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20 February 2012

Intimate Meal: Carnival, Semlor, Food, Sex and ...

Author: OCK | Posted at: 19:49:00 | Filed Under: Americas, Chef-Talk, Comfort food, Entertaining, Europa, Food-Trends, Gluten-Free, Healthy-Eating, Intimate Meals, Locavore, PantryNotes, Recipes, Travel-Bites, WorldCuisine

Fat Tuesday stories and Carnival one the world’s greatest annual global party. Swedish traditions in Oregon, Louisiana cooking, Canarian food, the sourdough culture and here's a big question: Is there a connection between food and sex beyond an occasional indulgence in frat-grade humor?

Traditions ~

Swedish Fat Tuesday Delicacy Kept Alive In Portland

"It's made of almonds, and you cut the top of the semlor off and..."

Fat Tuesday a time to clear the house of indulgent foods, back when refrigeration wasn't up to modern standards...
Read more: Swedish Fat Tuesday Delicacy Kept Alive In Portland; npr.org

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Food Meditations

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Giggles inducing
Food & Think ~ What is the term for a "euphoric sensation upon eating amazingly delicious food"... Everything You Wanted to Know About Food and Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Holiday's food
Southern Living ~ Delicious Fat Tuesday recipes for Mini Muffulettas, Creole Deviled Eggs, and more!... 8 Mardi Gras Party Appetizers

* Eatocracy ~ Mardi Gras mania across America
* Epicurious ~ Mardi Gras in Cajun Country
* The Daily Meal ~ Carnival Around the World

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Travel bite
* Food & Think ~ The Best and Worst of Canarian Food
* Appetizer ~ Bonnie Stern: Swedes swell with success

Pantry notes
The Guardian ~ With regular care and some forward planning a sourdough culture can provide delicious bread and... How to start a sourdough culture

* The Village Voice ~ Barbuto Chef Jonathan Waxman on His New Gig at Rosa Mexicano and How to Cook the Perfect Chicken
* The Week ~ America's bacon obsession: 10 bacon-inspired products
* EcoSalon ~ Foodie Underground: 5 Reasons You Should Love Cardamom Including a Delicious Cardamom Cake Recipe

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
* Huffington Post ~ Mark Hyman, MD: Three Hidden Ways Wheat Makes You Fat
* The Boston Globe ~ Why are so many foods gluten-free now? - Health & wellness

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Basic Pastry ~ Tartelet Base (Photo credit: ockstyle)
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15 February 2012

InfoLust! ... Seafood, Vegan Mayo, the Chef and the Hot Dogs

Author: OCK | Posted at: 21:32:00 | Filed Under: Chef-Talk, Comfort food, Cooking, Europa, Food-Trends, Gluten-Free, Healthy-Eating, Locavore, Mixology, Organic - Sustainable, PantryNotes, Recipes, Seafood, Vegetarian, WorldCuisine

Lusting after detailed information, being confused about which fish is “correct” and safe to eat, adopting a completely vegan lifestyle, leftovers candidates for another meal or two (or more), three Michelin stars and a passion for hot dogs in Paris, beef tongue and antioxidants, ...

Experienced consumers ~

INFOLUST

"Show us one experienced, switched-on consumer in a mature consumer society who does NOT google once a day"

Forget information overload, consumers are more infolusty than ever! ...
Read more: INFOLUST; trendwatching.com

Source: www.trendwatching.com. One of the world's leading trend firms, trendwatching.com sends out its free, monthly Trend Briefings to more than 160,000 subscribers worldwide.

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Food Meditations

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Conscious culture
* EcoSalon ~ Mackerel swims to the lead when it comes to being the “right” fish to eat... Roasted Mackerel
* Serious Eats ~ The Food Lab: How To Make Vegan Mayonnaise
* NewsObserver.com ~ Keep leftovers safe and appetizing

Chef talk
* NYTimes ~ Yannick Alléno, a Michelin-starred chef, shares his love of the hot dog with French diners... A Parisian Hot Dog, Hold the Snark
* StarChefs.com ~ Bite Your Tongue Recipes from Austin & Atlanta Chefs

Antioxidants ...

Visual.ly ~ Why are antioxidants good for you and how do they work?

Pantry notes
* Los Angeles Times ~ Great chefs share tricks of the trade... Braising an ideal way to savor the season
* Saveur.com ~ One Ingredient, Many Ways: Cabbage

Food stories
Chicago Sun-Times ~ Going without an oven started as a fun culinary challenge for this editor
* Gilt Taste ~ Why Farms Want Cold Winters

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
* Yahoo! New Zealand Food ~ Meet the Gluten Free Queen
* Wine Spectator ~ Understanding How Resveratrol Works
* EcoSalon ~ 20 Foods to Banish Belly Fat

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10 February 2012

On Sugar, Wine-N-Lies and How to Cook Like Donna Hay

Author: orsiko | Posted at: 12:09:00 | Filed Under: Chef-Talk, Comfort food, Cooking, Culinary-News, Gluten-Free, Healthy-Eating, Mixology, PantryNotes, Travel-Bites, WorldCuisine

Chef's Valentine, special notes on sugar an enduring love affair, wine's three biggest lies, a Thai soup ideal for the worst winter chills, food philosophy from Australia, a new guidebook that reveals where the staff from Noma eat in Copenhagen and Hollywood loves for the alkaline diet.

Tricks of the trade ~
A Special Gift, From the Chef

"It's more about finding a little time, creating a little romance than giving a material gift"

Award-winning chef Michael Schwartz describes his ideal Valentine's Day gift for his wife ...
Read more: A Romantic Valentine's Dinner at Home, With the Chef; wsj.com

“As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit.”
~Seneca (thinkexist.com)

Delightfully yours,

Food Meditations

Sweet notes
Tasting Table: Best Pastry Chefs 2012 ~ Examining the ways that sweetness adds nuance to our eating and drinking... ~ huffingtonpost.com

The psychology of cupcakes ~ the Modern Cupcake Moment swirls into its second decade... ~ washingtonpost.com

Bakers and chaebol in South Korea: Let them eat cake ~ Some parents give their children cakes. A few give them cake shops... ~ economist.com

Drinking Out Loud
Wine's Three Biggest Lies ~ Why good wine lovers tell bad lies... ~ winespectator.com

Comforting
How to cook perfect tom yum soup ~ By February, even reliable comfort foods can lose their warming charm... ~ guardian.co.uk

Chef talks
How to Cook Like Donna Hay ~ Celebrity chef Donna Hay prefers the simple and light approach when it comes to food... ~ lifestylefood.com.au

Travel notes
Copenhagen: where chefs at Noma, the world's best restaurant, eat on their days off ~ Favourite food and drink hangouts... ~ guardian.co.uk

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
* New Guidelines for Gluten Sensitivity: Report ~ villagevoice.com
* Why Hollywood Loves the Alkaline Diet ~ details.com
'The Art of Medicine': Mapping the Body With 2,000 Years of Images ~ theatlantic.com

Bites - St. Valentine's Mini Frittate with Asparagus and Strawberries (Photo credit: ockstyle)
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30 January 2012

Smoking Signals, Intriguing Swedish, Kurdistan, Peru ...

Author: orsiko | Posted at: 18:19:00 | Filed Under: Americas, Asia, BBQ Et Grill, Chef-Talk, Comfort food, Cooking, Food-Trends, Gluten-Free, Healthy-Eating, Locavore, Organic - Sustainable, Outdoor, PantryNotes, Photography, Recipes, Travel-Bites

"The dish looked so pure ...", it's the Swedish charm. Professional chefs on using up scraps. Tasting a legendary piece of a** in Kurdistan. Deceptively simple from Lima, Peru. Japan extreme eats, Asian noodles and harvesting asparagus. Street food: "holy smoke, fine dining is dead."

Traditional fashion ~