http://www.toptenz.net Life, on the short list. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-foods-for-brain-health.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-foods-for-brain-health.php#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:55:48 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=6303 We’ve all heard “you are what you eat.” While a nutritious and well-balanced diet is of course great for our bodies, there are some foods that are more beneficial and more nutritious than others. We all know about the foods that we should eat that are deemed “healthy”, but what about foods that are good [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-foods-for-brain-health.php/feed 7 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-banned-foods.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-banned-foods.php#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:55:33 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=6023 We are free to pick and choose what we want to eat each day, thanks to grocery stores and restaurants, but imagine not being able to eat a certain type of food because it was banned in your country. Many countries around the world have a federal organization that deals with banned substances, including food. In [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-banned-foods.php/feed 14 http://www.toptenz.net/top-ten-grossest-foods.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-ten-grossest-foods.php#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:55:31 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=5470 It may come as no surprise to learn that, due to limited resources, many citizens of poorer countries are forced to eat whatever they can get their hands on. However, when it comes to gross foods, not all are born from utter necessity. You’d be amazed to learn what disgusting things many people eat by [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-ten-grossest-foods.php/feed 51 http://www.toptenz.net/10-gingerbread-houses.php http://www.toptenz.net/10-gingerbread-houses.php#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:01:53 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=1627 With the Christmas season coming, or is it already here, I thought it would be fun to do some lists relating to Christmas.  Ten Gingerbread Houses You Would Live In, Then Eat. The witch’s house in Hansel and Gretel has nothing on these confectionery structures. Gingerbread Cat House Few gingerbread men will admit a visit to this [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/10-gingerbread-houses.php/feed 8 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-countries-to-drink-the-local-alcohol.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-countries-to-drink-the-local-alcohol.php#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:01:06 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=4013 Alcohol is almost ubiquitous and used for a variety of occasions. Although the customs and the rituals with which alcohol is consumed are as varied as the places they come from, the appeal of alcohol still remains universal. So, if you think Jim Beam is too soft for your palette or have grown sick of [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-countries-to-drink-the-local-alcohol.php/feed 14 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-toxic-foods-we-love-to-eat.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-toxic-foods-we-love-to-eat.php#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:01:17 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3653 When eating, we generally find food that we think tastes great. Others like to focus on how healthy a certain food is before eating it. In any case, food is essential to all of our being. It is speculated that the body can only last two weeks without eating before it starts to break down [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-toxic-foods-we-love-to-eat.php/feed 33 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-candy-myths.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-candy-myths.php#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:05:49 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3199 It may seems like we are focusing on myths lately and maybe we are, but myths and urban legends are fun to read and it is more interesting to discover their origins. Just about every topic has a myth or legend behind it, even something as harmless as candy. Take off the wrapper and bite [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-candy-myths.php/feed 24 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-wine-myths.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-wine-myths.php#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:03:12 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3182 Urban legends and myths continue to dupe us. Until the Paris tasting in 1976, the myth that France was the only Country that could produce high quality wine lived on in oenophiles minds. Even though you may laugh at the myths below some people are still fooled by them. Let’s try to set the record [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-wine-myths.php/feed 16 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-movies-with-wine.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-movies-with-wine.php#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 06:15:29 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2789 When it comes to the movies, we very rarely think of wine.  Our villains are usually into some kind of illegal substance, and our heroes either don’t drink because they’re heroes, or they’re anti-heroes and drink scotch, bourbon, whiskey, or some other liquor straight.  However, I’ve managed to compile a list of movies that do [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-movies-with-wine.php/feed 3 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-potent-national-drinks.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-potent-national-drinks.php#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:01:24 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2219 No visit to a new country would be complete without trying the native moonshine. Just as culinary tastes differ throughout the world, as do beverages. Most countries share the old favorites of beer and wine, but here’s a list of poisons solely unique to particular regions – for good reasons. 10. Argentinean Maté Although not alcoholic, this [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-potent-national-drinks.php/feed 15