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Vacuum Sealers for Food

With the economy in the state it is currently in, many people look for ways to save on expenses. This may involve becoming a one car family or working from home to prevent child care costs. An easy way to save money in the kitchen is to begin using vacuum sealers for food. There are many ways in which you can store leftovers and food that has yet to be eaten. Jars, tins, and plastic containers all provide you with storage space. However, they may not always be as good as vacuum packing, especially given the food that you are trying to save.

Using vacuum sealers for food can allow you to store the food for a longer amount of time than you would be if you just dumped it into a Tupperware bowl and popped it into the fridge. The trick with these devices is that they suck out the air. Removing the exposure to open air will allow the food to be preserved for a longer amount of time. This will also prevent the loss of moisture and flavor while the food is being stored. When storing in the freezer, vacuum packing will prevent freezer burn.

There are also some vacuum sealers that offer a crush free feature. These are perfect for cakes, breads, and other fragile foods that would crumble to pieces with regular vacuuming packing. Using these devices will prevent mold from growing too quickly before you are able to consume the foods while still making them easy for you to reheat and consume later. Transporting food from one place to another is a breeze with vacuum sealers. This is especially true for desserts that can easily break apart and make a mess in your automobile.

Vacuum sealing your food is beneficial to you in a number of ways. The primary benefit is the fact that you will save on your grocery bill. You will not have to throw out leftovers that are not even within 24 hours of being cooked. With this storage method, you will be able to go several days before consuming the food. The best thing is, even after say five days, the food will still taste as fresh as it did when cooked if you seal it properly.

Vacuum sealers for food also allow you to save time. You will not have to cook every single day if you are able to properly store leftovers. This will also allow you to have something to eat for lunch, which will avoid going out to eat and consuming unhealthy foods. With so many benefits, it is no wonder that people are switching to the various devices that offer vacuum packing services for their leftover foods.

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Top Celebrity Chef Restaurants in London

After viewing your favourite TV Chef in action on the TV, have you ever wanted to be there to savour those delicious dishes? Why not come to London to visit the famed restaurants that the celebrity chefs run. Find here our guide to the best celebrity chef restaurants in London.

Antony Worrall Thompson’s Restaurants in London:

3 London restaurants:-

Barnes Grill, 2 – 3 Rocks, Barnes, London, SW13 0DB
Tel 0208 878 4488

Tuesday to Friday there is a set lunch menu of 3 courses for £14.95 or 2 courses for £12.50.

Notting Grill, 123a Clarendon Road, Notting Hill, London, W11 4JG
Tel 0207 229 1500

If it’s steaks you are after, this is the house speciality. Most expensive is a 9oz aged fillet that costs £22.50. Open Tuesday – Friday 12 – 2pm and Saturday and Sundays 12 – 4pm.

Kew Grill, 10b Kew Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3BH
Tel 0208 948 4433

Located opposite Kew Gardens you will find a relaxed dining experience. Open Tuesday – Friday 12 – 2.30pm, Monday – Friday 6.30 – 10.30pm, Saturday 12 – 4pm & 6.30 – 11pm & Sunday 12 – 10pm.

Brian Turner’s Restaurant in London:

Brian Turner Mayfair, Millennium Hotel, Mayfair, Grosvenor Square, London, W1K 2HP
Tel 0207 596 3444

Here you will find some great British dishes such as Rib of Aberdeen Angus with Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Lincolnshire duckling with pear and apricot stuffing. Set 2 course lunch is £24.50, 3 courses £27.50. Weekday’s lunch is available 12.30 – 2.30pm and dinner 6.30 – 11pm. Not open for lunch on Saturdays however dinner is available 6.30 – 11pm.

Gary Rhodes’s Restaurants in London:

2 London restaurants:-

Rhodes Twenty Four (24), Bank, 24th Floor, Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1HQ
Tel 0207 877 7703

Catering for the city workers, this restaurant serves the best of British food Monday to Friday and is closed at weekends. Average meals cost £50 per person. Lunch is served 12 – 2.30pm and Dinner 6 – 9pm.

Rhodes W1 Brasserie, Oxford Circus, The Cumberland Hotel, Great Cumberland Street, Marylebone, London, W1A 4RF Tel 0207 479 3838

Restaurant serving Modern European food with a British twist. Open daily for lunch 12 – 2.30pm and dinner 6 – 10pm.

Gordon Ramsay’s Restaurants in London:

Gordon Ramsay has three sleek London restaurants.

Maze (Gordon Ramsay), Bond Street, 10-13 Grosvenor Square, London, W1K 6JP
Tel 0207 107 0000

Fine Dining restaurant that serves French cuisine with an Asian influence.

Gordon Ramsay on Royal Hospital Road, Sloane Square, 68 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 4HP
Tel 0207 352 4441

Probably Gordon Ramsay’s most popular restaurant, where you usually have to book 2 months in advance to get a table. The menu is typically French with a 3 course lunch costing around £40 per person and ala carte 3 course meals is around £85 per person. Open for lunch 12 – 2pm and 5.45 – 11pm.

Gordon Ramsay at Claridges, Bond Street, 53 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 5DS
Tel 0207 499 0099

Another fantastic Ramsay restaurant serving fine French cuisine. Dinner and drinks costs around £72 per person. Fixed price 3 course lunch menu £30 per person. Open midweek for lunch 12 – 2.45pm, 12 – 3.15pm Saturday and dinner served daily 5.45 – 11pm.

Jamie Oliver’s Restaurants in London:

Fifteen (15), Old Street, 15 Westland Place, Shoreditch, London, N1 7LP
Tel 0207 251 1515

This restaurant has been set up as a Charity Foundation to give 15 trainees from unpriviledged backgrounds the skills to be chefs. All profits go to the charity. Dinner and drinks will cost £35 per person. Open for lunch 12 – 3pm and dinner 6.30 – 9.30pm Sunday – Thursday, 6 – 9.30pm Friday & Saturdays.

Barbecoa, 20 New Change Passage, London, EC4M 9AG
Tel 0203 005 8555

Latest restaurant from Jamie Oliver that he has set up with Chef Friend Adam Perry Lang. The menu is centred on cooking meats, seafood and seasonal accompaniments in the new and exciting ways. Open daily 12 noon – 11pm.

Ken Hom’s Restaurants in London:

Yellow River Cafe, Highbury & Islington, 206 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 1RQ
Tel 0207 354 8833

Yellow River Cafe, St Johns Wood, High Street, St Johns Wood, London, NW8 7NG
Tel 0207 586 4455

Yellow River Cafe, Canary Wharf, North Colonnade, 10 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4EY
Tel 0207 715 9515

The Yellow River Cafes offers Chinese cuisine with some Thai and Malaysian influences.

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Preparing for Your Trip?

There are four easy tips that can help you prepare better for your next trip.

Hey there, I will show you in this section the most practical “easy to use” steps for
the next trip that you have in mind. Remember that we usually prepare our clothes,
toothbrush, shoes, flying tickets, reservation.. etc, everything for the next couples
weeks outside home, but we usually forget to prepare our camera for
the next couples weeks, like it or not (and for experience) you end in your
first week of your vacation buying a 35-mm disposable camera or a new expensive
memory card and end up with less money in your pocket. Don’t miss any-moment
with this tips!!! please I beging you… follow up this tips, you’ll thank me!!

Batteries

Charge them, pack them, use them

Don’t forget before go to sleep, charge the batteries, but if they are almost full or
1/2 full, maybe isn’t a good idea to recharge them yet, but consider to take with you
a replacement for your batteries. If you use a non-rechargeable batteries, you have
to make sure buy a new pair before leave to your trip.

Remember if you have a rechargeable batteries, you have to make sure bring with
you the battery charger for your trip. Make sure if you go outside of the USA, bring a
transformer for the battery charger, because you may have the problem of different
volts (110v – 240 v).

How many memory cards?

Be prepare for your next trip

I always suggest to my friends when they buy their new digital camera, buy an extra
memory card beside the one with comes with their digital camera. if you have
already have a digital camera and a memory card, well then I suggest to get one or
two more (depend of the capacity of your memory card) it should be fine for your
next trip without have to download your photos in your whole trip.

Before we move on to next tips, I want to stop and before you leave from your
house, make sure you empty your memory cards, because what useful could be a
memory card with no left space left.

And if is possible take your laptop with you, like this you can empty your memory
cards at night in your room.

Camera Bag
Never leave your home without one

This is the most important thing beside your camera. Why?, well if you like the order
and maintain everything in one place, this is it. With a camera bag, not only you are
going to take an extra batteries, an extra memory card, it protect your camera from
scratches… I love my camera and I never leave my house with my Digital Camera
without it’s bag, it is always ready. I always let the camera bag for my next trip with
an extra batteries, an extra memory card and a cloth for cleaning the lens (clean it
once in a while). So this is something you must remember to bring to your
next trip. (remember, your next trip could be at your mom’s house for a couple
hours, but with everything in place, you don’t have to worry for miss any-
memorable moment)

Tripod or mini-tripod?
Which one to bring?

Well, I suggest a mini-tripod if you are going to take pictures from your family. But
if you are a professional or amateur photographer and you make this trip to take
beautiful scenarios, you may consider the trippod then, or even both.

The thing with the tripods, is just bring stability while you taking a picture.

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Good Luck.

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