Food and Drink

Bun! - CarlC, spelling expert from Android

Visitors to the restaurant sit around a common tables and eat the semolina dumplings stuffed with seasoned meat or vegetables served in a variety of flavorful broths‏. - CarlC, spelling expert from Bookmarklet

"DISARONNO & TEA A wickedly tempting winter warmer Combine piping hot tea with the smooth sweetness of DISARONNO, for a treat that's bound to ward off the winter blues. Top with whipped cream. 1½ parts DISARONNO 6 parts Hot tea Whipped cream METHOD Pour all ingredients into a mazagran glass, top with whipped cream." - CarlC, spelling expert from Bookmarklet

I may have replaced the whipped cream with a little bit of ice cream. May have. - CarlC, spelling expert

A government minister is the latest to warn people of the dangers of fad diets, but people have been following them for centuries. Why? As early as the Greeks and Romans people have been dieting. But while it was largely about health and fitness back then, it's the Victorians who really kick started the fad diet. "The Greek word diatia, from which our word diet derives, described a whole way of life," says Louise Foxcroft, a historian and author of Calories and Corsets: A History of Dieting Over 2,000 Years. "Dieting back then was about all-round mental and physical health. People really got a taste for fad dieting in the 19th Century. It is during this time that things tip over into dieting more for aesthetic reasons and the diet industry explodes." So what are the weirdest and unhealthiest fad diets from history? At the turn of the 20th Century the American, Horace Fletcher, decided a lot of chewing and spitting was the way to lose weight. Fletcherism, as it was called, promoted... more... - CarlC, spelling expert from Bookmarklet

Romantics were restricting themselves to vinegar and rice to get Byron's fashionably thin and pale look. "Our young ladies live all their growing girlhood in semi-starvation," wrote one critic at the time. During this time eating patterns became more prescriptive, with set dining styles, says Gray. "This also caused people to worry about their size. Queen Victoria was terrified of putting on weight." - CarlC, spelling expert

The patient didn’t overdose on medication. She overdosed on grapefruit juice. The 42-year-old was barely responding when her husband brought her to the emergency room. Her heart rate was slowing, and her blood pressure was falling. Doctors had to insert a breathing tube, and then a pacemaker, to revive her. They were mystified: The patient’s husband said she suffered from migraines and was taking a blood pressure drug called verapamil to help prevent the headaches. But blood tests showed she had an alarming amount of the drug in her system, five times the safe level. Did she overdose? Was she trying to commit suicide? It was only after she recovered that doctors were able to piece the story together. “The culprit was grapefruit juice,” said Dr. Unni Pillai, a nephrologist in St. Louis, Mo., who treated the woman several years ago and later published a case report. “She loved grapefruit juice, and she had such a bad migraine, with nausea and vomiting, that she could not tolerate... more... - CarlC, spelling expert from Bookmarklet

For 43 of the 85 drugs now on the list, consumption with grapefruit can be life-threatening, Dr. Bailey said. - CarlC, spelling expert

But Dr. Grande also noted that the patient had other risk factors and the circumstances were unusual. “The reason we published it as a case report was because it was so uncommon,” she said. “We need to be careful not to exaggerate this.” Some drugs that have a narrow “therapeutic range” — where having a bit too much or too little can have serious consequences — require vigilance with... more... - CarlC, spelling expert

Serves 3: In El Salvador, Atol is made with fresh corn kernels, milk, cinnamon, and sugar. My version is simplified for the home cook – but if you have the time, and if it is in season, cut the corn straight off the cob. Do it while listening to Salvadoran music, just because. Ingredients --- * 1 lb frozen corn, thawed; * 2 cups milk; * 1 cinnamon stick; * 1/4-1/2 cup sugar; * extra milk, as needed; * ground cinnamon for garnish. Method --- Add golden nuggets of goodness to a medium pot. Balance a cinnamon stick on top. - CarlC, spelling expert from Bookmarklet

Practically. - Shevonne