Gone Cooking in Boston!

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2011 International Conference on Food Styling & Photography

"Gone Cooking" at the third biannual International Conference on Food Styling & Photography.
This year entitled "The Art of Communication," and what it takes to be a successful, creative professional today ...

Read more: 2011 International Conference on Food Styling & Photography; bu.edu

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“Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don't anymore, I realized it was killing conversation. When you're always trying for a topper you aren't really listening. It ruins communication.” ~Groucho Marx (thinkexist.com)

Delightfully yours, Food Meditations

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Ice-Cream, Beekeeping and Street Food : Van-tastic!

The Scoop ~
on Hosting an Ice Cream Social

"For advice on how to host a stress-free ice cream–centric event without winding up with a sticky, melted mess"

Throw a fun ice cream party with these recipes for frozen treats, toppings, sauces, and cones...
Read more: Ice Cream Social Party; epicurious.com

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"I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of food" ~Erma Bombeck (goodreads.com)

Delightfully yours, Food Meditations

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On the road
~ Meeting the people turning street food into a gourmet experience – and asking them their favourite recipes...
Read more: Van-tastic! Why street food is this year’s hottest trend; independent.co.uk

~ Street food: the latest rage; guardian.co.uk

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BBQ notes
F&W's phenomenal summer grilling recipes, from perfect steaks to innovative side dishes and desserts...
Read more: Summer Grilling Recipes; foodandwine.com

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Bizarre food
A New Zealand restaurant found a really strange signature drink to serve up to customers during the 14th annual Monteith's Beer & Wild Food Challenge...
Read more: Pub Serves Horse Semen Shots Infused With Apple; foodista.com

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Stars etc
The only Michelin-rated restaurant in the southern city of Nimes has handed back its star to become a humble brasserie...
Read more: French restaurant hands back Michelin star to bring in the diners; telegraph.co.uk;

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Bzzz
~ Ian Douglas has a lot of pruning to do if his bees are to thrive...
Read more: Beekeeping diary: More gardening than beekeeping; telegraph.co.uk

~ Infographic: Why Bees Matter; good.is

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Power ingredient
Goat meat is already very popular around the world – the Washington Post claims that goat makes up almost 70 percent of the red meat eaten globally...
Read more: Goats: An overlooked pasture-raised animal ethicurean.com

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Gluten-Free notes
~ Gluten Can Cause GI Symptoms in People Who Don't Have Celiac; celiac.com

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Healthy corner
~ Is your thyroid on the fritz? today.msnbc.msn.com

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Food for thought
~ Are accountants to blame for the food price spike? guardian.co.uk

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Appetibilis
~ Prosciutto Salad With A Nutty Vinaigrette; femalefirst.co.uk
~ Grilled Bread with Ripe Tomatoes and Olive Oil; foodchannel.com
~ Grilled Halloumi with Watermelon and Basil-Mint Oil; bonappetit.com
~ Field Mushroom Tartlets; mindfood.com
~ Asparagus Wrapped in Pancetta with Citronette; marthastewart.com

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No Wheat, No Noodles? Young Toques, Foraging, El Bulli's Legacy, Cookbooks ...

Kitchen Window:
No Wheat Doesn't Mean No Noodles

"To be completely honest, I would find it hard to do without noodles. If I had to go gluten-free"

A gluten-free lifestyle is not a life without noodles, bread, beer, there are plenty options out-there! Just choose wisely...
Read more: No Wheat Doesn't Mean No Noodles; npr.org

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"Kindness is the greatest wisdom." ~Author Unknown (quotegarden.com)

Delightfully yours, Food Meditations

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Young toques
Sports metaphors come up often at Frantzén/Lindeberg, a two-year-old, two-star Michelin restaurant in the heart of Stockholm's Old Town...
Read more: Young Stars of Swedish Cuisine; wsj.com

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Sharing experiences
Escaping his day job as a political reporter, Hank Shaw took refuge in the wild world around him through hunting and foraging...
Read more: Hunter-gatherer Hank Shaw shares tips - JSOnline;

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Travel bites
~ The East River must have its peculiar charms—though none immediately spring to mind—but one of them certainly isn't sport fishing...
Read more: Hooking Edible Tourists; wsj.com

~ Chef City; theatlantic.com

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Cooking notes
~ Make money from your cookbook shelf; eatocracy.cnn.com

~ When he was reviewing restaurants, writer Frank Bruni was in the power seat. But when he tests his skills...
Read more: Frank Bruni: The Power of Chef Cookbooks; foodandwine.com

~ What do we want from our cookbooks? bbc.co.uk

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Style
Dan Barber, David Kinch and others reflect on which aspects of Ferran Adrià's restaurant will have lasting impact...
Read more: Chefs Assess El Bulli's Legacy; nytimes.com

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Power ingredients
If you knew there was a traditional grain miller whose flour was available at a local store, ..., would you pay the extra? ...
Read more: Is traditionally milled flour worth paying extra for? bbc.co.uk

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Gluten-Free notes
~ New gluten-free label created in US to weed out pretenders; independent.co.uk
~ Stuffed Bear Missing, 'Kidnappers' Demand $10,000 Of Gluten-Free Cupcakes; huffingtonpost.com

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Healthy corner
~ Eating junk food destroys weight-controlling brain cells causing vicious cycle of obesity; dailymail.co.uk

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Food for thought
~ In Chef’s Hands uses food as therapy for the soul; barrington.suntimes.com

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Appetibilis
~ Honeydew, Cantaloupe and Prosciutto Salad Recipe; epicurious.com
~ Poached greengages, peaches and strawberries; independent.co.uk
~ Tandori Chicken/Desi Roasted Chicken; foodfunfreak.blogspot.com
~ Crocchette d'agnello e bieta; memoriediangelina.blogspot.com
~ Breakfast Sausage; deedeesdelights.blogspot.com

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Seafood Renaissance, Leftovers and The Way We Think About Food (?)

Food legends ~
A family that came to change the way we eat and drink today

"Perhaps it was when Jackson Boxer wrote his first cookbook that the family realised just how much food had influenced their lives"

The pioneering writer Arabella Boxer is a great British food legend whose books influenced a generation...
Read more: Boxer uprising: How three generations of one family have changed the way we think about food; independent.co.uk

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"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon." ~Doug Larson (quotegarden.com)

Delightfully yours, Food Meditations

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Idea-hatching
If you thought overfishing was making the high-end pescatarian meal extinct, think again. A new guard of chefs is creating a welcome breed of sustainable seafood dishes...
Read more: The New Seafood Renaissance; details.com

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Fish-platter primer
One of the keys to relaxed entertaining is knowing when to outsource the work to the experts. From spiced sable to cured salmon...
Read more: A Guide to Smoked Fish for Entertaining; wsj.com

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Party food
Curing small fillets is one of the more effortless ways to enjoy the fat, rich wild salmon that are in the prime of their season right now...
Read more: Gravlax, Party Food Without a Party; nytimes.com

~ Mussel up (+recipes); nzherald.co.nz

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Delicious leftovers
~ Fish aren't just fillets that swim—and for seafood to be truly sustainable, consumers will need to learn to eat every part...
Read more: Alaska's Tartare and Burgers: Can We Learn to Save Wasted Fish? theatlantic.com

~ How to Buy Seafood; details.com

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Putting the palate through its paces
Eating cabbage, with an entire plate of cabbage-related vegetables at a Michelin-starred Restaurant ...
Read more: Can ordinary mortals ever experience the subtleties of flavour that the world's top chefs do? independent.co.uk

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Food system
With the success of films like Food Inc., books such as Fast Food Nation, and shows like Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, people everywhere are starting to learn more about...
Read more: Is This the Future of Food Guides? civileats.com

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Gluten-Free notes
~ Gluten-Free 411: The Real Scoop on the Diet Trend; stylecaster.com

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Healthy corner
~ 7 Pain-fighting Foods; aarp.org

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Food for thought
~ Bycatch Fish and Animals Caught and Wasted; globalchefs.com

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Appetibilis
~ 5 Fabulous Fish Recipes; foodista.com
~ Cod Chowder with Kale and Yukon Gold Potatoes; montereybayaquarium.org
~ Vietnamese Shrimp-and-Herb Summer Rolls; gastronomersguide.com
~ How to cook perfect fishcakes; guardian.co.uk
~ Spiced salmon & tomato & mint salad recipe; bbcgoodfood.com

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Chicken Kiev, Salt and Food Critic, A Job or a Mission? (Topic of Pop Culture!)

Chef talks ~
Simon Hopkinson on roasts, chickens and other stories

"Lunchtime at Simon Hopkinson's flat in west London, and all is calm"

The chef and author is feeling nervous before the start of his first TV series, The Good Cook...
Read more: Simon Hopkinson on roasts, chickens and other stories; guardian.co.uk

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"Very well. Since you're all out of perspective and no one else seems to have it in this BLOODY TOWN, I'll make you a deal. You provide the food, I'll provide the perspective, which would go nicely with a bottle of Cheval Blanc 1947." ~Anton Ego - Ratatouille (2007) (imdb.com)

Delightfully yours, Food Meditations

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Treat from behind the Iron Curtain
It’s gone from elegant Sixties supper to supermarket staple, but in the right hands, the Chicken Kiev is still king...
Read more: We'll always have Kiev; independent.co.uk

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Power ingredient
Exploring the Camargue, the south of France's rugged and surprisingly remote region of grassy marshland, pristine coastline and...
Read more: The Salt of the Earth; online.wsj.com

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Food critics
"So many critics. Do any of them have any training?" A question posted by a chef to the Food Media section of the Chowhound forums...
Read more: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Food Critics But Were Too Afraid to Ask; houstonpress.com

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Italian notes
~ While Italian cuisine is one of the most famous in the world, it is also true that it is probably one of the most misunderstood...
Read more: The 10 most common errors in Italian Tradition which people around the world think are the true Italian style; italian-food-lovers.com

~ Tradition on toast; theflorentine.net
~ Global Poll Reveals Pasta As The World's Favorite Food; huffingtonpost.com

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Nutrition
~ In the 1940s, the University of Minnesota wanted to find out the physical and psychological effects of starvation...
Read more: Binge eating trigger revealed; brisbanetimes.com.au

~ You know that blueberries are good for you. But did you know that blueberries could help fight aging, combat disease...
Read more: Surprising Benefits of Blueberries; huffingtonpost.com

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Gluten-Free Notes
~ Grieving Gluten: The Five Stages of Loss of Gluten Plus a New One; glutenfreeeasily.com

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Healthy corner
~ Flaxseed; nytimes.com

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Food for thought
~ Are food brands so powerful they can actually affect our taste buds? bbc.co.uk
~ Do Federal Nutritionists Get Graphic Design? Maybe Not; theatlantic.com

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Image by ockstyle via Flickr
Appetibilis
~ 5 Fabulous Fresh Fruit Recipes; health.com
~ Grilled Paprika Shrimp Recipe; rachaelraymag.com
~ Pickled Jalapeño Recipe ( jalapeño escabeche); norecipes.com

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