MANILA, a city international in composition and taste, is a place where you can get about any kind of foreign dish you can imagine. The population here is a composite of many races, a product of diverse cultures. To the Indonesian-Malay stock has been added a generous helping of Chinese, Spanish and American strains, as well as of other races. As a result, we are Orientals having American nicknames, Spanish family names, and speaking Tagalog, English and some Spanish, not to mention the more than eighty local dialects.

A “meat and potatoes” man. That’s what I had always been. In a restaurant, I had always ordered dishes familiar to me from my childhood. One day, however, I was coaxed into eating some food prepared the Chinese way and, to my surprise, found it enjoyable.

NOT all foods that taste good are good for you, and not all foods that are good for you taste good. But high among the things that are good for you and taste good must be placed the truly ripe banana. When Disraeli, prime minister of Great Britain, on a trip to Cairo, Egypt, in 1831, first tasted a banana he exclaimed, The most delicious thing in the world While that may be a matter of opinion, no doubt most persons will agree that bananas are delicious.

HOW much poison do you want to eat? No doubt you may be repelled by such a suggestion. You probably feel that you do not want to eat any poison at all. Yet, whether you realize it or not, much of the food in many lands, especially the United States and other Western countries, now contains small amounts of chemicals that could kill you if eaten in large amounts. Especially has the use of these chemicals grown since World War II.

HAVE you had the experience of preparing a Chinese meal? As a recent arrival here in Taiwan, I enjoyed this fascinating experience. A nearby neighbor, Mrs. Ch’en, agreed to help me with preparing this meal for our family of six. In fact, she was more than willing.

VISITORS to most of the tropical and subtropical regions of earth are likely to encounter that mild and mellow fruit—the mango. Have you ever eaten it? It is not likely if you have not visited a land where it is grown, for it is not too suitable for export purposes. But to give you an idea how it impresses the taste buds—it has been described as a combination of peach, apricot, pineapple and strawberry.

DO YOU spend the greater part of each day working to get food for yourself and your family? Have you found it necessary to shoulder greater responsibility at work? Were you compelled to accept a second job for the sake of a better standard of living? If so, you are not alone.

Henckels knives have been making cutlery in Germany for 270 years. They make high quality kitchen knives and nothing else. Henckels knives can be passed down through generations of cooks.

Henckels has a nice cutlery knife set for sale on Amazon.com. It is a thirteen piece cutlery knife set with a bonus cheese knife. They have it listed to sell for forty dollars. This is an amazing deal as this cutlery knife set started out at one hundred twelve dollars.

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Global knives are made in Japan. They have several product lines for their cutlery. Their construction really varies by the series that they are in. They are all constructed well.