http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Melinda+Carnes Food and Drinks Melinda Carnes Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=114389&ca=Food+and+Drinks Coffee, the brew, that more than half the people around the world need to kick start the day. Ever wondered about the origins of this humble but oh so important cup of joy and how it landed up on the shelf in your neighborhood store? Did you also know that everyday there are about four hundred milli... Food and Drinks Melinda Carnes Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=113047&ca=Food+and+Drinks Blue cheese is made from the milk of ewes or cows. The story goes that blue or ‘bleu’ (as some would have it) cheese was discovered quite by accident in a cave. It had been left there and was found many days later covered with a greenish blue mold. To the amazement of the villagers, it wasn’t spoilt... Cooking Melinda Carnes Tue, 26 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=112473&ca=Cooking Rotisserie cooking is both a fun, and healthy way to cook meals for you and for family members. It’s a kind of cooking that can be done on a grill outside, as well as on indoor models made for the same purpose. Either way, it will provide you with some delicious food. The Grill A good way to get gre... Food and Drinks Melinda Carnes Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=111217&ca=Food+and+Drinks Wines, like hotels, tend to get rated. And they get rated with stars. How do you know what a 5 or 6-star wine stands for? Now unlike hotels, wines do not necessarily have to be rated by an expert. They can be rated by anyone. All it takes is for a person to have enough of an exposure as well as an u... Food and Drinks Melinda Carnes Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=109803&ca=Food+and+Drinks Do you have to be a professional coffee taster to have all the fun from coffee ? the ‘cuppers’ seem to have all of it, over and above their usual coffee buying, judging and writing reviews. But you can also enjoy the flavors of Tanzanian Peaberry, Monsoon Mysore and the rest if you wish to. Coffee i... Food and Drinks Melinda Carnes Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=109807&ca=Food+and+Drinks As with all baristas, I have my own method of making a great espresso. To start with the water must be fresh. Water can be affected by poor cleaning habits, mildew or filtering issues. It has to be the correct temperature, which is around 203F (95C) For the best quality coffee, I recommend Arabica w... Food and Drinks Melinda Carnes Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=105542&ca=Food+and+Drinks The largest wine producing area of the world can be found at the border of the Mediterranean Sea, in between Spain and the Rhone delta. Out of a population of 2.4 million, there are fifty thousand involved in growing vines. The area they consume spans twenty seven thousand and four hundred square ki... Food and Drinks Melinda Carnes Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=94250&ca=Food+and+Drinks The terroir is a group of vineyards or vines from the same area which have a common soil and climate. And nowhere else, other than Burgundy in France, is it held so fondly. Burgundy is a region situated in central east France, which experiences bitter cold winters matched with beautiful warm summers... Food and Drinks Melinda Carnes Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=94247&ca=Food+and+Drinks Wine and cheese parties from the seventies are returning. They are easy to set up. You don’t need a reason for the party. They can be brought together at any time, no matter the weather and there is nothing like the pairing of cheese with wine. Most people can get overwhelmed. To begin with there ar... Food and Drinks Melinda Carnes Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=94249&ca=Food+and+Drinks The region of Chianti is a tiny area in the heart of Tuscany between Siena and Florence and overlooks the Elsa Valley. The land is fertile with olive groves, green forests, and those delicious grapes just waiting to be picked off the vine and smashed into the most heavenly of drinks-Chianti wine. Fo...