Many people choose to entertain important corporate or personal occasions at restaurants in a relaxed atmosphere away from home to make the event a memorable one.
Alex Brennan-Martin, co-owner of Brennan’s of Houston, an establishment that draws 20% of its revenue from private events says, they cannot compete in the business only on price, but there are other important factors, ie:

Room service
Restaurateurs find it important to offer private rooms for special events, such as corporate dinner or an anniversary celebration. Generally, it is an exclusive space with a lounge area, a couple of couches, coffee tables and a stand-up bar.
According to Private Dining Director Daniela Ortiz of Naha in Chicago, and Jeanne Cretella, who owns Stone House at Stirling Ridge in Warren, and Liberty House Restaurant in Jersey City, N.J., are of same opinion that it is important to have room to relax, reserved in a way that will benefit the operation.

Oxford University researchers found that drinking alcohol causes around 13 per cent of a range of cancers in women, with the risk increasing from just one glass a day. The researchers examined survey answers to the ‘Million Women Study’ and published the results in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

The study revealed that in the UK, around 7,000 cases of cancer in women are caused by them drinking just one alcoholic drink a day. Around 5,000 of these cases are related to breast cancer, but others are cancers of the rectum, liver, mouth and throat. If women consume two drinks a day, the risk of developing cancer is doubled.

Women by drinking one small glass of wine a day can increase their risk of developing certain forms of cancer. ie., one drink, calculated as a small 125ml glass of wine, the risk of cancer is increased by by 12 per cent up to the age of 75, and cancer of the larynx by 22 per cent.

More than one million women in the UK were involved in this study, and over seven years there were 68,775 cases of cancer recorded. According to Dr Naomi Allen, Cancer Epidemiologist at the University of Oxford and lead author, the study looked specifically at women who consumed low to moderate levels of alcohol – ie. three drinks a day or fewer.

Each drink was calculated by Researchers to be 10g of alcohol. It is considered in UK, the standard measure of alcohol is 8g but a 10g equivalent would be a small glass (125ml) of 10% ABV (alcohol by volume) wine or a 330ml bottle of beer at 4% ABV.

These findings reveal even the relatively low levels of drinking – about one or two glasses of alcohol every day – women can increase the risk of developing cancer of the breast, liver and rectum. And in smokers, cancers of the mouth and throat. According to Sara Hiom, Director of Health Information at Cancer Research UK, it is important that women are well informed to decide on how much alcohol they should intake, because the more they cut down on alcohol, the more they can reduce cancer risk.

Dr Sarah Cant, Policy Manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, says according to this study for women over 50 even drinking moderate amounts of any type of alcohol can have many health problems , including a greater chance of developing breast cancer. Because 80 per cent of breast cancer cases are diagnosed in women aged over 50.

Research also found that obese adolescent were at the same risk of an early death as someone with a 10 a day plus habit. Betty McBride, Policy & Communications Director at the British Heart Foundation is of the opinion that Government needs to tackle this obesity crisis as it has previously done with smoking, or else the risk could be high with the younger generation growing up with more health problems.

The study, by the Office for National Statistics, show middle class drinkers are more likely to indulge in “heavy” drinking. People drink more than it is good for them, as manufacturers have developed stronger wines and beers and pubs and restaurants serve larger measures and supermarkets offer cut-price deals.

According to UK guidelines, women should not drink more than one or two UK units a day and men, not more than three or four.

Research has also estimated that 15,000 people die annually in UK, due to their drinking, from cancer, heart disease, alcoholic liver disease, other illnesses and accidents. It is also revealed alcohol misuse costs the economy £25bn a year and around 811,000 hospital admissions are thought to be, due to drinking.

The history of Chinese food is an interesting one which dates back to 400,000 years; to the era of the Peking Man which started using fire for cooking. Some historians claim that Chinese cuisine was established during the Chinese stone age when people began to produce noodle and to cultivate rice.

Each Chinese dynasty introduced some new innovations, ie. the Zhou dynasty is responsible for the appearance of well-known Chinese food tradition as chopsticks, and the Qing Dynasty is associated with most of today’s Chinese food popular dishes. During the Tang dynasty, stir-frying (a famous Chinese food cooking technique) was created to conserve the fuel.

story specialists, Chinese cuisine has never been so widespread as it is today. They believe that the preparation of food is an art and not simply a craft. The art of cooking Chinese food can include dishes and food preparation techniques which are difficult to develop and may require the expertise of a chef with lots of experience.

Chinese food history experts think there are two basic philosophies that had the biggest effect on Chinese food – Confucianism and Taoism which influence the entire Chinese culture. Both these philosophies have influenced the way that the Chinese people cook and the way that they enjoy their food.

After Confucius standards of etiquette food is cut into small pieces before being served, and there should be no knives on the table. This is a custom that is definitely unique to the Chinese culture. Confucius also emphasized the importance of the texture and color of a dish, and taught that food must be prepared and eaten with harmony.

Taoism focused on such important concepts as healing powers of food and its healthiness; they search for foods that will increase their health and longevity. In this way, Chinese discovered using ginger as a garnish and a good remedy for upset stomach and cold.