Saturday, September 12, 2015

Jeroboam and Balthazar: wine facts..

Jeroboam is a wine bottle with a capacity four times larger than that of an ordinary bottle.Named after 'Jeroboam', a king of Israel.
Balthazar is also a very large wine bottle, equivalent in capacity to sixteen regular bottles.Named after 'Balthazar', a king of Babylon who made a great feast and drank wine before a thousand.

Monday, August 31, 2015

mornay: from French cuisine..

Denoting or served in a cheese-flavoured white sauce.
mornay sauce
Named after Mornay,eldest son of the French chef Joseph Voiron, the inventor of the sauce.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

idli: Indian breakfast..


Idli is a traditional breakfast food especially in south India. Common accompaniments are chatni and sambar.