Are roasted and/or toasted nuts as nutritious as raw nuts?
– Sara M., Kingsport, Tenn. A: Most times when you cook anything you lose the vitamins in the food. Also, the peels and skins of most vegetables contain a lot of the nutrients. In nuts though, you usually don’t eat the skins, of course. So to answer the question, it depends how long you roast or toast them – because heat does diminish some nutrients. Q: I would like to invest in a good set of kitchen knives. What brand/brands do you recom-mend? – Mary H., Watauga, Tenn. A: A couple things you need to look for when buying a good knife is that it is made out of high carbon stainless steel – this is a composite metal that takes the best of other metals and makes another metal out of it. It takes the feature from the carbon, which is the easeablity of sharpening the blade, and the non-rusting feature from the stainless steel. The stainless steel also holds the blade longer than just straight carbon steel. As far as brands go, there are many to choose from. Another important feature to look
