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They say that the best way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. That is why cooking is rather important for women to learn…. aside from the fact that being a cook/chef is a profession that will definitely not be redundant. People love to eat. We love food. This thought has driven me to search the internet for cooking schools and that is when I came across http://www.baychef.com

Baychef is a cooking school that offers a wide variety of lessons - from basic cooking to more specialized cooking classes. Baking is definitely something I would love to learn. I love cakes, pastries, and other sweets… and I want to make sure that the person I cook for will always crave for the food I make.

The Atkins Diet is a well-known low-carbohydrate diet that is formulated by Dr. Robert Atkins.  Dr. Atkins adapted a diet he read in the Journal of the American Medical Association in the 1960 and utilized it to solve his own weight problems.  From then on, he wrote a series of books starting with Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution in 1972.

The Atkins’ Diet has become more popular in 2003 and 2004 and has treated thousands of patients, not just in the United States but in the whole world.  Because of the popularity of the Atkins Diet, Dr. Atkins is often called the “Father of Modern Low Carb Diets”. 

Just like any other diet, Atkins Diet involves counting your carbohydrate intake regardless of where it come from. The diet ahs four phases: Induction, Ongoing Weight Loss or OWL, Pre-maintenance, and Maintenance.  The lenght of time you stay in a phase depends on your weight and how you respond to the diet.  Though the diet is divided into phases, you do not have to follow it chronologically and can start a any of the four phases.    However, since induction is the strictest phase of the diet and requires you to severely cut your carb intake, it is recommended that you start in this phase especially when you are overweight.

If you think of Italian food, pizza, spaghetti, pasta parmigiana, mistrone, and ravioli will definitely cross your mind.  This is perhaps, because these are the most common dishes served in restraunts and homes around the world.  However, not a lot of people know that Italian cuisine is extremely varied and diverse.  There are a variety of dishes that are unique to places that they come from.  You have the popular dishes like risotto (saffron-flavored rice) of Milan, fegati ala Veneziana (wafer-thin slices of liver with onions) of Venice, tortellini (meat or cheese stuffed in little rounds of dough) of Bologna, and a lot more. 

If you live nearby Highway 5 in La Jolla, California and suddenly got a craving for Italian food, you can drop by La Jolla restaurants like Tratorria Acqua. They serve Calamari Fritti, Portobello Polenta, Muscoli Gratini, and a lot of other popular and not-so-popular Italian food.

So, you want to have really great desserts but have no oven? Then, this section is for you:  

What you will need: Chocolate flavored Graham Crackers, white sugar, hotcake or light corn syrup, water, baking soda.  For the filling: hot water, instant coffe powder, all-purpose cream, confectioners sugar.

HOW:  Combine sugar, hotcake syrup, and water in a small saucepan.  Bring to a boil, then put to medium heat and continue boiling without stirring.   The mixture is ready when you it falls with a thread-like consistency when it is lifted with a spoon.  Turn off heat.  Add 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda and 4 pcs chopped Graham crackers.  Mix well, then pour to a greasproof paper lined loaf pan.  Cool until hard. Cut into chunks.

FILLING:  Mix all purpose cream until thick then add 6 tbsp confectioners sugar.  Dissolve 1 tsp. coffee powder in 1 tbsp. hot water.  Add this coffee mixture to the cream mixture.  Mix well.

LAYER: Lay 6 pcs of Graham crackers in a pan.  Pour half of the coffee cream.  Spread evenly then do another layer alternating creakers and cream.   Serve chilled.