By: Johnny Cartwright | 2010-03-29 | Gardening There are two major varieties of artichokes - globe artichokes and Jerusalem artichokes. Globe artichoke are the bur, or flower bud of the artichoke plant, while Jerusalem artichokes are roots, similar to potatoes. read more
By: akshita | 2012-06-28 | Health & Fitness Its all about artichoke extract and its benefits. Here, you will get to know much more about this. read more
By: Crisologo Ramasasa | 2010-10-25 | Gardening Artichokes (Cynara scolymus), believed to be a native of western and central Mediterranean. It was said that this plant was already grown by the Romans for over 2,000 years ago. They used it as a green and a salad plant. It is a perennial crop grown for the their buds as the main parts used for food, it's a large and vigorous plant that grows to a height of about six feet. Artichokes tolerates in a cool, but not freezing weather and lots of water supply. read more
By: akshita | 2012-07-17 | Health & Fitness This is all about globe artichoke and its benefits. There are number of points are mentioned in this. read more
By: Hannie Lopez | 2012-04-04 | Hair Loss Are you familiar with the herb Jerusalem artichoke? If not, then here is your chance to know what this herb can do as a treatment for hair loss. read more
By: Kamlesh Kumar | 2011-12-29 | Shopping Balsamic vinegar nutrition is used in many Italian dishes. The best balsamic vinegar is exclusively used in salad, artichokes, and even asparagus. read more
By: Linda Carol Wilson | 2010-03-30 | Recipes Side dishes can make or break the meal. Even a quick meal needs good side dishes. Here are some recipes for sides that are quick, easy, and healthy. Try Veggie Stuffed Mushrooms loaded with broccoli, carrot, onion, and cheese. Or make Gourmet Artichokes and Spinach as a side dish or as an appetizer. Directions are included for both. read more
By: Nigel Dylan | 2010-03-28 | Product Reviews Some people run scared when you mention healthy eating habits. They have visions of Tofu, soy milk, and artichokes. They don't really feel they can stop the fast food, and so feel inadequate, which chips away at their self confidence making things even worse. You have seen these people, and maybe sub consciously you are one of these people. read more
By: Sally Wilson | 2010-04-01 | Food & Beverage A few flowers have survived in traditional modern kitchen use, such as rose petals, nasturtiums, zucchini flowers, violets, chamomile and calendulas. We regularly enjoy the less obvious flowers of cauliflower, broccoli, and globe artichokes. Most of us will know that the flowers of herbs rosemary, basil and lavender are not poisonous and therefore safe to use in food preparation. But what of all the others? read more
By: Emely | 2011-11-30 | Recipes How to make 4 Seasons Pizza? For this traditional pie (known as a quattro stagione in Italian), the crust is divided into four equal quadrants, each representing one of the seasons: mushrooms for the fall, prosciutto for the winter, artichoke hearts for the spring, and olives for the summer. But you can just as easily mix all these ingredients together over the top of the pie so everyone gets a li read more
By: Kathleen Ford | 2010-03-30 | Salads Nicoise is the eponymous name of a typical salad from Nice in the Cote D'Azur region of France. It is an extremely ordered salad with groups of food arranged on a bed of gem lettuce. Each vegetable component is prepared separately and then placed with precision on the lettuce. The salad traditionally consists of the flavours of Provence, artichoke hearts, ripe tomato wedges, diced red peppers, green beans and wedges of hard-cooked eggs topped with tuna canned in olive oil. read more
By: James Lahey | 2010-04-07 | Nutrition There are often many nutritional people appearing on the TV, radio, internet and newspapers. These people may be nutritional scientists, reporters or possibly even just a person who has a new theory about nutrition. Some of these crazy theories in the past would have lead us to believe that Vitamin C gives you hives, artichokes cure cancer and not to eat berries and cheese in the same meal. read more