Video (4min 50sec): The next time you enjoy a glass of wine, think about your place in history. Wine may date back to 6000 BCE.

Nowadays, we drink it from bottles not animal skins, but the basic principals of wine making remain the same.

Wine grapes grow best in temperate climates, but if grape vines are well protected they can survive a Canadian winter.

The riper the grapes, the sweeter the wine, so growers wait as long as possible before harvesting their crop.

Pickers gather grapes by hand, cutting off the bunches with shears to avoid tearing the plant.

Delightful video (5min 13sec): Cooking With Kira: Lemon Pound Cake.

The delightful first episode of Cooking With Kira, where Kira teaches how to conjure up a lemon pound cake.

First we have to pre-heat the oven.

Now you have to grease and flour your pan.

Next we have to measure the ingredients into one large bowl. Next measure 2 and a quarter cups flour.

Now you add two cups of sugar.You can sneak a little sugar if you want.

Very funny comedy video (2min 7sec) Cooking with Christopher Walken from Australian TV "The Wedge".

...Today we're gonna make a dish that my crazy aunt used to make before she died in the bath. Chicken with popcorn shrimp. But hey I gotta tell you, this ain't a health kick dish. It ain't gonna make a fat boy slim.

Video: 1min 27sec. Gordon Ramsey - Pan Glazed Fillet of Beef with pomme puree and wilted spinach gremolata.

Filet is one of my favorite cuts of all time, packed with flavor.

Salt, pepper, pan, olive oil. Make sure you get really nice color on the steaks.

Garlic, rosemary, thyme, bay leaf, chicken stock. The secret is to keep them nice and moist.

Whilst the steak's absorbing the stock, I'm going to make the gremolata. Lemon zest, parsley, capers, season, mix - so packed with flavor. Beef, carve, gremolata, sauce, olive oil.

F##king Delicious.

Is your beer a home brew? Beer activism is more than just a college past time.  Beer activism is choosing local, organic, fresh beer from independent breweries.

In 1979, President repealed the law that prohibited home brewing. And once he did that tens of thousands of home brewers unleashed their creative efforts in the kitchen and very quickly started businesses because their friends all wanted their beer.

The term craft brewery technically means local, independent and traditional all of which are "sudstainability" principals. "Sudstainability" just means breweries that are small and local doing organic beer.

The classic onion soup with Gruyere cheese.

 Hi, I'm Maria and I love to cook. Someone asked if I could post a recipe for French Onion Soup, so I'm going to go ahead and do that and make French Onion Soup for dinner tonight.

To get started, I've melted about a tablespoon and a half of butter in my soup pot. And I've peeled and very thinly sliced, into 1/8" half moons, five Vidalia onions. Now the secret to good French Onion Soup is to caramelize the onions and you shouldn't hear that sizzling sound - let me turn my heat way down. You want to do this over very, very low heat, stirring occasionally, and it takes quite a while for the onions to caramelize.

As I put the onions into the pot, I'm separating them so that the slices separate into half rings. And you just want to get all your onions in the pot. And you do want to stir them periodically.