Food Meditations: Organic

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17 February 2012

Women in Wine, Brain Storming, Moonshine and Chocolate

Author: Midori | Posted at: 18:28:00 | Filed Under: Chocolate Etc, Culinary-News, Eat-Italian, Europa, FoodGuide, Gluten-Free, Healthy-Eating, Locavore, Mediterranean, Mixology, Organic - Sustainable, Outdoor, Photography, Travel-Bites, WorldCuisine

Liquid notes with oenophiles raving in Sicily and Tuscany, (the most difficult wine region?), lingering wine myths, Moscato from relative obscurity to toast of the town, growing crooked creek corn and moonshine. The brainstorming myth, absurdist/surreal work, tea infographic and chocolate times...

Women in wine ~
Natural Woman

"It was a sort of calling,’’ says Arianna Occhipinti, 29, describing how she became a winemaker"

With 30 acres in Sicily, an organic vintner sets the wine world abuzz...
Read more: Natural Woman; nytimes.com

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Brain... storming
The New Yorker ~ Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work... GROUPTHINK

Kelli Anderson ~ This type of work can defy conventional expectations... My TEDx Talk

Appellation
The Globe and Mail ~ Tuscany is the most difficult wine region to “really understand”... The changing taste of Tuscany's wines

* Huffington Post ~ Honest Cooking: Top 10 Wine Myths That Won't Die
* NPR Moscato Madness: The Dessert Wine's Sweet Surge
* Grist ~ Making moonshine and molasses [VIDEO]

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Infographic

Visual.ly ~ Tea & Biscuit Guide

Chocolate Times
* NPR ~ DIY Willy Wonka Turns Home Into Chocolate Factory
* Cook Vegetarian Magazine ~ Double Chocolate Fudge with Vanilla and White Chocolate Buttercream Recipe
* Huffington Post ~ Love At Mast: Murray's Debuts Chocolate-Infused Cheese For Valentine's Day
* LifeStyle FOOD ~ How to Make Chocolate Soufflés

Hello handsome
LA Times Magazine ~ Clooney's lighter side... Merry Prankster

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
* Asia Food Journal ~ Analyst: Cocoa at “tipping point” as a naturally healthy ingredient
* Huffington Post ~ Food Allergies Much Less Prevalent Than Claims Of Food Allergies, According To Expert

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~ ::GlutenFree Etc @FoodMeditations:: Healthy eating in the global food community ...

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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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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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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 ~

The rise and rise of smoking food

"Although it's as old as fire, smoking food seems to be experiencing a resurgence"

Smoked food is as delicious as the art of preparing it is ancient ...
Read more: The rise and rise of smoking food; guardian.co.uk

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~Washington Irving (quotegarden.com)

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Food Meditations

Food for thought
Chefs are pros at turning scraps into a stunning second act ~ What's “leftovers” to professional chefs? ... suntimes.com

Culinary trends
Reasons to be cheerful in 2012: the food scene is suddenly fun ~ Fine dining is dead. Long live eating out with a crowd ... guardian.co.uk

* Top Foods to Eat in 2012: Banh Mi, Yuzu, Artisanal Pizza ~ time.com
* 10 Food Predictions for 2012 ~ laweekly.com

Travel bites
New Stockholm Cuisine ~ The alabaster square of seared cod sat primly in a bath of golden foam ... saveur.com

Hunting for Sheep's Butt in Kurdistan ~ Michael Y. Park recounts his quest for this legendary piece of a** ... gourmet.com

* Postcard From Tom: Review of Central Restaurante in Lima, Peru ~ washingtonpost.com
* Video: Braving Japan's most extreme eats ~ cnngo.com

Pantry notes
An Asian Noodle Glossary ~ A visual guide to 10 Asian noodles ... gourmet.com

How to grow asparagus: Another lesson from the Global Garden ~ Asparagus hardly ranks as an exotic edible, but harvesting ... latimes.com

Organic Tomatoes in January: Sucking Mexico Dry ~ motherjones.com

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
* Dietary needs are firmly on the menu ~ au.news.yahoo.com
* What You Need to Know About False Gluten-Free Labeling ~ celiac.com
* Deception Diet: How Optical Illusions Can Trick Your Appetite ~ Think you know how to avoid overeating? Think again ... npr.org
* The level of arabinitol in autistic children after probiotic therapy ~ nutritionjrnl.com

Flowers - Zucchini Blossoms on a Black Plate

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16 December 2011

Holiday Foods, Mock Shark's Fin Soup n Cookbook Evolution

Author: orsiko | Posted at: 18:19:00 | Filed Under: Asia, Gluten-Free, Organic - Sustainable, Seafood, Travel-Bites, Vegetarian

Key ingredients ~
Rolling in the Dough

"From one simple recipe, four kinds of cookies"

Cookie recipes are just about infinite, because almost anything can be shaped into a circle and ...
Read more: Rolling in the Dough; nytimes.com

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Holiday meals
Savor the variety of the season with traditional holiday dishes from around the world ...
Read more: World's Most Traditional Holiday Foods; travelandleisure.com

Travel bite
~ From wine-tasting in the dark to what may be the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal ...
Read more: Hong Kong Foodie: a feast in the East; independent.co.uk

~ Three of the best bowls of imitation shark's fin in Hong Kong ...
Read more: Better than the real thing: Hong Kong's imitation shark's fin; cnngo.com

~ 4Food's top 10 foodie destinations in Britain; channel4.com

Cookbook evolution
The top 10 cookbooks of the year, along with hometown favorites and others that deserve a place on your bookshelf ...
Read more: Essay: A new direction for coffee-table cookbooks leaves me wanting more; washingtonpost.com

Food for thought
~ Top food and drink trends identified for 2012; ausfoodnews.com.au
~ By freezing his catch at sea, La. shrimper turns the tide on his business; washingtonpost.com
~ Economist Finds New Focus in Farm-to-Table Movement; secondact.com

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
~ Interested in a no-animal-products diet? Check out these resources ...
Read more: 10 Websites for Vegans; secondact.com

~ Childhood Celiac Disease and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders; celiac.com