On the benefits of tuna: An excellent source of high quality protein, tuna is rich in a variety of important nutrients including minerals such as selenium, magnesium, and potassium; the B vitamins niacin, B1 and B6; and perhaps most important, the beneficial omega-3 essential fatty acids. These essential fatty acids are vital for human health but ( Read more... )

STRAWBERRY MOUSSE
Serves 4.

From The Oxford Companion to Food: "Mousse, a French term meaning foam, is applied to dishes with foamy texture, usually cold and often sweet but also savoury and sometimes hot. The terms was in common use in France by the 18th century. Menon (1758) has recipes for frozen mousses...Chocolate mousse is well known ( Read more... )

MUSSLES

In Latin countries mussles have always been regarded both as a useful food and a delicacy. Pliny praised the subtlety of these shell-fish and explained that the secret of their flavour consisted in growing them in water which was alternately salt and fresh. The Romans grew mussles in the estuaries and we do the same nowadays. Mussles are ( Read more... )