Cook food thoroughly before consumption. Shellfish should be cooked in boiling water for not less than five minutes.
Use two sets of chopsticks and eating utensils to handle raw and cooked food separately, with an additional pair for chicken and poultry to avoid cross contamination.
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Here are a couple of recipes if you're on a liquid diet, courtesy of Néktar's Raveen Misra.
Gordon's Breakfast
60ml of dry gin
1inch of peeled Japanese cucumber
5ml sugar syrup
15ml Lemon Juice
10ml of Worcestershire sauce
2 to 3 dashes of Tobasco sauce
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of pepper...
Could you share some tips about how to make, cook and store pasta?
Make: Since you’re going to be making your own pasta from scratch, I’d suggest spending a little bit of money and getting a pasta machine as kneading can be hard work. Plus, it saves you time (15 versus 30 minutes) and...
1. In estimating the “value” of any carpet, three distinct qualities are to be considered:
a) Rarity depends on the age of the carpet, the locality where it was made or its type. For instance, Persian carpets made in the 50s are among the rarest.
b) Artistic Beauty depends on the design...
1. Prep really should start at least a full 18 hours before the big event, it helps if you think of it as a food/booze marathon. Make sure you have a light dinner the previous night, or better yet, skip it altogether.
2. Sleep and wake up early. If the brunch starts at noon, you’ll want to...
Among the spirits that have undergone a bit of a reinvention of late, rum is arguably receiving the classiest makeover. Where once it was seen as some clear stuff you buy cheap at duty free and dilute with cola or juice, it is now being enjoyed on the rocks or neat, in snifters. The rums of the...
Dear Mr. KIA,
I’ve just moved into my spanking new bachelor pad and want to throw a housewarming party, but am too busy working 70 hours a week to put it together. Who else can I turn to, besides my mom?—Party Prince
Dear Party Prince,
If you’re hoping to host a real, grown up...
The closure, just two weeks ago, of the institution that was Borders at Wheelock Place, is hardly encouraging news. Sure, we all love our independent bookstores; but when a big name player can’t make enough to cover the rent, that says something—if not about our local literary scene,...
1. Do lunch.
Artificial light sucks. There’s just no way to compensate for how ugly it is. Besides, you can eat in the best restaurants at a fraction of the cost during mid-day. Ask for a table next to a big window and snap away. For a roundup of the best lunch deals in town, head to bit.ly/...
1. Location, location, location
Depending on the type of pop-up concept you’re looking at, different venues will work for different activities. If it’s a retail space, it makes more commercial sense to hold it a more central locale, say at Orchard Road, City Hall or even Chinatown. Even...
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