Smokin' good times at the Big Apple Barbecue Block PartyBY ROSEMARY BLACKThe city's biggest barbecue starts smokin' June 7, with 14 of the nation's top pit masters turning out ribs, brisket and all the trimmings for a two-day feeding...
Can a Strawberry Be Savory?
Can a Strawberry Be Savory?Washington PostA big shout-out to the strawberry, who's back in town and making Washington area farm markets a little more gorgeous. A member of the rose family, the strawberry is unlike her other berry...
Restaurant Side Dishes Take Centerstage
Restaurant Side Dishes Take CenterstageBy Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley | Food EditorSun SentinelThese days, you can get a juicy strip steak or porterhouse at just about any steakhouse. And most seafood restaurants carry the usual mahi-mahi,...
A new crowd cultivates a taste for caviar
A new crowd cultivates a taste for caviarBy Tina Dirmann, Special for USA TODAYAt some of the USA's hottest and hippest restaurants, young chefs are rediscovering a food once revered by their grandparents but largely ignored by today's...
U.S. Agencies Must Talk to Boost Food Safety
U.S. Agencies Must Talk to Boost Food Safety: StudyBy Christopher DoeringWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal agencies must do a better job of sharing information with each other as well as state, local and private organizations to...
Deceiving Diet Menus
Deceiving Diet MenusBy Annie Bell MuzaurietaThe DailyGreen.comBeware When Opting for "Healthier" Fare; You Might Be Getting More Calories and Fat Than You OrderedSeveral TV stations conducted an investigation of dishes touted as healthy...
Rice Bran Approved as Meat Enhancer
Breaking News on Food & Beverage Development - North AmericaRice Bran Approved as Meat EnhancerBy Laura Crowley and Jess HallidayFoodNavigator-usa.comNutraCea has received approval from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
Cupcakes, Sex and the City style
Recipes:Cupcakes, Sex and the City styleTelegraph.co.ukSo easy to bake and yet so fashionable. Xanthe Clay has the last word on cupcakesIt's classic television. Carrie Bradshaw sits in Magnolia Bakery, New York, bites into the thickly...
Harvard's New Food Pyramid
Harvard's New Food PyramidPosted by Elizabeth CooneyBoston.comRemember when the government revised its food pyramid three years ago, only to confuse Americans with its 12 versions and staircase on the side?The people at the Harvard...
Brown Rice Wins FDA Health Claim
Brown Rice Wins FDA Health ClaimBy Shane StarlingFood NavigatorBrown rice has been added to the FDA-approved list of whole grains that may make health claims including reducing the risk of heart disease and some cancers.Brown rice,...
Chefs in a Stew Over "Pretentious" Cuisine
Chefs in a Stew Over "Pretentious" CuisineBy Jason WebbReuters.comMADRID (Reuters) - A chef with three Michelin stars has created a schism in Spanish cuisine by labeling avant-garde creations that revolutionized cooking "pretentious."Restaurants...
Putting and End on Mindless Munching
HEALTH JOURNALPutting and End on Mindless MunchingMelinda BeckWall Street JournalFirst, ask yourself how hungry you are, on a scale of 1 (ravenous) to 7 (stuffed).Next, take time to appreciate the food on your plate. Notice the colors...
Italians Are Losing Taste For Pasta
Italians Are Losing Taste For Pasta As Price Rises Begin To BiteRichard OwenTimes OnlineThe Mediterranean diet is under threat in the country that invented it as rising prices for staples such as pasta, bread, fruit and vegetables...
Seafood, Sustainably Speaking
A Lesson in Seafood, Sustainably SpeakingBy David HagedornThe Washington PostAs Shannon and Jamie Konn dined on fish cakes and salmon rillettes at the bar of the Westend Bistro in January, they unwittingly inspired today's column....
Cooking for a Crowd
Kitchen WindowCooking for a Crowdby Kevin WeeksThis is the season when home cooks become caterers, the time of year when the online cooking consulting company I work with is inundated with requests for help from people planning events....
The $175 Burger
The $175 burger is a haute handful for rarefied tastesBy RACHEL WHARTON Daily NewsForget talk of a recession - a new $175 burger has set the city's gold standard for conspicuous consumption.Literally.The Richard Nouveau - from the...
Veggie Pride Parade
Veggie Pride Parade Humanely Devours ManhattanThe GothamistNew York’s Veggie Pride Parade wound through downtown Manhattan yesterday, stretching from its defiant start in the Meat Packing District to its triumphant conclusion at the Washington Square Park. The event, intended to raise awareness about...
Iceland Okays 2008 Whale Hunt
CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN ME THE REASON TO HUNT WHALES???Iceland Okays 2008 Whale HuntYahoo NewsREYKJAVIK (AFP) - Iceland's government approved on Monday the commercial hunting of whales this year, a move that drew quick criticism from conservationists."The quota for 2008 was decided today, that is 40 Minke...
Crustless Quiches
The MinimalistRemoving the Crust for a Savory CustardBy MARK BITTMANThe New York TimesI SUPPOSE crustless quiche is a contradiction in terms, like seared ceviche. But if, like me, you sometimes crave what amounts to savory pie filling without the hassle of making an actual crust, this is the way to...
Asparagus - Power Food
Power Foods:AsparagusMarthaStewart.comFor such a small vegetable, asparagus demands a whole lot of patience. After all, the plant needs to grow for at least three years before you can harvest it. But the wait is always worth it, because in early spring, a time of year when very few green things emerge...
Make Grilled Meats Delicious
Sweet and Spicy Recipes Make Grilled Meats DeliciousBy ERIN COVERTDallas Morning NewsIt may be the quickest way to turn your back yard into a tropical getaway. Adding sweet, citrusy flavors to spicy grilled meats and fish makes an everyday dinner seem like a vacation feast. Even dessert benefits from...
Reindeer Town in Siberia
The GastronomerWhere Home Cooking Gets the Cold ShoulderBy Andreas ViestadWashingthon PostSCHUCH'YE, Western Siberia -- Of all the cowboy towns in this part of Siberia, this must be one of the roughest. When we ride our tractor into town, the first thing I see is a man with a gun next to a dead wolf....
Tomatillo - A Tomato's Cousin With a Sweet Side
COOKINGTomatillo: A Green Sourpuss With a Sweet SideBy Noelle Carter and Donna DeaneLos Angeles TimesTANGY: The tomatillo, a cousin of the tomato, is available year-round, but the main season is May through October.Roasted, sautéed, grilled or stewed, tomatillos liven many Latin-inspired recipes with...
World's Best Street Food
World's Best Street Foodby JJ GoodeConcierge.comStreet cooks are magicians: With little more than a cart and a griddle, mortar, or deep-fryer, they conjure up not just a delicious snack or meal but the very essence of a place. Bite into a banh mi—the classic Vietnamese sandwich of grilled pork and pickled...
Foie Gras Is Back on the Menu in Chicago
Ban Lifted, Foie Gras Is Back on the Menu in ChicagoBy MONICA DAVEYThe New York TimesCHICAGO — Foie gras, run out of town with great fanfare two years ago, is being allowed back.On Wednesday, Chicago’s aldermen voted, 37 to 6, to repeal their ban on sales of the controversial delicacy, the fattened...
Whipping Up Some Mayo
TasteWhipping Up Some MayoCooking 101By Kate ShatzkinBaltimore SunMayonnaise is so easy to buy. But what lots of people don't know is that it's almost as easy to make, and can be dressed up as a sophisticated accompaniment to the vegetables coming off your grill."If you can make a base mayonnaise, you...
The United States Threatens to Ban Brunello di Montalcino
The United States Threatens to Ban Brunello di MontalcinoBy Monica LarnerWine EnthusiastTaking extreme measures, the United States has issued a warning to Italy that all imports of Brunello di Montalcino could be blocked starting June 9th.From that date forward, the US will require laboratory certificates...
Old-Fashioned Cheesecake
COOKINGOld-Fashioned Cheesecake Without All The TrappingsBy Amy ScattergoodWhether you fill it with ricotta, farmer or goat cheese, cheese curd, mascarpone or cream cheese, the smooth taste is iconic.THE HAPPY childhood goes like this: My mother unwraps the silver boxes of cream cheese as if they are...
Sparks of Flavor Stand in for Heat
The MinimalistSparks of Flavor Stand in for HeatBy MARK BITTMANThe New York TimesBACK in the early ’80s, when I had just begun to write about cooking, I used to hang around in the kitchen of a man named Peter Chang. Mr. Chang ran a one-man-show of a Chinese restaurant in New Haven, and was kind and...
Pollo Papantla From Zarela Martínez
One PotPollo Papantla From Zarela MartínezBy ELAINE LOUIEnytimes.comON a visit to Papantla, a small city in Veracruz, Mexico, Zarela Martínez visited a club of retired women, each 65 or older, or what the locals call “people of the third age,” she said. The women kept local traditions in cooking, dancing...
Herb Infusion Adds Pizzazz to Chocolate
Herb Infusion Adds Pizzazz to ChocolatePioneer LocalThe subtle infusion of herbs has long been the secret ingredient to many favorite entrees, but this timeless trend has evolved and can add an unexpected twist of flavor to desserts and beverages, too.From rosemary to green tea to fresh mint infusions,...
Chocolate 'May Cut Diabetes Risk'
Chocolate 'May Cut Diabetes Risk'BBC.comScientists are to investigate whether eating chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease in women with diabetes.Volunteers - postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes - will be asked to eat a bar of chocolate a day for a year.Cocoa is rich in compounds called...
Fashion Statement by Eating Fresh Peas
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French Chef Crazy for Chocolate
French Chef Crazy for ChocolateShelley BoettcherCalgary HeraldIf you love chocolate, you'll have a hard time choosing what dessert to make first from the new cookbook, Chocolate Epiphany: Exceptional Cookies, Cakes and Confections for Everyone by Francois Payard with Anne E. McBride (Potter, 2008, $40).One...
Recipe for Semolina Pasta
Recipe for Semolina PastaBy J.M. HIRSCHAP Food EditorThis simple, egg-free pasta is a delicious, fun and child-friendly way to try your hand at homemade pasta. While it can be shaped however you like, this style traditionally is formed into small, thin discs.This recipe calls for forming the dough into...
20 Ingredient Greek Salad
20 Ingredient Greek Salad...
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