Himalayan salt

Red leaf lettuce is the red variant of one of the 6 subspecies of lettuce. The cultivation of lettuce dates back to the Egyptians 4500 years ago. Lettuce is properly derived from wild weed and through careful breeding, we have the hundreds of lettuce we know today. The farmers have though selection, being able to…

Humans started to extract salt as far back as 6050 BC. In the Roman empire, salt was also used as a payment method when the soldiers should have their salary. The value of salt was the same as the value of gold. Salarium is the Latin word for salary, and the word salt comes from this…

Curry powder is a mix of spices native to south-east Asia. It is very seldom that the curry powder mix contains dried leaves from the curry tree. When you talk about curry powder there is not much doubt what you are talking about. But if you talk about curry, in general, it can be many things,…

Chili peppers also are known as Cayenne pepper. Red Chili peppers or Red Cayenne pepper is from the genus Capsicum annum. It is not the most used Chili pepper in Thailand though you will find it a lot. It is not the hottest of chilis it has a Scoville scale from 30,000 to 50,000 SHU….

It is believed that Chinese Broccoli is a descendant of cabbage. The early Portuguese explorers first brought cabbage to Asia. Through years of breeding Chinese Broccoli have been developed from the cabbage the Portuguese had brought cabbage with them. Unlike broccoli where you only eat the head are you also eating the stems and leaf on…