit http://www.retro-culture.com/ for free recipes, advice and resources and to buy real ginger beer plant online. You can even see hi-res photos and videos of real ginger beer plant as it grows here: http://www.retro-culture.com/gallery.html

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For the average wine drinker many choices are made when making a purchase. What is the price range? What is the age of the wine? What food types can it be paired with? How does it taste and what is the quality? For all of these questions and more Spanish Rioja wine will make a perfect complement to your meal or as a house gift to someone else’s.

Many may not know that wine from Spain is third in the world for production after France and Italy. This alone means that it is highly accessible and available for your everyday meals. It is made from the tempraniello grapes that are grown in Spain. This is what gives it the unique flavor that you experience when you drink it. It can be your table wine or a more expensive version can be dressed up for a special occasion or event at an inexpensive cost for you.

There are three classifications of rioja wine. They are Crianza, Reserva, and Gran Reserva. For those that are on a limited budget you will want to try the Crianza. It must be aged for at least one year in oak and another year inside the actual bottle. This would be considered the table wine version. This will cost you anywhere from five to ten dollars USD. Reserva is the next level of Spanish wine. It must meet the aging requirement of one year in the barrel and two years in the bottle for a total of three years of aging. And the final level is the Gran Reserva. It must be aged for two years in the barrel and three years in the bottle for a total of five years. The price point is usually around twenty US dollars. Because of the time that is involved with the Grand Reserva it is not offered every year. So when you do see it you might want to stock a few bottles for your very special occasions.

The three regions that produce this wine are Rioja Alta, Rioja Baja, and Rioja Alavesa. They encompass 123,000 acres of land. Each region has its own distinctive flavor. If you are looking for that old world style then you will want to try wine from the Rioja Alta region. If you want wine that is not as pale and has a stronger alcoholic content then the Rioja Baja is for you. Some bottles contain as much as 18 percent. The Rioja Alavesa provides you with wine that has a fuller body that many require with their meals.

Spanish Rioja wine might not be as popular or as well known as those from France or Spain but they are slowly making their mark on the world. As they have been able to steadily increase their production amounts they can be your next choice for a good quality wine that meets your budget. For less than twenty dollars you can try it out and see what the all the fuss is about. You are sure to find that it will complement any meal or special event.

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If you are looking for an authentic Scottish meal in London and don’t know where to go. Then look no further than Belgravia in London. For those that want to experience the essence of Scotland without the expensive travel this is where you want to go. A true food connoisseur will enjoy the atmosphere and private dining that welcomes you inside as well as the various items to tempt your appetite. No matter what type of event you are planning birthday, anniversary, special event or celebration it will be an experience you will never forget.

Do you crave an outdoor garden setting? You can have beautiful surroundings with an outside backdrop to enjoy your meal. There is even a retractable roof that will allow you to enjoy the shining sunlight during the summer months. And in the winter you will have the benefit of being outside but protected by the elements even if it is hot or cold.

The menus are numerous and you can choose what you want for your special Scottish dining event. Are you looking for a sit down dining event or something for a simple reception? You can have a full menu or just drinks in a bar or pub type setting. The choice is yours and you have many rooms to decide what will suit your needs. Private dining is the choice for those that want twenty to forty guests and still want an elegant setting.

While you are enjoying your food you will enjoy music that will entertain and warm your heart. If you enjoy jazz, soul, or blues then you will find this is the perfect combination of food and song. You will have plenty of live entertainment that will feed your soul while the food you eat will fill your stomach.

Many restaurants today have gotten around the concept of quality dining. They are simply one step above a fast food restaurant chain. The quality of the food is horrible and the service is just as terrible. You spend a lot of money but get nothing in return. This is why private dining is such a joy. People really care about you. They want to provide top notch service. As they aren’t operating on a quantity basis they are able to devote more time and attention to each individual customer. This means that you will actually enjoy your meal and not feel that you’ve been cheated by the price that is asked when the bill comes. It doesn’t matter if the meal is inexpensive if the quality of the food and the service is not up to par. When you enjoy your meal you’ll gladly come back again.

If you want to keep revisiting all the overpriced and underserviced restaurants in the past that didn’t satisfy you, you will never be happy. Why not try something new? If you are in the London area you can truly find out what you are missing by going to Boisedale in Belgravia. You won’t regret it.

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