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Chilling Tips For Thermoelectric Wine Refrigerator

When attempting to chill your wine, the cooler changes the electric current in the wires, so the heat of the process is absorbed. In a similar process, thermoelectric wine refrigerators can also warm your wine bottles. These refrigerators work a bit faster than your average water-chilled wine cooler, and their prices range from $60 to $150.

Thermoelectric wine refrigerator will work with any bottle that fits into the holder, if you buy a chiller for a single bottle of white wine. For example, you can buy a Chardonnay or Cabernet without having to worry about losing the taste of the wine, if you can not drink it immediately.

Your thermoelectric wine refrigerator will also help to keep the bottle intact, since the refrigerator will not damage the label or the glass of the bottle. Another tip, if there is space, you should store the bottle on its side, while cooling, so the cork and the wine will be together to preserve freshness, until you are ready to drink the wine.

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12/31/10

Cooking At Home With Famous Restaurant Recipes

A good place for Mexican food, is Don Pablo’s for dinner, if you have one in your local town. One of their most famous restaurant recipes is the Burrito Grande, which is filled with fajita meat and vegetables.

To make this dish, you need the marinated and grilled beef or chicken (you can add your own spice combination), as well as pico de gallo and guacamole.

A combination of cheeses, including sharp cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, should be used in the dish in an authentic Mexican flavor, and you can use lettuce and tomatoes to improve the nutritional value.

You can add side dishes like Mexican rice, and refried beans to create a filling meal for a dinner. The main meal is served with chips and salsa, and you can garnish the plate with tortilla strips and a serving of sour cream, so you feel you are enjoying a meal at Don Pablo’s famous restaurants.

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12/28/10

Better Ideas For Barbecuing Steaks

The better choice of cuts for barbecuing steaks are Flank steak, Rib Eye, Sirloin and T-bone. Rib Eye is a great choice if you have guests coming over to your house and you want to treat them to a better quality meal.

The most tender cuts come from the loin - the meat that runs along both sides of the spine. Porterhouse and T-bone steak comes from this area.

For you final decision, you may choose a cut of steak with a little bit of marbling for added flavor. When you take it home, cut off the fat to about a quarter of an inch and slash the edges of the steak at one inch intervals.

When choosing chips for the grill, you may consider hardwood chips, to add more flavor on the barbecued steaks. These chips can be small, large, or even pellets or chinks. If you have a gas grill, then stick with the chips and pellets. Time to think about the taste of your steak.

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12/23/10

Bottled Tea Sold As Health Drinks

Before you buy any product, including health drinks, always read the label, to confirm this is the product you need and you are happy with the contents of the package. If you’re on the go and do not have the time to brew a pot of tea at home, try to find a brand of bottled tea with the least added sugar.

Some contain fruit juice, but beware, because these contain a high amount of sugar, possibly to sweeten the fruit flavor.

The news is not all bad though. The level of antioxidants in bottled drinking tea may be similar to fruit and vegetables, depending on the type of tea used and how it is brewed.

There are antioxidants in bottled tea drinks that are due to more fruit flavor than the tea itself! For example, black tea flavonoids reduce the production of LDL - the "bad" cholesterol that can lead to stroke and heart attack.

It is also said to have the ability to improve the function of blood vessels within two hours of drinking just one cup!

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12/21/10

Become A Better Cook With Top Secret Restaurant Recipes

When you go to the top secret restaurant website, you can watch videos that will give you all the instructions you need to create good recipes that can become a better choice of a meal in your home.

There is also the latest news on which companies will sell cooking tools, making it easier to copy your favorite recipes at home.

A number of cookbooks are also available on the top secret restaurant site, to buy and get more ideas for making dinner interesting, in addition to herbs you can buy from the site that make your food taste just as the real thing.

You can surprise your family, with your new recipes. Everyone can help in the kitchen to create family favorites at a fraction of the cost you pay in restaurants.

You may be surprised to realise that you and your family can eat the same meals at home, rather than pay top dollar at restaurants, with a little effort in your kitchen.

One tip, is to keep coming back to this site, as new top secret restaurant recipes are always being added.

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12/19/10

Authenic Ingredients In German Beer

More beer is consumed per capita by the Czechs and the Irish than the Germans, but the breweries in Germany are isolated from the rest of the world because of a German principle known as Reinheitsgebot, which means purity order.

Using this principle, brewers want to ensure that German beer includes the freshest and most authentic ingredients, and this process goes as far back as 15th century. The main ingredient in many German beers is barley malt, and beers not made with barley malt must be top fermented.

The other ingredients in most of the original classic and modern German brews are water and hops. The taste of these beers are popular around the world.

You can visit a brewery in Germany or try a number of varieties of German beer at local pubs and bars when traveling around Germany. There are a number of popular varieties you can try while on your beer tour of Germany.

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12/15/10

Surprise Your Guests With Barbecue Side Dishes

Salads are the most versatile barbecue side dishes. They can be prepared ahead of time and will taste better if they are in the refrigerator overnight. A better option, is to prepare the salads on the morning of the barbecue, to maintain that freshness.

You can add flavors to salads, depending on the type of salad, you may add a little mayonnaise, and other rich ingredients. If you serve a green salad, then you need to wait until the last minute before adding the dressing and croutons.

You may also consider making salads for those who do not want the calories of mayonnaise and add olive oil or vinegar instead, depending on the ingredients in the salad.

Many vegetables and fruits can be safely cooked right on top of the grill, wrapped in foil. You can place peppers, bananas and cantaloupe on top of the grill and these are delicious when served hot off the grill.

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