Seafood ~ Travel Special: Sweden and Japan

Weekend travel special
Seafood treats in Sweden

"It's an apt description of our seafood tour. We are struck by Sweden's cleanliness, by the pure air, the fresh fish."

It's the place where the fish is as fresh as the air ...
Full Story: Weekend travel special: Seafood treats in Sweden; Guardian.co.uk

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Weekend travel special
Japan: Just don't mention the blowfish…
Sushi obsessive Merope Mills sets off in search of the real flavour of Japan

"A few years ago, a video appeared on YouTube entitled Sushi: A ­Japanese Tradition." ...

Full Story: Weekend travel special: Japan: Just don't mention the blowfish…; Guardian.co.uk

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Rediscovering the Fifth Flavor: All About Umami

Despite its long history, umami has only recently come into the Western consciousness with dishes, drinks, and even restaurant concepts dedicated to the elusive "fifth flavor."

The dark horse of our misunderstood taste buds, the elusive fifth flavor umami has recently risen into widespread culinary consciousness... (Re)Discovering Umami | StarChefs.com

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The Easy Cavemen Diet and Food Yoga

"The idea is not as weird as it sounds, ..."

Here's a question for the weight-conscious: How often do you see a fat caveman? Exactly. Maybe excepting Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, most portrayals of the people who lived 12,000 years ago ... Paleolithic diet is so easy, cavemen actually did it; WashingtonPost.com

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A Salmon Cure and Alain Ducasse on London

Chef and food writer Mark Hix makes enough smoked salmon to supply his four restaurants plus others. He starts with salmon from Scotland and then dry-cures it in a mix of rock salt and molasses sugar for 10 to 12 hours before smoking it.

Home curing can be a delightful and rewarding experience, as the patrons of Mark Hix's restaurants will attest. ... Home curing with top chef Mark Hix | Telegraph.co.uk

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France's Ducasse sings the praises of ... London

France’s most famous chef, Alain Ducasse, has more Michelin stars than Gordon Ramsay and - unlike his British rival - a growing empire... Alain Ducasse: London is the restaurant capital of the world | Telegraph.co.uk




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Heavenly Hots Pankakes and Raw Vegan Sour Cream Video

Food
Recipe Redux - Heavenly Hots, 1987

Heavenly hots are pancakes made with sour cream, creating a dish that is tangy and light. This recipe goes against the traditional ratios of flour, eggs and sugar.

Sometimes the name of a dish is irresistible. Ratatouille. Financiers. Mooncakes. Oysters Rockefeller. ...
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Raw Vegan Sour Cream

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Spirits, Bananas and Other Ingredients

Spirited Cooking
Keep Some Liquor In The Kitchen

"Evaporation isn't the only factor, though. Dilution plays a role in how much alcohol is in a dish."

At the moment, my liquor cabinet is a bit bare, having been depleted by the holiday cooking season. We had bourbon cake and rum balls, plum pudding and fondue — and let's not forget the eggnog. In addition to wine, ...
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Food Playground
Elements of the table

Don't play with food! What happens when ingredients such as xanthan and liquid nitrogen, associated with molecular gastronomy, formerly hard to find, go mainstream from restaurants to serious foodies and amateur cooks?

NYC chefs making a science of molecular gastronomy
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Fruits
The banana: why is it such an object of ridicule?

"It's the fruit that's low-calorie, luxurious, lovely to look at - and, it seems, endlessly hilarious, says Nigel Farndale"

Why is the banana such an object of ridicule in this country? I know it is more popular with the fruit-eating public than, say, the enigmatic kiwi fruit, but ...
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The Truth about Fat and Gluten.

Nutrition ~
Know your fats

Understanding the pros and cons of different fats can lead us to an healthful eating. Even the vilified saturated-fat my bring some benefits, as substituting vegetables-based spreads for butter could likely add colourants and other undesirable additives to our daily diet.

We're always being told to reduce our fat intake. But is ­cutting out butter really the best option? ...
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Wellness ~
Gluten: What You Don't Know Might Kill You

"What most people don't know is that gluten can cause serious health complications for many. You may be at risk even if you don't have full blown celiac disease."

Something you're eating may be killing you, and you probably don't even know it! ...
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Detox your desk snacks

Food Meditations Briefs

Recipes and Cooking
The Food Blog - Detox your desk snacks

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Internet deve restare libero

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Crazy Time - Crazy Cakes!

Food Meditations Briefs

Mad for crazy cake

Moist cake without butter or eggs? That's crazy!
Recipes for crazy cake yield a moist, rich and flavorful treat, but require no butter or eggs. Vinegar and a high-protein flour provide the chemical reaction that gives the cake structure.

It contains no butter or eggs, is a cinch to make and comes out rich, moist and delicious. What's not to like? ...
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Diet Swap and Healthy Eating Cookbooks

Healthy Living: What happened when Lucy Cavendish and Bryony Gordon swapped shopping lists and ate as each other for a week?

One is a health-conscious foodie who makes everything from scratch and balks at the idea of ready-meals. And the other? She’ll have crisps for breakfast, beers for her evening meal and not much in between... Diet swap: Lucy Cavendish follows Bryony Gordon's diet; Telegraph.co.uk

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Diet & Fitness
Can eating a big breakfast help you lose weight?

"What qualifies as a "big breakfast"?"

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Top 10 Notable New Diet Books
The Big Breakfast Diet

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