Quest for Authentic Food, Everyday Chinese and Grilled Chicken Mistakes

Everyday Chinese cooking is the art of turning the most humble ingredients into culinary gold... Even though it's a cookout classic, chicken can be tough to get right on the grill... Char siu fan? Learn to grill Chinese-style...

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Local ...
The bogus quest for 'authentic' food

"One of the most delicious and interesting dishes I've tasted recently is the "curry leaf burrata""

The word is plastered over cookbooks, ingredients and recipes, but just what is 'authentic' food?...

The Guardian ~ The bogus quest for 'authentic' food

The Telegraph ~ Everyday Chinese cooking: alchemy on a plate

Food Republic ~ Illustrated Guide To Grilling: China

Bonappetit ~ 7 Common Grilled Chicken Mistakes

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“Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked.
'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat.
'I don't know,' Alice answered.
'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter.”
~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (goodreads.com)

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Food Meditations

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Huffington Post Gross Ingredients In Processed Foods

Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes
* Mail Online ~ The daftest diet ever... and craziest of all it might just work
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Rabbit Porchetta, Chips, Coleslaw and The Art of Bad Review

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Technique:
Making Rabbit Porchetta with Chef Jason Neve

"Many chefs these days are taking the pork out of porchetta and using something a little smaller and easier to roll"

Classically, all that's really required to make porchetta is a deboned pig rolled with herbs...
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"Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life."
~Wilma Rudolph (quotegarden.com)

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Charcoal vs. Gas, Bok Choy or Parilla? ... Grill ’Em All!

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Equally good to grill:
Grilled Bok Choy with Sweet Soy Glaze

"Brassica, Cauliflower and broccoli turn remarkably nutty when grilled or roasted in a hot oven"

The key to really great grilled bok choy is ...
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“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
~W.B. Yeats (goodreads.com)

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Chefs, Great Meal and Good Intentions

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Cooking for Solutions:
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"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."
~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942 (quotegarden.com)

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