If you are unaware of the famous vichyssoise soup, you are missing out on one of the best soups, especially because it is so great in the summer. Vichyssoise is a leek potato soup that is mixed with cream and can be served cold.
The French soup was created by Louis Diat, a French chef who [...]
Tequila is a spirit distilled from the blue agave plant. Most plants are grown around the city of Tequila, in the center of Mexico primarily because of the rich volcanic soil.. The plants are chopped with blades and the centers are gathered to be fermented in bulk. The centers, or heads can weigh up [...]
The vanilla bean is an ingredient that is seldom used although many know the taste. Vanilla flavoring comes from the vanilla bean, a thin pod of the Vanilla genus, native to Mesoamerica and spreading to Europe by explorers.
Many attempted to migrate the plant, although pollination was very difficult because the plant requires the Melipona bee [...]
