Cooking is the act of preparing food for eating by the application of heat. It encompasses a vast range of methods, tools and combinations of ingredients to alter the flavor or digestibility of food. It is the process of selecting, measuring and combining of ingredients in an ordered procedure in an effort to achieve the desired result. Factors affecting the final outcome include the variability of ingredients, ambient conditions, tools, and the skill of the individual doing the actual cooking .The diversity of cooking worldwide is a reflection of the myriad nutritional, aesthetic, agricultural, economic, cultural, social and religious considerations that impact upon it.Applying heat to a food usually, though not always, chemically transforms it, thus changing its flavor, texture, consistency, appearance, and nutritional properties. There is archaeological evidence of roasted foodstuffs, both animal and vegetable, in human (Homo erectus) campsites dating from the earliest known use of fire, some 800,000 years ago. Other methods of cooking that involve the boiling of liquid in a receptacle have been practiced at least since the 10th millennium BC, with the introduction of pottery.

To make Super (long) Tuesday more bearable, Re:Generator has cooked up a fresh batch of macros about the candidates to make your headache go away for exactly as long as it takes to scroll down and have a few chuckles at the expense of politicians.

Always make a list of camping necessities before you go camping. You’ll need a tent, you’ll need blankets or a sleeping bag, and you’ll need food or ways to catch and cook food. Beyond that, any camping equipment you take along with you is just going to weigh you down.

A work out update from This Mama Cooks! plus some tips on getting the Weight Watchers POINTS down on a Grapefruit and Seared Shrimp Salad recipe.

For Valentine's, why not cook up some tasty lobster for your special someone. Gorton's is having a sale on live main lobster, where you can buy your own Pinchy (for you Simpson's fans) starting at $32.95 for a 1.25 lbs lobster (originally $36.95). Prices go down to $26.95 if you buy 10 or more. This sale ends on March 2.

It was self defense folks, I mean who doesn’t dismember and cook people they kill in self defense? The best part? Well, he won his appeal because they didn’t allow testimony that she kicked him down the stairs after he tied her up. Because tying a woman up is okay…