Food Meditations

27 January 2012

Pickled Vegetables, Progressive Cooking and The Year of The Dragon.

Author: OCK | Posted at: 22:02:00 | Filed Under: Chef-Talk, Comfort food, Eat-Italian, Foraging, Gluten-Free, Healthy-Eating

How to satisfy the desire for crunch, glitterati of the New York food scene, welcome the year of the dragon and its spicy delights, some booze diary notes, tales on eating seasonal and local, concern and disgust over gastronomy lessons and struggling to survive after nine years in business ... The question is: when a chef stops to be a cook longing to be an artist?

Hearty foods ~

Moving Into the Refrigerator for a Long Winter’s Stay

"Resolutions to eat more vegetables may wilt in the cold of January"

Giardiniera, Crunchy Pickled Vegetables, Satisfy in the Cold ...
Read more: Moving Into the Refrigerator for a Long Winter’s Stay; nytimes.com

"Kissing is like drinking salted water. You drink, and your thirst increases."
~Chinese Proverb (quotegarden.com)

Delightfully yours,

Food Meditations

Chef talk
Wylie Dufresne on Maturation and Precariousness ~ Worries about alienating diners with his progressive cooking, and ... eater.com

Travel bites
Chef Peter Chang and Virginia wines: a shared moment in the spotlight ~ Peter Chang is hitting the road again, and he’s taking Virginia wine with him ... washingtonpost.com

Sizzling Sichuan: China's food hotspot ~ The award-winning chef and Chinese food expert heads to Chengdu, capital of China's most food-obsessed province ... guardian.co.uk

Alcoholic notes
Alcohol and me: 10 years sober ~ The paradox of addiction: getting clean is something no one can do for you ... guardian.co.uk

Pantry notes
Notes From Underground ~ Reasons to root for the underdogs of vegetables ... nytimes.com

Treats for the Disaffected 20-Something, Part III: Egg Crunch ~ Gastronomy lessons ... vanityfair.com

*Valentine's Day Picnic Date ~ yumsugar.com
* Artusi's ricotta tortelli recipe ~ theflorentine.net
* On the cusp of grapefruit season: Market Watch ~ latimes.com

Foraging
* Foraging with Transitional Gastronomy ~ eatingla.blogspot.com

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
* Vegan, gluten-free? Tips for safe and tasty trips ~ cnn.com
* Forensic science: Ignorance is bliss ~ economist.com

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25 January 2012

Chefs Wisdom, 9 Ways with Wine-n-Food, Olive Oil and Its Virginity Issues!

Author: OCK | Posted at: 17:01:00 | Filed Under: Chef-Talk, Cooking, Gluten-Free, Healthy-Eating, PantryNotes, Recipes, Vegetarian, WorldCuisine

Going for a vegan lifestyle? "En garde" for the cheating ingredient! Dreaming of owning a restaurant? Few tips on how to start a successful one and Q&A with the pioneer of conceptual cooking. Eating healthfully, Southern food, wine and food pairing dilemma, olive oil and its virginity issues!

The Vegan Experience, Day 10:

Surprise! 7 Foods You Thought Were Vegan!

"First 10 days vegan challenge roundup:

Adopting a completely vegan lifestyle for four weeks has its challenges, here's a list of foods that can make you accidentally cheating ...
Read more: The Vegan Experience, Day 10: Surprise! 7 Foods You Thought Were Vegan! seriouseats.com

* Vegans And Meat-Eaters: Can't We Just Get Along? blisstree.com

“An infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space.”
~Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (goodreads.com)

Delightfully yours,
Food Meditations

Owner's manual
How to Start a Killer Restaurant: 6 Tips ~ Nearly half of all adults have worked in the restaurant industry at some point ... inc.com

Pearls of Wisdom: Davide Scabin ~ Q&A with the pioneer of conceptual cooking ... bighospitality.co.uk

Hugh Acheson: Southern food, beyond the butter ~ Furthering a constructive discussion to rejoice in a better Southern food ... eatocracy.cnn.com

Dining out
9 Simple Rules for Perfect Wine and Food Pairings ~ Everything is perfectly right with the world until the wine list is dropped in your lap ... huffingtonpost.ca

Tasting ...
The Purity of Olive Oil ~ Since ancient times, olive oil has held an almost mythical status ... wsj.com

Israel’s Desert Is Growing Gourmet Food. Pay Attention ~ Organic desert olive oil from Negev, an ecologically dynamic place ... zesterdaily.com

Pantry notes
Bonnie Stern: Soup! (there it is) ~ Shaping up after the holidays is no longer just following a low-fat diet or starting an exercise program ... nationalpost.com

Blogging around ...
* Bloggers, Brands and Business: The Changing PR Story There is no doubt that foodie bloggers are becoming increasingly important ... thefoodiebugle.com

* Potato Pancakes ~ creatingthecottage.blogspot.com
* I married an Irish farmer ~ thefoodiebugle.com
* India, Pakistan Battle for Culinary Supremacy ~ wsj.com

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
* Famous And Gluten-Free? 16 Celebrities With Food Allergies Or Intolerances ~ huffingtonpost.com
* These Preservatives Are Trying To Kill You ~ blisstree.com

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23 January 2012

Recipe Writing, Urban Gardening and Hot Food Trends

Author: OCK | Posted at: 17:41:00 | Filed Under: Comfort food, Cooking, Food-Trends, Gluten-Free, Healthy-Eating, PantryNotes, Recipes, WorldCuisine

Cookbooks and some tricks of the trade, the healthy side of fermented food, urban gardening, herbs and bacon, is it trendy or it's chronic? Old becoming the latest best thing? Offal! And who is using those toning shoes?

Healthy Eats ~
What’s Out, What’s In for 2012

"Giant food is out this year"

Each year new nutrition fads appear and old ones head out the door. Here’s a look at what’s hot for 2012 and ...
Read more: What’s Out, What’s In for 2012; foodnetwork.com

“Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” ~Eskimo Proverb (thinkexist.com)

Delightfully yours,

Food Meditations

Food stories
The Rules of Recipe Attraction ~ A well-written recipe can be as transformative as a masterful piece of music ... wsj.com

Herb Whisperer Amy Pennington ~ The urban gardening expert on how to grow your own dinner and the trouble with bacon ... wsj.com

Pantry notes
The 10 Most Polarizing Foods ~ There are foods you love, foods you hate and foods that probably fall somewhere in between ... huffingtonpost.com

The Case for Fermented Foods ~ askmaryrd.com

Culinary trends
2012 food trends ~ In a food-besotted city, there’s no shortage of new things to try ... vancouversun.com

Hot Food Trends for 2012 ~ partybluprintsblog.com

Why you should check out these new food trends ~ foxnews.com

Interview with food designer Martí Guixé ~ finedininglovers.com

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
Celiac.com ~ Should We Have Mass Screening for Celiac Disease?

ADHD and Food: The Connection Is Tenuous ~ time.com

Eating And The Law In France: In The News ~ huffingtonpost.com

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21 January 2012

Seasonal Eating and Lucky Dumplings. Prepare for Chinese New Year!

Author: OCK | Posted at: 18:28:00 | Filed Under: Asia, Chef-Talk, Cooking, Entertaining, Gluten-Free, Healthy-Eating, MolecularCuisine, Recipes, WorldCuisine

Season eating and test kitchens, the thrill of food fights, the healthy ingredient with an industrial heritage, lucky dumplings and bacon the collective obsession. Want to bring some avant-garde recipes at home? Bring also a lab coat, just in case.

Lucky foods ~

Chinese New Year recipes

"Try some easy and delicious recipes to ensure a prosperous new year"

Celebrate Chinese New Year with an oriental banquet ...
Read more: Chinese New Year recipes; bbc.co.uk

Chinese Culture About.com ~ Learn the Customs and Traditions to Celebrate ... Chinese New Year Guide: Prepare and Celebrate Chinese New Year

"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand."
~Leonardo da Vinci

Delightfully yours,

Food Meditations

NZ Herald News ~ Convinced nothing can beat your mum's Sunday roast or grandmother's apple pie? ... Made with love actually tastes better: study

The Independent ~ From chow mein and chips to Michelin-starred mu shu pork ... The chopstick effect: Celebrate Chinese food's rich history in the Year of the Dragon

New York Times ~ Nathan Myhrvold, co-author of “Modernist Cuisine,” shows Melissa Clark his method for preparing seared steak ... Sorcerer’s Apprentice Hosts a Dinner

The Guardian ~ Have you ever been part of a food fight? ... Food fight!

The Independent ~ It was originally grown to lubricate steam engines ... Your new secret ingredient: Rapeseed oil is set to overtake olive oil as the chefs' favourite

The Guardian ~ Food miles aside, what is it that prevents us from eating seasonal goodies at the wrong time of year? ... Seasonal eating: reason and treason

Food & Think ~ Everything tastes better with bacon ... Why are we so crazy for bacon?

SF Weekly ~ Test kitchen: It doesn't need to be big to be effective ... What Happens When You Don't Test Recipes?

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
Peterborough Examiner ~ Gluten-free diets help families overcome medical challenges

The Atlantic ~ The Evidence for a Vegan Diet