Jone Awad

Torshi (Pickled Vegetables)

A Pickling Product Torshi is a product of pickled vegetables. Pickling is 1 of many types of preservation methods. Torshi is really popular in the Middle East, and some surrounding countries. It is eaten as a side or palate cleanser. Torshi comes from the word torsh, which means “sour” in Farsi (Persian) . Torshi isContinue reading “Torshi (Pickled Vegetables)”

New Food Experience

I would never eat that, to lets get another order. This experience occurred when my friends and I decided to have dinner after our Lectures were done in Toronto. We went to a restaurant called El Catrin. We decided to share an appetizer, and I let one of my friends decide that appetizer while IContinue reading “New Food Experience”

Carbohydrates and Added Sugars

The difference between high carbohydrates foods and foods with added sugar; First let us define each one. High Carbohydrate foods; Food that contains natural complex sugars, usually have a low glycemic index value E.g. Fruits, natural juices, brown rice, beans, whole wheat grains. Added sugar foods: Food that is refined/processed has a high glycemic indexContinue reading “Carbohydrates and Added Sugars”

French Onion Soup

One of my favorites. This soup was an adventure for me to experiment and try to perfect. The French Onion Soup also has a lot of history traced back to ancient Rome 8,000 years ago. The French Onion Soup we know today was developed in Paris, France in the 18th century. Although a lot ofContinue reading “French Onion Soup”

Credibility

How To Know a Website Is Credible? E.g. Good Credible website: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthy-eating Something that shows that this website is credible, that it provides us with it’s partners and endorsers information. By checking this website’s partners, we notice that one of them is “The British Columbia College of Family Physicians”. This alone lets us know that theyContinue reading “Credibility”