WINE - AUSTRALIA’S AWAKENING
Margaret River VineyardsVintners across the continent are taking new approaches to their terroirs and wines.There’s a fresh energy in Australian wine. The tidal wave of critter labels and thick, jammy...
View ArticleA HISTÓRIA DA SANTA CASA DE BARRETOS
Leopoldo CostaPREÂMBULOA instituição das santas casas de misericórdia é bem lusitana, não existe em outros países do mundo. Surgiu em Lisboa com uma alteração nos objetivos da "Confraria de Caridade de...
View ArticleMAO'S GREAT FAMINE - CANNIBALISM
The countryside was a world of noise before the famine. Hawkers filled the air with their chants, some using rattles to advertise their wares. The din of gongs, cymbals and firecrackers traditionally...
View ArticleLIFE IN MESOPOTAMIA
Residents of the oldest civilization in human history were surrounded by music and chants, savory roasts and rich candy, incense and aromatic herbs, brightly colored clothing and glistening skin, and...
View ArticleANANAS
Fruit tropical, originaire du Brésil. Il se consomme frais, mais il se prête aussi à de nombreuses douceurs. Sa « saveur surpasse celle de tous les fruits qui nous sont connus », affirme l’Encyclopédie...
View ArticleCANIBALISMO - O SABOR DA PRÓPRIA CARNE
O canibalismo, ritual milenar dos índios brasileiros, já foi uma cerimônia sangrenta, que misturava bravura, ódio e até respeito pelo inimigo. Hoje, sobrevive em cerimônias misteriosas e...
View ArticleA MEDIEVAL BANQUET
FEAST YOUR EYES UPON A CULINARY EXTRAVAGANZA, 11TH 15TH CENTURYWhen Crusaders returned from the Holy Land, it wasn’t just new territory they brought back with them. The campaign exposed knights and...
View ArticleFOOD AND DRINK ACROSS HISTORY
Food rationing during II World WarSince the dawn of the human race, food and drink have kept us alive, but how has what we put into our bodies changed throughout history?STONE AGE HUNTING AND GATHERING...
View ArticleOLIO DI PALMA
Facciamo chiarezza sul grasso più discusso del momento.L'olio di palma fa male, l’olio di palma fa bene. L’olio di palma è cancerogeno e fa venire il diabete, l’olio di palma è antiossidante e pieno di...
View ArticleL'ETÀ DELL'ECCEDENZA ALIMENTARE
La guerra allo spreco alimentare si combatte anche nei supermercati. C’è chi investe in tecnologia per ridurre l’invenduto e chi punta sulle donazioni. Tra tante difficoltà.Sono le otto di sera e dopo...
View ArticleYOUR BRAIN ON FOOD
"This program has shown results that I didn’t think were possible. Prior to the Whole30, I recognized that I had severe difficulties dealing with food cravings and knowing when to stop eating. Cheat...
View ArticleTHE ANGLO-SAXON PAST
By sundown on Saturday, 14 October 1066, events on a previously obscure Sussex hillside had decisively altered the course of English history, as indeed of world history. Surveying the scene of carnage,...
View ArticleHISTÓRIA POLÍTICA DE BARRETOS ATÉ 1930
Guarda Nacional de Barretos Não é possível um estudo aprofundado da história das lutas políticas desenroladas cm Barretos, obedecendo a um rigor de ordem cronológica dos fatos, dado à falta de...
View ArticleENTRE EVA E MARIA
No convento carmelita de Ávila, alguns sacerdotes conversam com uma freira de gestos suaves mas decididos. A cena parece estranha num meio religioso da Espanha do século XVI: os sacerdotes ouvem e a...
View ArticleCAUSAS DA DECADÊNCIA DA REGIÃO NOROESTE DO MUNICÍPIO DE BARRETOS NO FINAL DO...
Cel. Jesuíno da Silva MeloEm numero antecedente, e sob este mesmo titulo, prometemos escrever sobre as causas da decadência da região Nordeste deste município, adjacente ao Rio Grande e cachoeira do...
View ArticleCOOKING TECHNIQUES
Few cooking techniques require great skill or hours of practice. And even though lots of minor techniques and tricks are used in cooking, most dishes are prepared by one of ten basic methods: roasting,...
View ArticleAGRICULTURA EM BARRETOS NO FINAL DO SÉCULO XIX
Prometemos mencionar as plantas úteis, mais conhecidas, o os nomes de seus introdutores neste município.Em um lugar onde a iniciativa se faz isoladamente, sem o concurso de sociedades cooperativas, sem...
View ArticleHISTORY OF CANNING
Canning is a method of preserving food in which the food contents are processed and sealed in an airtight container. Canning provides a shelf life typically ranging from one to five years, although...
View ArticleTHROUGH HISTORY - JEWELLERY
It may be the finishing touch to your outfit, but jewellery has been adding some extra sparkle for centuries.NEOLITHIC STONE NECKLACES (4500 BCE)Early Neolithic jewellery used stones, bone and shells...
View ArticleGASTROPHYSICS - EXPERIMENT WITH OUR FOOD
Want to cook up a delicious meal? it's not just about the food. We chat to psychologist Prof. Charles Spence about the strange science of gastrophysics.What exactly is gastrophysics?It's a combination...
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