Emily Hodulik, a six year old was attacked by coyotes in Rye, New York, on Friday June 25, 2010. Hodulik was playing outside of her LaSalle Avenue home during a picnic when neighbors from across the street heard the little girl screaming. When people responded to Hodulik's screams, they...
Pumpernickel bread is a kind of German bread that is already being made way back in the 1450s. Pumpernickel bread possesses a dark color, almost no crust and taste that is reminiscent of rye. The traditional way of making this kind of bread is by combining both coarse and fine rye flour and then...
Fermentation is a process that converts a carbohydrate into an acid or alcohol. Fermentation, in a stricter sense, also involves the use of yeast as an agent in changing sugar into alcohol. It can also refer to the use of bacteria in order to create lactic acid on some foods. Fermentation is a...
Gluten is a type of protein that can be found in grains like wheat, barley and rye, which means it can be found in bread and various kinds of cereals. But it should be noted that not all grains actually have gluten. Some examples of grains that are gluten free include corn, wild rice, millet,...
The world’s greatest writers use their literary genius to illustrate and comment on the human condition. And yet, those who could be considered to have the best understanding of human feelings often choose to hide themselves away from the public eye. The stereotype of the reclusive author is not...
Grain alcohol (also called ethyl alcohol or ethanol) is pure alcohol, and is made from grains like corn and rye that have been fermented and distilled. And no, this is not something you can pour into a mixed drink; grain alcohol is toxic, and is not even used at 100% concentration. It is quite...
In more repressed times, people were not always allowed to express themselves freely, for fear of persecution. Gossiping, criticizing the government or even talking about current events were often punishable by death. In order to communicate at will, clever rhymes were constructed and passed...
Vodka is an alcoholic drink. While many people believe it is a Russian drink, historians believed it may have been developed sometime within the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries in the region that lies between Poland and Russia. The word has Russian roots, and means “little water.” Vodka is...
Dark Fantasy is a nebulous psuedo-genre of the fantastic. It can cover urban fantasy with rough edges, Lovecraftian horror, epic fantasy with violence and dirt still intact — but it's all these things and more. It's any story of the fantastic where things aren't Tolkien-levels of happy. Were people...
Celiac disease is a genetically inherited autoimmune condition which causes the lining of the small intestine to be damaged by eating proteins contained in wheat, barely, rye, and oats. Celiac disease is also known as: sprue, nontropical sprue, gluten intolerance, or gluten-sensitive enteropathy....
