2013年5月1日 星期三

101 Things I Learned in Culinary School


101 Things I Learned in Culinary School
 
The each cooking staff, chef, gourmands, gourmet dining practitioners must understand the professional standards and delicious Road. This book by 20 years of experience in the White House chef, served as George Bush and President Clinton, served countless celebrities.

Read the book, so I understand, the original kitchen has many critical knowledge mothers did not teach! How to boil water? How to salt? How to choose the oven? How to recognize the freshness of the fish? Novice cooks often guilty of what the top ten mistakes? Seasoning what are the rules? Professional chefs how to identify two-thirds cooked with seven cooked by hand?

The many success by numerous experience accumulated, I have also operates a restaurants, early on many sources of information through the Internet, books or ask experienced seniors, their share is the cornerstone of my success, my personal experience through personal practice, I also deeply appreciate the last successful, often because the 99 failure.

The Battery Life is A Major Challenge in The Google Glass


 
 


The Battery Life is A Major Challenge in The Google Glass
 
Google (GOOG U.S.) has finally announced the highly anticipated “Google Glass Specifications” Although mostly in line with market expectations, but analysts pointed out that the most skeptical that Google battery life ambiguous statement, and that afraid this will affect the main reason of the acceptance.

The technology giant announced Google Glass storage space of 16GB, with a 5 megapixel camera, video pixel 720p, networking, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a micro USB slot can be used for data transfer and charging. Whether this case can be used all day long? From the user to go out early in the morning back home after a full day trip, even before going to bed, or is that the time to go to work nine to five?


The following article is references to the Internet
Google Glass is a wearable computer with a head-mounted display (HMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project, with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format, that can interact with the Internet via natural language voice commands. While the frames do not currently have lenses fitted to them, Google is considering partnering with sunglass retailers such as Ray-Ban or Warby Parker, and may also open retail stores to allow customers to try on the device. The Explorer Edition cannot be used by people who wear prescription glasses, but Google has confirmed that Glass will eventually work with frames and lenses that match the wearer's prescription; the glasses will be modular and therefore possibly attachable to normal prescription glasses.

Glass is being developed by Google X Lab, which has worked on other futuristic technologies such as driverless cars. The project was announced on Google+ by Project Glass lead Babak Parviz, an electrical engineer who has also worked on putting displays into contact lenses; Steve Lee, a project manager and "geolocation specialist"; and Sebastian Thrun, who developed Udacity as well as worked on the self-driving car project. Google has patented the design of Project Glass. Thad Starner, an AR expert, is a technical lead/manager on the project.

Boston Bmbings in The United States


Boston Bmbings in The United States

The Boston Marathon bombings shocked the world, occurrence of the North American Eastern Time on April 15, 2013 14:50, scene is bit Skopje Square in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Has detonated two bombs near the finish line of the audience area and a sporting goods store . The explosion 3 people were killed and 183 people were injured, 17 were in critical condition.

From Dorchester, Massachusetts 8-year-old boy Martin.Richard tragic death, according to reports, he had a hope that can be escaped. Before the explosion, Martin stood near the finish line, waiting for the participating father to finish the course, when he saw his father crossed the finish line, he excitedly ran forward to embrace, but when his father continue to move forward, but he backtrack to join his mother, sister and brother, at this moment the first bomb exploded, he and his family Tianrenyongge .

Martin's six-year-old sister also suffer unexpected calamity, lost a leg in the explosion, his mother head injury. Local residents gathered mourning for Martin. A candle is placed outside the home of Richard. A city councilor who took part in the mourning, said: "Everyone is like this family, their contribution to the community, and this is the reason so many people to really hope this is not true, this is a tragedy."

2013年4月30日 星期二

Travels~ Hou-tong




Travels~ Hou-tong

My daughter is prepare to entrance exams this year, she going to cram school almost every day, has been period of time, I rarely get along with her, so I let her ask for leave from school, then I took her to Keelung Hou-tong.

We train in the morning, then all the way we have relaxed mood, Hou-tong is a small train station. We follow the footsteps of other visitors, came to the well-known cat village, there are only a few households on Mid-slope, could see that they live a simple life, front of every household has a small reservoir connected with spring water flowing down from the mountains, along the way there are many cat lazily basking in the sun.

We went to the front of the station, in the well-known traditional noodle shop for lunch, we ordered dry noodles, mountain chicken, and a few dishes, the flavor is delicious and tradition. We also visited the Memorial, which has a record of coal mining and miners old photos. Such a short time, so some of the attractions we can not arrive, Today just to explore the way, the next time we want to plan for the depth of travel.

Secret


Secret


Author: Rhonda Byrne
 
Publication Date: June 25, 2007
 
 
It is a great secret in your hands, "Publishers Weekly" predict "secret" will become the best-selling inspirational books. In United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia ...... the major top of the charts, and the issuance of 30 languages ​​. America's most influential TV show host Oprah Winfrey, Riley. Gold is strongly recommended.
 
 
An Australian television workers , in a year her father died suddenly, work bottlenecks, and family relations reached an impasse , her life is fell into a trough, then life is about to crash, accidentally she have read a hundred years old books, found a big secret of life. Know this secret, even all of the great figures in history: Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Hugo, Beethoven, Lincoln, Emerson, Edison. She can not help but ask: "Why is not everyone know about it?" So she began to organize a team to find the people today who knew the secret. They are from all walks of life and their own experiences to tell you: understand the great secret, nothing is impossible; matter who you are, what you want, can give you the secret!

 
 The biggest problem in life, often is to escape, rather than the problem itself !  Mentioned in the book, "To change your situation, you must first change your mind, if you can to do so, the successfully are not far away from you!

This book is very good. The book is surrounded by the "law of attraction". It says all things are attracted by ourselves . There are good ideas, it will attract good things happen. If you have negative emotions, bad things will occur serial . There are three steps, requirements, believe, receive. The requirement is to write your own command of the universe, what do you want? Universe will send it to you.

The Huashan Arts Centre Travels




The Huashan Arts Centre Travels

Huashan Culture Park, its predecessor, was founded in 1914 (Taisho 3) years in Japan "Aromatic Brewing Association". Initially mainly is the production of sake-based, it was one of the largest liquor manufacturing factory in Taiwan. Subsequent arts community rallied together to solidarity, strive for this has been idle for 10 years which is Taipei Winery, after re-use, become a diversified development of art performances space. The purpose is to enhance the ability of domestic design, life aesthetics of national, to provide a art space for artists and learning, even promotion, marketing and creative works.

Here you can see many old buildings, old trees, mottled walls, old wooden windows, and gallery, exposure to there, I feel like entering another time and space, in every where full of quiet atmosphere. Inside the number of plants with exhibitions of different themes, at there also set theaters and coffee shop, whether a few friends come together, or come alone to enjoy time alone with yourself .

The 12 Kitchen of Sheraton Hotel







 
The 12 Kitchen of Sheraton Hotel

My brother and I are preferences of gourmet, and brother very like cook. This time we select the Sheraton Hotel, 12 kitchen buffet, as a food pilgrimage.

The 12 Kitchen of Sheraton Hotel it is veteran of the buffet-style restaurant, whether it's dining space, dishes and service are Superior level. Why is it called the Twelve kitchen , because the restaurant is divided into 12 cooking area, include: salads, cold cuts, Japanese, Chinese cuisine, Western cuisine, Southeast Asian cuisine, seafood, barbecue, snacks, drinks ... area.

I am very like to eat seafood, especially crab, so today I ate four crabs, I also chose Indian curry, roast beef, Germany, pig, salad ....., and my favorite dessert baked pudding, I wish I could be like cattle, with four stomach. Although a lunch charges to nearly NT $ 1000 everyone, but still fully packed and you must early positioning, hunger breeds discontent, who can overcome the appetites.