First Week Preview

CHINA

LINK TO MAP OF CHINA
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/china/china-map.htm

Ni hao! [Neen how] Chi le ma? [Chir luh ma] You good! Have you eaten yet? China has made eating into an art from. Their formal greeting, means 'You good! Have you eaten yet?' As part of the art of eating, they don't bring knives to the table because they believe it is barbaric to do so. All the food is brought to the table in bite sizes so there is not need for knives. For, their holidays and most festive meals they serve too many courses on purpose. The first courses are often appetizer sushi recipes designed like sculptures so that the cook can show off his or her cooking skills. So, if you eat the first courses, you won't have any room for the last courses. The knowledgeable Chinese feast guest passes on the first courses. They let the cooks' assistants eat the first courses and wait for the later courses, like the main dish courses and the dessert courses. For drinks, green tea is customarily really a big deal in China.

However, China is the home of more than great take out recipes, and it is even more that the host of the former 2008 Olympics. Currently, China is the home of the largest shopping mall in the world, The South China Mall, in Dongguan, China, with 1500 stores, plus home to 3 other of the 11 largest shopping malls in the world. China is #3 in the most patent-holding inventors of the world, the USA being 2nd, and Japan being 1st. China is home to the 3rd tallest building in the world the Shanghai World Finance Center at 1,614 feet, plus the 6th, 8th, 9th 11th, 15th, and 16th tallest buildings in the world. And it is home to the 6th and 7th largest publicly held companies in the world; PetroChina (Gasoline Provider) and (ICBC Industrial and Commercial Bank of China).

Here are some easy traditional Chinese recipes.

Breakfast –Green Tea and Congee
Lunch – Green Tea, Chinese Sausage Over Steamed Rice
Dinner – Green Tea, Microwave Make-at-home Chicken Takeout, and any Kind of Fruit for Dessert

JAPAN

LINK TO MAP OF JAPAN
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/jp.htm

Ohayo Guzaimasu. [Ohio Gazamas]. (Good Morning). Japan is the first country to see the dawn of the next day. Its 5AM there before it is 5AM anywhere else. China and Japan share many recipes, there is simply the Chinese version and the Japanese version. However, eating traditions in Japan are not the same as in China. Modern Japanese people like to eat the leftovers from the dinner before as part of their breakfast. The Ancient Romans did this as well. The Japanese also often eat miso soup for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Green tea is also a really big deal in Japan. So you can drink green tea with all of these recipes.

In addition to being the birth place of some really amazingly healthy recipes, currently, as of 2008, Japan had more patent-holding inventors than any other country in the world, and it is home to the 8th largest company in the world. Here are some easy traditional Japanese recipes.

Breakfast -- Green Tea, Steamed Rice with any kind of Leftover Meat or Meat, and a Boiled Egg
Lunch – Green Tea, and Miso Soup with Wakami and Tofu
Dinner – Imitation Karupisu, Ramen with any kind of Meat and Boiled Egg, Corn on the Cob with Miso, and Any Kind of Fruit for Dessert

ANCIENT ROME

LINK TO THE MAP OF ANCIENT ROME
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/maps/ig/Ancient-World--Maps/Extent-of-the-Roman-Empire.-0Hp.htm

Salve. (Be Well). While the Ancient Greeks voluntarily stopped eating lots of meat, and turned to meat broths, when their economy went bad, the Ancient (Western) Romans kept eating gobs of expensive meats until an utterly crippled economy simply forced them to stop. So here you have it, gobs of meat.

Before dinner Ancient Roman middle class and upper class men used to stop by the public bath (hot tub), for a soak. Then they would show up to dinner with a friend for some spirited conversation during the meal. The women stayed home and did the chores. Here are some traditional Roman recipes. Grape juice is used instead of wine, because it is healthier for the brain.

Breakfast – Grape Juice, Roman Bread and Goat Cheese with Leftover or Regular Sausage, Bacon and Beans
Lunch -- Grape Juice, Roman Tuna and Spaghetti Squash
Dinner – Grape Juice, Sausage, Bacon, and Beans and Italian Veggie Bake with Italian Ice

ENGLAND

LINK TO MAP OF UNITED KINGDOM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

Hullo, Good Fellow. (Hello, Dude). I started this day out with a easy recipe for a breakfast parfait. And you are right parfait is not really an English recipe. Its French. And a traditional English breakfast is not unlike an Ancient Roman breakfast of beans, sausage, eggs etc.. (as England was once a part of the Roman Empire), and its not unlike a traditional American breakfast of bacon and eggs; except the sausage of England is a very inexpensive blood sausage aka blood pudding. But just like how we Americans like to eat Mexican food, when we get tired of American food, Europeans have similar habits. Sometimes the English like a little French food, and vice versa. Sometimes the French like a little Arabic food, etc... But mincemeat is very English, from way back in the Medieval times; English. A breakfast parfait is a American breakfast adaptation of a French dessert, but is is quick, easy, and very healthy; much quicker and easier than bacon and eggs.

I have easy recipes for imitation V8 smoothie and liverwurst pate for lunch. And liverwurst is basically German pate. Pate was first made by the French, but the English love French pate, and use it the very English recipe called Beef Wellington. Our European pate is made from chicken livers which is an inexpensive but nutritious meat. The sandwich was named after John Montegu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, England, who was a nobleman who hated to stop playing cards to eat. He was much like a hardcore gamer, but his game much much more expensive (playing cards for wagers that is). It seems Hawaii was originally named the Sandwich Islands after him, and that he has three other islands named after him, Montague Island off of Alaska, the other Montagu Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, because he financed the explorer who discovered them, Captain James Cook.

I have the recipe of Beef Wellington Pot Pies for dinner. This is a very easy version of Beef Wellington which is a recipe that uses a huge amount of expensive meat. The recipe offered uses inexpensive chicken livers instead of fattened goose livers, and pot pies with only have an inexpensive amount of beef in them; the flavors without all of the expense and time. Black tea is a really big deal in England.

Another little known fact about England is that, in addition to being the birth place of mince meat pie, currently, England, or the United Kingdom, is home to the world's 2nd largest publicly held company, HSBC Holdings; a banking, finance, and investment company. Here are some recipes with English flavors.

Breakfast – Mincemeat Smoothie
Lunch – Imitation V8 Smoothie and/or Chicken Liver Liverwurst Pate Sandwiches and Soy Yogurt Waldorf Salad
Dinner – Black Tea, Beef Wellington Pot Pie and Vanilla Ice Cream with Plums


EGYPT

LINK TO THE MAP OF ANCIENT EGYPT
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/maps/ig/Ancient-World--Maps/Map-of-the-Nile-Delta.htm

Iwy em hotep! (Greetings in Peace!) Egyptian food went down in history for its yeast wheat bread. They were the first to make it mixed and stuffed with all kinds of added ingredients, like seeds, leeks, and even flowers. They made it with all kinds of shapes and sculptures. Bread was their thing. Even today, its bread, not rice that they eat most, even though they are considered to be an Oriental culture. They eat mostly vegetarian dishes, fish, seafood, and inexpensive meats. Tea is a really big deal in Egypt. So you can drink tea with all of these recipes.

Breakfast – Almond Date Smoothie
Lunch – Tea, Fenugreek Seed Bread with Turkey Burger, and Beans
Dinner – Strawberry of Mango Juice, Koshari, and Rice Pudding

RUSSIA

LINK TO A MAP OF RUSSIA
http://www.russiamap.org/map.php?map=political-jp

3ApaBCTBYNTE [Zdrast-vwee-tye] (Be Healthy). Its interesting that the Russian 'Hello' is 'Be Healthy' because, even though its a little known fact, historically, Russia is near the home of a place where the old people are some of the the healthiest old people in the world; the country of Georgia, near Russia, previously Georgia of the Soviet Union. There are three countries that have really healthy old people, living somewhere amongst their regions; Japan, Scandinavia, and Russia. Scientists have been all over these places trying to figure out why. They found that for one reason, in Japan and in Scandinavia they eat a lot of fish, at least three times a week. This keeps their brains and hearts really healthy for a long time. But what about Russia? That was a harder one to figure out.

In Russia, they seem to eat like the other countries where old people are very sick and frail. So, it seems that raw honey and drinks high in digestive enzymes, like Kombucha tea are their secrets. Raw honey has the bee pollen still in it, and bee pollen is a super super healthy food, (but it should only be fed to children over 1 year of age and people without compromised immune systems). Drinks high in digestive enzymes, like Kvass and Kombucha tea, seem to help the brain stay big longer, since old people's usually brains shrink. In fact, drinks high in enzymes, like Kvass and Kombucha tea, should be drank with every meal that includes whole grains because whole grains are one of the foods that cause blood to rush from the brain to the digestive system in order to properly digest them. Kvass is a traditional Russian drink and Kombucha tea is a traditional home remedy, that is now used as a regular beverage around the world. More details about bee pollen can be found just about anywhere, and you can find out more about Kvass and Kombucha tea when this cookbook comes out. In the meantime, here are some Russian flavors.

Breakfast -- Imitation Syrniki Breakfast Parfait
Lunch – Komucha Tea and Sausage Borscht
Dinner – Komucha Tea, Turkey Burger Pirozhki, and Vanilla Ice Cream with Imitation Kissel

INCAN EMPIRE

LINK TO A MAP OF THE INCAN EMPIRE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inca-expansion.png

Don't lie, don't steal, don't be lazy. (Hello and Good Bye). Amazingly, the Incans like to say 'Hello' and 'Good Bye' to each other with a reminder of their most important laws. And some of the most amazing foods in the world, grew naturally in the Incan Empire; like and avocados, acai berries, quinoa, chia seeds, and spirulina. Eating these foods gave young warriors more strength and endurance. In fact, some modern-day marathon runners and body builders use quinoa as one of their high performance secrets. Acai berries, chia seeds, and spirulina are hard to get, without a visit to the the health food store and quinoa is not so easy to prepare, so these four foods are not included in these recipes, but the one that is included, the avocado, is a wonderful brain foods.

In Modern times, Brazil has become the most prosperous region of South American. Brazil was never a part of the stunning Incan Empire. But it is now home to one of the fastest number of poor people moving up into the middle class. Millions are moving on up. Just as the 2008 Olympics was held in China, another country were millions are moving up into the middle class, the 2016 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in Brazil. Brazil doesn't yet have any of the tallest buildings in the world, largest malls, or richest companies, but they do have large malls, tall buildings, and rich companies. They also have an awful crime rate. One of the worst in the world, so to prepare for the 2016 Olympics, Brazilian cab companies are putting bullet-proof armor on their cabs.

Breakfast – Brazil Nut Banana Super Smoothie
Lunch – Cacao Drink or Chocolate Milk, Burrito with Cranberry Avocado Salsa
Dinner – Imitation Chicha Morada, Ceviche, Corn on the Cob with Goat Cheese, Ice Cream with Fruit