Health benefits of eating seafood

Research over the past few decades has shown that the nutrients and minerals in seafood can make improvements in brain development and reproduction and has highlighted the role for seafood in the functionality of the human body.

Heart health
Doctors have known of strong links between fish and healthy hearts ever since they noticed that fish-eating Inuit populations in the Arctic had low levels of heart disease. One study has suggested that adding one portion of fish a week to your diet can cut your chances of suffering a heart attack by half.

Fish is thought to protect the heart because eating less saturated fat and more Omega-3 can help to lower the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood – two fats that, in excess, increase the risk of heart disease. Omega-3 fats also have natural built-in anti-oxidants, which are thought to stop the thickening and damaging of artery walls.

Regularly eating fish oils is also thought to reduce the risk of arrhythmia – irregular electrical activity in the heart which increases the risk of sudden heart attacks.

Brain functionality
The human brain is 10-12% lipids, including the Omega-3 fat DHA. Recent studies suggest that older people can boost their brain power by eating more oily fish, with those who enjoy it regularly are able to remember better and think faster than those who eat none. Other research has also suggested that adding more DHA to the diet of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder can reduce their behavioural problems and improve their reading skills, while there have also been links suggested between DHA and better concentration. Separate studies have suggested that older people who eat fish at least once a week could also have a lower chance of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Joint benefits
Including fish as a regular part of a balanced diet has been shown to help the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis – a painful condition that causes joints to swell up, reducing strength and mobility. Studies also show that sufferers feel less stiff and sore in the morning if they keep their fish oil intake topped up.

Recent research has also found a link between Omega-3 fats and a slowing down in the wearing of cartilage that leads to osteoarthritis, opening the door for more research into whether eating more fish could help prevent the disease.

Iodine, Selenium, Vitamin A, Zinc
Fish is high in minerals such as iodine and selenium, which keep the body running smoothly. Iodine is essential for the thyroid gland, which controls growth and metabolism, while selenium is used to make enzymes that protect cell walls from cancer-causing free radicals, and helps prevent DNA damage caused by radiation and some chemicals.

Fish is also an excellent source of vitamin A, which is needed for healthy skin and eyes, and vitamin D, which is needed to help the body absorb calcium to strengthen teeth and bones.

Source: www.wikipedia.com

See also: Ice cream, sate

Kinds of Pasta

Pasta comes in an astonishing variety of shapes, some of which are common throughout Italy, and some of which are limited to a particular region, or even town. There are also specialty shapes produced by individual pasta makers.

Taken as a whole, pasta can be divided into pasta di semola di grano duro, made from durum wheat flour, water, and a little salt, and pasta all'uovo, which is made from eggs, flour, and salt. Commercial pasta all'uovo is generally made with durum wheat flour, which gives it a firmer texture and means it won't go soft if it's overcooked slightly (all pasta will become flabby if seriously overcooked). Homemade pasta is, on the other hand, generally made with cake flour, which has less gluten. Therefore, the cooking time of home made pasta all'uovo is more critical; if you leave it in the water too long it will become flabby.

Commercially made pasta can be divided into several basic kinds:

Sheet Pasta: Used primarily in making baked dishes. Often but not always all'uovo, with eggs.

• Cannelloni, also known as manicotti, and a pepper-and-ricotta filling.

• Lasagna: Square or rectangular sheets of pasta, which are cooked, interlayered with other ingredients and baked. There are many many variations.

Strips: Fettuccine, Linguini, tagliatelle, and so on. The broader strips are generally used for thick-to-chunky sauces, whereas the thinner strips are also used for creamier, though never really liquid sauces. Most of these pastas are made with egg, and will say all'uovo on the package.

• Pappardelle Broad strips, and a chunky tomato-mackerel sauce for them.

• Reginette Wavy-edged half-inch wide strips of pasta samed after Princess Mafalda of Savoy, which work quite well with rich sauces, and a pheasant breast sauce, that can also be made with duck or Guinea hen.

• Tagliatelle Quarter-inch strips of pasta, and a tomato and chicken breast sauce.

• Tagliatelline or Fettuccine Fine (1/8 of an inch) strips, and a smoked salmon sauce for them.

• Tagliolini All'Uovo The finest of strips, and a creamy mascarpone sauce for them.

Source: www.italianfood.about.com

See also: ice cream, seafood, dim sum

Review From Member2

Yakk.. kali ini saya akan me review Restoran Iga Penyet Leko di bilangan Pesanggrahan dekat puri indah sana.
Jujur saya baru pertama kali makan di Iga Penyet Leko disini, Untuk interiornya sama persis dengan interior iga penyet Leko di Pantai Indah Kapuk.. nyaman koq..mejanya keramik gitu.. Oh ya, saya makan berempat dengan kekasih dan dua adiknya.

Well, Langsung aja ke makanannya ya

1. Iga Penyet (Rp 25.000)
Seperti Biasa, Iga Penyet Leko adalah Favorit saya.. sebenarnya ada yang bilang Teko, ada yang bilang leko, tapi saya lebih suka Leko.. Bumbu penyetnya lebih nendang.. enak banget...

2. Iga Goreng Tepung Penyet (Rp 30.000)
Iga goreng tepung ini menu baru di Leko, dan rasanya? wuahh... mantap banget...sama iga penyetnya lebih enak ini..ada kriuk2nya..ya garing-garing dikit..enak banget..

3. Sop Iga+Otot(Rp 37.500)
Kuah Sop di Leko juga juara.. enak banget.. meskipun agak asin, tapi emang kuahnya gurih banget... Soal Iga nya, jangan tanya lagi.. empuk..

4. Belut Penyet (Rp 22.500)
Iseng-iseng Pesen Belut Penyetnya.. saya pikir bakal disajikan Belut Garing gitu.. tapi yang ada belut digoreng biasa... agak kecewa sih.. untuk Rasa bumbu penyetnya tetep nomer satu...

5. Sayur Asem (Rp 5.500)
Sayur asem disini berisi kol, kacang tanah, nangka , kacang panjang, melinjo, dan daun melinjo. enak banget, kuahnya merah gitu..seger,asem,pedas...

Dan untuk minumnya kamipun memesan :
1. Es Teh Susu Tarik Jumbo (rp 7.000)
Es Teh Susu Tarik disini favorit kami, Tehnya kuat, Susunya juga kuat..Balance, Seimbang dan jadinya ngga eneq.. TOP!
2. Es Jeruk Degan (Rp 9.500)
Saya Pribadi baru tahu Degan itu artinya kelapa ini es kelapa jeruk biasa..ordinary..
3, Es Cincau Lemon (Rp 7.500)
Nah, saya baru pernah coba ni..nyeruput dikit punya calon adek ipar nah..ini rasanya tuh unik banget..asem2..manis cincau gitu..buat yg doyan cincau nih wajib coba..

Over all.. saya emang selalu suka makan di Leko.. bumbu penyetnya itu lho...Recommended Pesan yang pedas... buat penyuka sambel pedas...
Enak banget..

Sumber: www.openrice.com

See also: loewy, table 8, seafood

Fish

Fish and shellfish have a natural tendency to concentrate mercury in their bodies, often in the form of methylmercury, a highly toxic organic compound of mercury. Species of fish that are high on the food chain, such as shark, swordfish, king mackerel, albacore tuna, and tilefish contain higher concentrations of mercury than others. This is because mercury is stored in the muscle tissues of fish, and when a predatory fish eats another fish, it assumes the entire body burden of mercury in the consumed fish. Since fish are less efficient at depurating than accumulating methylmercury, fish-tissue concentrations increase over time. Thus species that are high on the food chain amass body burdens of mercury that can be ten times higher than the species they consume. This process is called biomagnification. The first occurrence of widespread mercury poisoning in humans occurred this way in Minamata, Japan, now called Minamata disease.

Overfishing

Main article: Overfishing

Fish for sale in a market in Hong Kong

Research into population trends of various species of seafood is pointing to a global collapse of seafood species by 2048. Such a collapse would occur due to pollution and overfishing, threatening oceanic ecosystems, according to some researchers.

A major international scientific study released in November 2006 in the journal Science found that about one-third of all fishing stocks worldwide have collapsed (with a collapse being defined as a decline to less than 10% of their maximum observed abundance), and that if current trends continue all fish stocks worldwide will collapse within fifty years. In July 2009, Boris Worm of Dalhousie University, the author of the November 2006 study in Science, co-authored an update on the state of the world's fisheries with one of the original study's critics, Ray Hilborn of the University of Washington at Seattle. The new study found that through good fisheries management techniques even depleted fish stocks can be revived and made commercially viable again.

The FAO State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2004 report estimates that in 2003, of the main fish stocks or groups of resources for which assessment information is available, "approximately one-quarter were overexploited, depleted or recovering from depletion (16%, 7% and 1% respectively) and needed rebuilding."

The National Fisheries Institute, a trade advocacy group representing the United States seafood industry, disagree. They claim that currently observed declines in fish population are due to natural fluctuations and that enhanced technologies will eventually alleviate whatever impact humanity is having on oceanic life.

In an effort to counteract the detrimental effects of overfishing, there has been an emergence of retailers and restaurants only dealing in sustainable seafood. In an effort to expand the availability of sustainable seafood, i love blue sea opened in March 2010 selling only sustainable seafood online and delivering overnight via FedEx. They follow the recommendations set forth by both Seafood Watch and Greenpeace USA.

Source: www.wikipedia.com

See also: seafood, loewy, table 8

Makan Siang Bagi Mereka

Beruntunglah kita masih bisa tertawa lebar. Tak terlalu memikirkan makanan yang akan disantap hari ini atau esok hari. Terkadang dengan mudahnya kita buang-buang makanan yang sudah menjadi hak kita ke tempat sampah. Sementara, berdasarkan penelitian di daerah Muara Gembong dan Pebayuran, Kabupaten Bekasi kita bisa melihat seorang ibu yang tua renta bersusah payah demi menikmati makan siang. Ibu ini memiliki seorang anak yang telah menikah dan memberikannya cucu. Harapan dengan adanya keluarga baru ini bisa memperbaiki taraf hidup mereka ternyata tak terbukti. Mereka malah semakin melarat karena anak dan menantunya hanyalah nelayan kecil dan buruh tani lepasan yang tak jua bisa sebut pendapatan mereka cukup, apalagi berlebih. Sehingga, ibu tua renta ini mencoba membantu diri dan keluarganya dengan menangkap ikan-ikan kecil di sungai. Seringkali ikan-ikan yang tertangkap jaring-jaring ini hanyalah ikan-ikan kecil yang tak sebesar ikan gurame atau ikan mas yang biasa kita santap. Ikan-ikan yang beliau peroleh hanyalah ikan-ikan kecil sebesar ibu jari. Padahal berat juga mengangkat jaring itu di pinggir sungai dengan resiko terpeleset. Bukan hanya itu, mereka memasak kembali menggunakan kayu bakar karena tabung gas yang dibagikan pemerintah begitu menakutkan serta mengancam jiwa.

Bersyukurlah kita, dengan segala fasilitas yang kita miliki di rumah, dengan banyaknya restoran yang bisa kita kunjungi setiap saat. Tanpa perlu mengeluarkan keringat layaknya ibu tua renta yang tak pantas lagi bekerja. (Ratih)

See also: seafood

Human's Food

Seafood refers to any sea animal or plant that is served as food and eaten by humans. Seafoods include seawater animals, such as fish and shellfish (including molluscs and crustaceans). By extension, in North America although not generally in the United Kingdom, the term seafood is also applied to similar animals from fresh water and all edible aquatic animals are collectively referred to as seafood.

Edible seaweeds are also seafood, and are widely eaten around the world, especially in Asia. See the category of sea vegetables.

The harvesting of wild seafood is known as fishing and the cultivation and farming of seafood is known as aquaculture, mariculture, or in the case of fish, fish farming. Seafood is often distinguished from meat, although it is still animal and is excluded in a vegetarian diet. Seafood is an important source of protein in many diets around the world, especially in coastal areas.

See also: loewy, table 8

Source: www.wikipedia.com

Nasi Goreng Indonesia

Alih Bahasa: Ratih

Nasi goreng merupakan makanan khas Indonesia dan Malaysia. Nasi goreng merupakan nasi dengan campuran bumbu, cabai, dan udang. Nasi goreng merupakan makanan nasional Indonesia yang tak mengenal batas sosial ekonomi. Makanan ini bisa ditemukan di warung nasi kecil hingga restoran mewah di hotel-hotel.

Bahan utama nasi goreng ialah nasi, kecap, bawang merah dan bawang putih dilengkapi dengan penyedap rasa. Nasi goreng dapat dinikmati kapan saja, bagi orang Indonesia, Malaysia dan Singapura nasi goreng dimakan sebagai sarapan. Nasi yang digunakan sebagai bahan utama biasanya adalah nasi yang tidak habis dimakan malam harinya sehingga nasi goreng tidak terlalu lembek.

Di restoran-restoran, nasi goreng disajikan dengan telur, ayam goreng, sate, sayuran dan kerupuk. Sedangkan di warung nasi kecil, nasi goreng istimewa pakai telur.

Source: www.wikipedia.com

Lihat juga: seafood, Table 8, Loewy

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is an international agricultural research center founded in the early 1970s to improve the understanding of national agricultural and food policies to promote the adoption of innovations in agricultural technology. Additionally, IFPRI was meant to shed more light on the role of agricultural and rural development in the broader development pathway of a country.According to its website, the IFPRI "seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty."

The IFPRI is part of a network of international research institutes funded in part by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), which in turn is funded by governments, private businesses and foundations, and the World Bank.

Scope

IFPRI carries out food policy research and disseminates it through hundreds of publications, bulletins, conferences, and other initiatives. IFPRI was organized as a District of Columbia non-profit, non-stock corporation on March 5, 1975 and its first research bulletin was produced in February 1976. IFPRI has offices in several developing countries, including China, Ethiopia, and India, and has research staff working in many more countries around the world.

Research Areas

IFPRI’s institutional strategy rests on three pillars: research, capacity strengthening, and policy communication.

Research topics have included low crop and animal productivity, and environmental degradation, water management, fragile lands, property rights, collective action, sustainable intensification of agricultural production, the impact of climate change on poor farmers, the problems and opportunities of biotechnology,food security, micronutrient malnutrition, microfinance programs, urban food security, gender and development, and resource allocation within households.

IFPRI also analyzes agricultural market reforms, trade policy, World Trade Organization negotiations in the context of agriculture, institutional effectiveness, crop and income diversification, postharvest activity, and agroindustry.

The institute is involved in measuring the Millennium Development Goals project and supports governments in the formulation and implementation of development strategies.

Further work includes research on agricultural innovation systems and the role of capacity strengthening in agricultural development.

Products and Publications

IFPRI targets its policy and research products to many audiences, including developing-country policymakers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and civil-society organizations, "opinion leaders", donors, advisers, and media.

Publications by IFPRI include books, research reports, but also newsletters, briefs, and fact sheets. It is also involved in the collection of primary data and the compilation and processing of secondary data.

In 1993 IFPRI introduced the 2020 Vision Initiative, which aims at coordinating and supporting a debate among national governments, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, international development institutions, and other elements of civil society to reach food security for all by 2020.

As of 2006 IFPRI produces the (GHI) yearly measuring the progress and failure of individual countries and regions in the fight against hunger. The GHI is a collaboration of IFPRI, the Welthungerhilfe, and Concern Worldwide.

IFPRI has produced the related Hunger Index for the States of India (ISHI) (2008) and the Sub-National Hunger Index for Ethiopia (2009).

Organizational structure

IFPRI is made up of the Office of the Director General, a Communications Division and the Finance and Administration Division, and 5 research divisions:

• Development Strategy and Governance

• Environment and Production Technology

• Poverty, Health, and Nutrition

• Knowledge, Capacity, and Innovation

• Markets, Trade, and Institutions

IFPRI hosts several research networks:

• The (ASTI)

• The CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi)

• Harvest Plus

• HarvestChoice

Impact

The evaluation of policy-oriented research poses a lot of challenges including the difficulty to quantify the impact of knowledge and ideas in terms of reduced poverty and or increased income or the attribution of a change in these numbers to a specific study or research project.

Despite these challenges, studies find that IFPRI research had spill-over effects for specific country-level research, but also in setting the global policy agenda, for example in the areas biodiversity (influencing the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources) and trade (with respect to the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations).

Another example of IFPRI's impact on policy formulation was the 2007–2008 world food price crisis. IFPRI was able to quickly pull together relevant research and its resulting recommendation where included in the United Nations’ Comprehensive Framework for Action on food security.

Criticism

CGIAR and its agencies, including the IFPRI have been criticized for their connections to Western governments and multinational agribusiness, although its research publications have also been cited by critics of agribusiness and Genetically Modified Organisms in agriculture. IFPRI describes itself as "neither an advocate nor an opponent of genetically modified crops."

Source: www.wikipedia.com

See Also: seafood, dim sum, wine

Pasta

Pasta adalah makanan olahan yang digunakan pada masakan Italia, dibuat dari campuran tepung terigu, air, telur, dan garam yang membentuk adonan yang bisa dibentuk menjadi berbagai variasi ukuran dan bentuk. Pasta dijadikan berbagai hidangan setelah dimasak dengan cara direbus. Di Indonesia, jenis pasta yang populer misalnya spageti, makaroni dan lasagna.

Dalam bahasa Inggris, pasta adalah sebutan untuk berbagai jenis masakan dengan bahan utama salah satu jenis pasta yang diberi bumbu dan saus. Pasta berasal dari bahasa Italia "pasta alimentare" yang berarti adonan bahan makanan. Dalam arti luas, "pasta" bisa berarti semua adonan seperti adonan roti, pastry, atau cake. Dalam bahasa Italia, pasta yang berarti bahan makanan seperti mi disebut pastasciutta.

Pasta dibuat dari tepung terigu semolina yang merupakan hasil gilingan biji gandum durum dicampur telur sehingga sedikit berwarna kuning cerah, dan bila dimasak dengan benar akan menghasilkan tekstur sedikit kenyal. Pasta buatan Amerika sering dibuat dari campuran tepung terigu Farina dan Semolina, sehingga mempunyai tekstur yang lebih lembut untuk dijadikan hidangan seperti kaserol.

Di luar negara asalnya di Italia, pasta biasanya dijual di dalam kemasan dalam bentuk kering. Pasta kering dibuat di pabrik dengan menggunakan mesin ekstrusi yang mendorong keluar adonan pasta melalui lubang-lubang saringan. Bentuk-bentuk pasta yang lain diperoleh dengan menggiling adonan pasta menjadi lembaran yang kemudian dipotong-potong atau dicetak.

Pasta segar buatan rumah tangga dan restoran dibentuk dengan tangan beberapa saat sebelum pasta direbus. Pasta segar memerlukan waktu masak yang singkat, namun pasta segar tidak tahan lama disimpan karena memiliki kadar air yang tinggi. Pasta kering bisa tahan lama disimpan hingga 3 tahun atau lebih karena hanya memiliki kandungan air sebanyak 10%. Pasta yang sudah dimasak dan tinggal dipanaskan dengan oven microwave juga sering dijumpai di bagian makanan beku pasar swalayan.
sumber: wikipedia
lihat juga: restaurant, restoran, makanan dan minuman

Sukiyaki

Sukiyaki (すき焼き, スキヤキ ?) adalah irisan tipis daging sapi, sayur-sayuran, dan tahu di dalam panci besi yang dimasak di atas meja makan dengan cara direbus. Sukiyaki dimakan dengan mencelup irisan daging ke dalam kocokan telur ayam.

Sayur-sayuran untuk Sukiyaki misalnya bawang bombay, daun bawang, sawi putih, shungiku (nama daun dari pohon keluarga seruni), jamur shiitake, dan jamur enoki. Sebagai pelengkap ditambahkan ito konnyaku atau shirataki yang berbentuk seperti soun berwarna bening atau sedikit abu-abu.

Sukiyaki memiliki dua versi, Sukiyaki versi daerah Kansai dan Sukiyaki versi daerah Kanto yang berbeda cara penyajian, jenis bumbu dan rasa.

Menurut Sukiyaki versi Kansai, Sukiyaki hanya dimasak dengan bumbu kecap asin dan gula pasir, sedangkan Sukiyaki versi Kanto dimasak menggunakan saus Warishita yang merupakan campuran dashi, kecap asin, gula pasir, dan mirin yang dimasak terlebih dulu.

Menurut cara Kansai, potongan lemak sapi dicairkan di dalam panci sebelum memasukkan irisan daging sapi. Bumbu berupa gula pasir dan kecap asin dituangkan sekaligus dalam jumlah banyak di atas daging yang sudah matang lalu diaduk-aduk dengan sayur-sayuran hingga matang. Menurut cara Kanto, bumbu warishita dididihkan dulu di dalam panci sebelum semua bahan dimasukkan.
sumber: wikipedia
lihat juga: wine, soto, restaurant

Nonton Bareng Piala Dunia 2010 dengan Makanan Pavoritmu

Piala dunia sudah mulai masing-masing orang punya jagoan dan biasanya membela jagoannya habis-habisan.
Nobar atau nonton bareng lebih seru dibanding nonton sendirian di rumah dimana kita bisa teriak-teriak mendukung kesebelasan jagoan kita berharap cemas ketika bola mulai mendekati gawang lawan bahkan ada yang tutup mata saat bola menyambangi gawang team kesayangannya.
Tak usah bingung mau nobar dimana sekarang sudah banyak tempat-tempat asik buat nobar karena banyak restaurant, restoran, cafe, menyediakan acara nonton bareng piala dunia. Dimana kita bisa juga sambil menyantap makanan dan minuman kesukaan sambil membela team kesayangan.
Karena seperti sepak bola makanan dan minuman juga masing-masing punya selera, ada yang suka japanese food, seperti sushi, ramen. ada pula yang suka chinese food seperti dim sum. Ada pula yang yang suka makanan khas western seperti pizza, pasta, steak, ice cream, cake, wine. Ada pula yang suka seafood dan tak ketinggalan makanan khas dari Indonesia seperti Nasi goreng, soto, sate, dll.
Jadi meriahkan pesta piala dunia dengan nonton bareng sambil menikmati makanan kesukaanmu itu lebih mengasikkan . Apalagi kalau pengalaman itu bisa di abadikan dan di ceritakan kembali di openrice kali aja dapet voucher makan gratis lumayan kan :)