Getting the timing, the intensity of the heat and even the amount of water for a cup of rice can be a daunting prospect when it comes to cooking rice armed with a stove and pot – making rice cookers an invariable, convenient staple in our kitchens. We love these nifty little devices that let […]

An ideal chef’s knife, aka all-purpose kitchen knife should be one that feels comfortable in your hand, and can slice through vegetables, nuts, and meats with ease. No two people have the same hands, nor do they have the same taste in food, so the knife that you will choose for your daily needs might […]

Protein shakes might not include raw eggs and pieces of meat and the occasional leaf of spinach as cartoons would have us believe, but they’re not usually sumptuous drinks either. Nonetheless, some athletes and dieticians swear by the ability of these usually pre-mixed, powder-based concoctions to help build muscle or trim out the fat in […]

Wheatgrass is inevitably going to show up in any good list of super-healthy superfoods, and for good reason. Packed with oodles of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and the blood-building and oxygen-carrying properties of chlorophyll, a glass of wheatgrass juice is a glass of concentrated healthy goodness. But in order to help retain all these wonderful properties, […]