The Food Lover’s Guide to the Gourmet Secrets of Rome

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When in Rome, eat as the Romans do! Discover the hidden gourmet joys of eating and drinking in Rome just like the locals. Organized by neighborhood, the book is a tour through the gourmet treasures of the eternal city and features detailed reviews of it’s best restaurants, markets, and specialty shops. Diane Seed, a locally based food expert and teacher, packs each section with details about which products or wines to seek out, which local eateries are musts, and which not-to-be-missed dishes are authentically local such as the fried artichokes of Trastevere or the Orvieto from the hills outside the city. Seed divides Rome into nine prime areas to explore, coordinating her culinary suggestions with the majo… More >>

The Food Lover’s Guide to the Gourmet Secrets of Rome

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The Food of India: A Journey for Food Lovers

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Winner, gold award, Best Hard Cover Recipe Book 2002-2003, Jacob’s Creek World Food Media Awards, Adelaide, Australia The Food of India captures the spirit of one of the world’s great cuisines. It includes myriad exciting recipes for the vast array of dishes that are India’s modern cuisine, from traditional Moghul dishes, such as korma and kofta, to a selection of breads, dals, and fragrant basmati rice dishes, including pulao and biryani. Stunning color photographs allow readers to explore the country’s beauty and rich diversity: snack-sellers on the beaches of Mumbai, rossogolla-makers of Kolkata; the tea gardens of Assam and Munnar. About The Food of… series A culinary journey around the world. E… More >>

The Food of India: A Journey for Food Lovers

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Tinnitus Relief For Music Lovers

Whether you are a music lover or a professional musician, if you have tinnitus you should know that music can be your ears’ worst enemy. Over 50 million people on the US have tinnitus, or ringing of the ears. And the number one cause of tinnitus is exposure to loud sounds. And unfortunately, if not somewhat unfairly, music is one of the main ways most of us expose ourselves to overly loud noise. The good news is this is largely under your control

It’s easy to listen to music too loud. Often we are trying to listen to music loud enough to drown other other noise. I’m always amazed when I get in my car, how loud I left the radio from my last drive. Almost all live entertainment is too loud whether it is classical, jazz, or rock.

If you are a professional musician looking for tinnitus relief, you’re in good company. After performing at the 2010 Super Bowl halftime show, rock legend Pete Townsend of the Who revealed to Rolling Stone magazine that his tinnitus returned. He might have to give up live performing. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has discussed his tinnitus and his concerns for this generation growing up with iPods on CNN. Some other notable performers that acknowledge they have tinnitus include Neil Young, Barbra Streisand, Sting, and Eric Clapton.

There are many references to ringing ears in songs lyrics, including songs by U2, Wilco, Mark Knopfler, Nine Inch Nails, Bob Dylan, and Beck. Who could forget the famous Peter Frampton line, “I wonder how you’re feeling….there’s ringing in my ears.” I’m sure you can think of some others.

So what can music lovers do to prevent getting tinnitus or to stop tinnitus from getting any worse?

This may seem embarrassingly obvious, but when you have control of the sound level, such as the radio in your car or your iPod, keep the volume as a safe level. What is considered a safe level? That would be so quiet that if someone wanted to talk to you they wouldn’t have to raise their voice. That’s pretty quiet. It is interesting to check out decibel levels of common sounds on sites such as CoolMath.com. You’ll find learn that listening to music in your home usually is as loud as the average factory.

When you can’t control the sound level, such as at at concert, use hearing protection. You can buy special musicians’ earplugs.

If you’re a drummer, you can get quiet drumsticks, which sounds like an oxymoron! Eric Clapton made them famous during his unplugged era. I’ve heard that their tinnitus is why some musicians decided to go “unplugged” in the first place.

And if you already have tinnitus, besides reducing sound levels you are exposed to, there are many tinnitus remedies that can reduce or even eliminate tinnitus symptoms, even though there is no actual tinnitus cure.

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Food Jobs: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers and Food Lovers

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WINNER: 2008 Gourmand World Cook Book Awards: Best Food Book for Professionals “In these difficult times, jobs are probably the most important issue, before banks or real estate … FOOD JOBS is packed with practical information, easy and even funny, very serious and accurate in its comments and advice. It is difficult to imagine how it could be better.”
- Edouard Cointreau, founder and president of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards Do you want to turn your passion for food into a career? Take a bite out of the food world with help from the experts in this first-of-its-kind What Color Is Your Parachute? for food related careers. Maybe you’re considering culinary school, maybe you’re about to gradu… More >>

Food Jobs: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers and Food Lovers

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The New Food Lover’s Companion

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This fourth edition of a standard guide (formerly called Food Lover’s Companion) revises many existing entries and expands the total number of entries to 6,700.  It is essentially a dictionary of various ingredients, from herbs and spices to wines and desserts. It also includes a plethora of terms about cooking techniques. Entries are arranged in alphabetical order and vary in length from a couple of lines to a couple of pages. Each includes a definition and [Read More...]

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