31 August 2010

Food on Film, Geoducks, Oystering on Cape Cod, ... FM Briefs

Shell Shock ~

Oystering on Cape Cod ~

"An oyster fanatic who for decades has devoured Kumamotos, Malpeques, Blue Points, Wellfleets..."

Wellfleet Harbor, the best-tasting oysters delectable, rich, creamy and absurdly fresh, and no more than 30 seconds between sea and belly ...
Read more: Shell Shock | Oystering on Cape Cod; nytimes.com






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Food on Film
German auteur Fatih Akin shares the recipe for his new food-focused romp, "Soul Kitchen," set in Hamburg...
Read more: Hamburger Helper | Fatih Akin; NYTimes.com


Last Suppers
Skye’s clever and imaginative use of the Australian native flavours and good for you ingredients ...
Read more: Skye Craig; fashionfoodfatale.com







SmithsonianMagazine: Top Chef Shows How to Cook a Geoduck


Where Our Food Comes From?
In 'Four Fish,' Paul Greenberg examines the creatures as food source and part of the ecosystem ...
Read more: The California Cook: An author's instructive fishing expedition; latimes.com


Chef Talks
Anyone whose cooking skills goes beyond cutting a slit in a plastic wrapper and nuking a box for 90 seconds knows how to use fresh parsley, rosemary, ...
Read more: Top 10 Least Well Known Culinary Herbs; cheftalk.com





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30 August 2010

Holidays Etc: Foods, Smells and Souvenirs ... FM Brief

Heroes in a half-shell ~
Skye Gyngell cooks with scallops ~

"A sweet seafood delicacy hand-dived in British waters. Use fresh rather than frozen"

Plump, sweet scallops are one of the most delicious things found in the seas around England, (in this case from Dorset), ...

Read more: Heroes in a half-shell: Skye Gyngell cooks with scallops; independent.co.uk




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Souvenirs, Food and Smells
Marcus Wareing gorges on gazpacho in Mauritius... Hélène Darroze buys Basque pudding in Biarritz... Top chefs share their supper secrets ...
Read more: Top chefs' holiday dining secrets; independent.co.uk


Hotchpotch of Tables and Chairs
The Australian chef Skye Gyngell has turned a ramshackle old greenhouse in Surrey into the ultimate summer destination restaurant. ...
Read more: Skye Gyngell: the wizardess of Oz; telegraph.co.uk




Tastemakers



Floyd Cooks on BBC: Slow-cooked beef in red wine; youtube.com




Environmental Impact of Beef
Determinedly arguing that beef, even when entirely grass-fed, can't be "green." But recent post falls far short of proving this provocative claim ...
Read more: Defending Grass-Fed Beef: A Rancher Weighs in; theatlantic.com


Beef ...
Meats, sweets, and more must-eats for any culinary tour of South America's carnivore capital ...
Read more: What to Eat in Argentina ; epicurious.com



Ingredients

While many still don't know what a pluot is, those who have discovered the sweet luxury of this hybrid of a plum and apricot clamor for more ...
Read more: Pluots pack the best of both plum and apricot; seattletimes.nwsource.com



Kerry Saretsky
There was a dining room in college that had a famous stone hearth that read "Ubi Amici Ibidem Sunt Opes": where there are friends, there are riches. ...
Read more: Franglais: Saffron-Soaked Clams Bouillabaisse (RECIPE); huffingtonpost.com





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27 August 2010

Outdoor: Hang Out by The Grill, ... FM Briefs

Tips, Tools & Ingredients ~

How to Prepare Cheeseburgers with Spiced Ketchup and Red Vinegar Pickles ~

"This burger has unparalleled flavor and texture"
thanks to a luxurious blend of brisket, short ribs, skirt or hanger steak, beef suet, bone marrow, and ...
Read more: How to Prepare Cheeseburgers with Spiced Ketchup and Red Vinegar Pickles; bonappetit.com





"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree." ~Jim Rohn (*)QuoteGarden.com





Hang out by the grill
Build a Fish-Taco Bar, start from Green Salsa, Grill Fish to Perfection ...
Read more: Do Summer Right: Food Edition; mensjournal.com


Easy to cook, Sensual to eat and Healthy too
With spiky leaves and hairy innards, artichokes look like hard work. ...
Read more: Artichokes: Going global; independent.co.uk




Chefs tips ...



Wegmans Executive Chef Russell Ferguson on: How to Grill Shellfish; youtube.com



Regional Food
Fishermen working the waters of Alaska's Copper River district claim that their salmon are the best in the world. ...
Read more: How Copper River Salmon Got So Famous; theatlantic.com


Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
A classic Spanish dish that's both simple and elegant: white gazpacho ...
Read more: Chilled soup recipes; guardian.co.uk





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26 August 2010

Garden Delights, Vintage Ads from 1940, Chop like a Pro, ... FM Briefs

Fresh Herbs ~
The two best ways to preserve them for the winter

"Herbalist and author Susan Belsinger suggests ways to use and preserve your garden's bounty."

The delights of gardening are rewarding at every phase, from witnessing the miracle of sprouting seeds to ...
Read more: Fresh herbs: The two best ways to preserve them for the winter; washingtonpost.com





"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." ~Will Rogers (*)QuoteGarden.com





Drupelets
Succulent and intensely flavored, raspberries are actually members of the rose family. ...
Read more: 5 Fantastic Recipes for Fresh Raspberries; rodale.com


Found in Mom's Basement
From the 1940s, 1950s, ...
Read more: Vintage food advertising that includes recipes; pzrservices.typepad.com




New Toques on the Block



New York Magazine: Hung Huynh, How to Chop like a Top Chef; on youtube.com




Culinary versatility
Beer can chickens recently, a great way to make a chicken that everyone loves. Moist and tender, is always perfect ...
Read more: What's in your can?; bbq.about.com


Gourmet Live
Can a shuttered magazine find a new life on the iPad? ...
Read more: Gourmet Magazine Revived for the iPad; nytimes.com





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25 August 2010

Foods Under-the-Radar, Sweets from Greece to Persia, ... FM Briefs

Ingredients ~
3 Good-for-You Restaurant Foods

"Chefs are celebrating under-the-radar ingredients that are flavorful, innovative, and (surprise!) healthful."

Here some recipes made with: Freekeh, Sardines...
Read more: 3 Good-for-You Restaurant Foods; bonappetit.com




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Delicious
Recipes including fig and almond cake, crunchy almond cigars, orange spice cookies, and more ...
Read more: From Greece to Persia, 10 Pastries and Sweets; theatlantic.com






Gordon Ramsay and Alan: Chicken Tikka Masala sauce - part 1, on youtube.com



Marinade Before Grilling
Slice it, pound it, roll it: in order to be juicy, grilled chicken breast needs fat and flavor inside, not outside.
Read more: For Moister Chicken, Tuck the Flavor Inside; nytimes.com


Food for Thought
Urban farmer Annie Novak is farmer and co-founder of the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn, New York ...
Read more: Faces & Visions of the Food Movement: Annie Novak; civileats.com





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24 August 2010

Gravenstein Apples and Chicken ... FM Briefs

Culinary Versatility ~
World's best apple ~

"This broad green apple, often striped with red, is wonderfully tart, sweet, juicy, and aromatic..."

It ripens early, beginning in late July, to provide relief from the long hunger for fresh apples. ...

Read more: World's best apple; culinate.com




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Himalayan chicken
Grilled chicken: It smells good, it looks good, but does it always taste good? Not if it’s dry, ...
Read more: Peak performance from grilled poultry; boston.com


The Simple Go-To
Juicy breast meat and crispy brown skin — those are the hallmarks of the perfect roast chicken. And ...
Read more: Roast Chicken; mensjournal.com




Tastemakers



BBC: Heston's Special Crispy Roast Chicken part 1; youtube.com




Gourmet
The idea was to get as many flavors of New Orleans onto the dish as efficiently as possible. ...
Read more: Soft Shell Crawfish, Andouille Filled Chicken, Etouffee, Absinthe Bubbles; thepickledtongue.com


From the Mixer
~ Long summer nights are perfect for barbecue. So fire up the grill, ...
Read more: The latest words on B-B-Q; philly.com

~ WHICH CAME first, the local, pasture-raised, free-roaming chicken, or ...
Read more: Poultry with a pedigree: Babied chickens & their eggs are flying off the shelves; philly.com








FOOD SAFETY!
...
Read more: Washing Raw Chicken Increases Food Poisoning Risk; slashfood.com





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