Rites of Summer: BBQ Delights!

Hands On ...
101 Fast Recipes for Grilling ~

"...suggestions for foods in season right now that not everybody thinks of putting on the grill..."

The summer is young, and the backyard grill is ready for something new. Expand your cooking repertory with these ideas ...
Read more: The Minimalist - 101 Fast Recipes for Grilling; nytimes.com

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Prep Techniques
Spatchcocking means to split open and flatten out a bird such as a poussin or chicken. ...
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Last Meal Ribs
Here's how to make low and slow smoke roasted ribs on just about any covered grill ...
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Argentine-Style Grilling

Grilling over a wood fire is more nuanced than cooking with charcoal ... Wood smoke is an essential ingredient
Read more: Grilling Over Wood as a Sweaty, Smoky Sport; nytimes.com

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Texas-style barbecue
Q&A with one of the few female pitmasters in the country ...
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Meet the experts
BBQ tips from grilling guru Steven Raichlen, food writer Francine Maroukian, and the Bon Appetit Test Kitchen ...
Read more: 50 Things You Should Know to Be a Grilling Expert, Part 1; yahoo.com

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Emeril at the Grill
Enjoy this summer favorites recipes for the grill ...
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Recipes and Tips
From lighting the fire to testing for doneness, everything you need to be a successful griller, plus 14 great recipes ...
Read more: Grilling Tips and Techniques; epicurious.com

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Food Stuff
Grilling at the beach or on a picnic will be easier with the new little bucket grills ...
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Fancy Some Seafood? Looking for Sustainable It's Worth the Effort

Seafood ~
White fish : Recipes and helpful tips ~

"The list is quite long and includes important species such as cod, haddock and more under-used fish. Naturally low in fat, it's an excellent choice for a healthy option."

White fish are fish with light, white, flaky flesh whose main concentration of oils is located in the liver. ...
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Genetically Altered
The Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering whether to approve the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat ...
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Which Fish?
Issues with Wild-Caught Shrimp ...
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Seafood Selector
Eco-Worst choices is a listing of seafood that has several environmental problems, like overfishing, habitat damage, etc. Includes suggestions for better alternatives ...
Read more: Eco-Worst Choice; edf.org

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Seafood species recommended
Sardines, (Sardina pilchardus), are schooling fish and they feed and reproduce in big groups. ...
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Best Choices
For some parents, mussels don’t come to mind as the top kid-friendly shellfish. But ...
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Seafood Profile
Swordfish are summer visitors off Nova Scotia’s coast, following the warming Atlantic waters up from Florida ...
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Seafood news
Auckland supplies of an imported seafood delicacy have run out.
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Five Minute Food
Mediterranean-inspired fish dish with olive salsa and griddled bread in under five minutes. ...
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A good catch
Sustainability information with recipes ...
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Sea trout
Means summer - and an ancient method of catching them. Delicious with asparagus and fresh peas, or simply marinated with citrus ...
Read more: Sea trout: worth its salt; telegraph.co.uk

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Informations pour mieux consommer
Les crevettes sont élevées dans des fermes aquacoles, principalement sur la côte Ouest de Madagascar, ...
Read more: Manger des crevettes (origine Madagascar), c’est bon pour la planète !; nausicaa.fr

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Understanding Food = Healthy Eating?

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Mindful eating
“When we eat, all our senses are in touch with the food in front of us,’’ says Harvard School of Public Health’s Lilian Cheung. (Gretje Ferguson) ...
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Eat well, be well
Most people know that we should be eating more fruit and veg. But most of us aren't eating enough. ...
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Culinary skills
Many restaurants are adding gluten-free options to menus ...
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Special diets
Gluten-free diets are followed by those suffering from coeliac disease and often by those that are wheat intolerant. ...
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The Nutrition Source
Choose good carbs, not no carbs. Whole grains are your best bet. ...
~ Read more: Carbohydrates
~ Read more: Health Gains from Whole Grains; hsph.harvard.edu

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Shopping tips
With the rising costs of groceries, we'd all love to save a few bucks at the checkout line. ...
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Food industry
The salt industry is working overtly and behind the scenes to fend off public-health attacks on salt, using a shifting set of tactics that have defeated similar efforts for 30 years. ...
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Food industry insight
Uncovering facts, (with few surprises), about the products that line on the supermarket shelves ...
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World's Cuisines ~
Italic Peninsula ~

"The cuisines of Italy are between the oldest in the world. Derived from a vast combination of gastronomic traditions, are divided by regions, each one with its own dialect, customs and typical cooking."

Italian cooking is famous the world over. Everyone has heard of spaghetti, pizza, macaroni and then there are Italian wines ...
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Cooking Guides
Pasta, the essence of the Italian kitchen, and noodles, the oriental equivalent, make the perfect base for a quick, tasty meal. ...
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Cooking by feel
That knack for taking whatever is in the fridge or the pantry and throwing together a simple, delicious meal ...
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Flavors
In a dish of pasta with spring vegetables, the meat is literally a garnish, but one with huge impact. ...
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Pasta Limited-Edition
To get the main message out there up front, Primograno is the pasta of the moment for me. ...
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Perfect combination
A well-known Italian standby which pairs the richness of sausage with the gentle bitterness of broccoli's leafy cousin ...
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Cooking radar
I doubt that very many people around these parts have thought of making bottarga lately. ...
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Bottarga

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Comfort Food: Simple Pleasures with a Modern Twist, (Boiled Meat, Hot Dog, ...)

Comfort classics ~
Hot dogs any way you like ~

"While economy is attempting to recover, the hot dog can be an inexpensive way to comfort us"

Excessively dressed up, tasting of foreign influences, single or double, with sides or not, the hot dog reflects simplicity and economy ...

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"(On what her longevity is attributed to) Red meat and gin.” ~Julia Child quote (*) ThinkExist.com

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Traditional meat market
Entrepreneurs are seeing an opportunity to revive the traditional meat market ...
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Old-Fashion
Do you cleave to the old wisdom that says boiling meat is a thoroughly good thing, or does the very thought make you seethe? ...
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Distinctive flavor
Broccoli rabe, that green vegetable known for its distinctive, delicious, bitter flavor ...
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A culinary herb primer
Which herbs enhance which foods? When to add them? Which pair well with others? ...
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Condiments and more
A man with a genius for slather-ons. Born in North Carolina. Raised in Virginia. Grew up skateboarding and surfing. ...
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A shy vegetable
Chicory, rarely spots in supermarket trolleys. It's rich in nutrients, great for our livers, delicious in salads ...
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Slightly funky
Though they look kind of like lumpy little rocks, dried limes actually have all kinds of uses as a flavoring. ...
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Grass Fed ~
Stinging Nettles ~

"Need to be cooked to be eaten; once cooked, they are typically used like spinach, which has a similar though tamer flavor."

Nettles are symbolic of punishment and plague. They are frequently associated with witchcraft and potion making ...
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Creatively-shaped tomatoes
You tomato growers know how the first tomatoes off your plants, at the beginning of the sacred season of the "love apple," can often show up "ugly." ...
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Cheese shopping
A string cheese poll asking eaters how they ate it: string-by-string or bite-by-bite. The results ...
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Cooking with
Manna, the ancient food of biblical times, is being sold as a spice and used in a variety of dishes. ...
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Ingredients and helpful tips
The purple-green florets of this variety of broccoli have a slightly wild look and grow on slender, leafy stems of varying lengths. ...
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Kitchen Window
Thoughts of fresh fruit and crisp vegetables come to mind with ever-increasing frequency, and ...
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Home Cooking for Sale
College-educated and unemployed, New York’s young home cooks hope to find a place in the food world. ...
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Fermentation fetishist
Something Is Fermenting In Sandor Katz's Kitchen ...
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The Nutrition Source
Choose healthy fats, limit saturated fat, and avoid trans fat. ...
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Good fats
Any way you slice 'em, creamy, cholesterol-free avocados top the veggie charts ...
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Longevity, Gastronomy and Black Truffles

Black delights ~
France: Taste delights of truffle trail

"The 18th-century French gastronome Brillat-Savarin called the truffles: the diamond of the kitchen"

Filled with anticipation, I held the black truffle to my nose and took a deep sniff. Nothing.
I sniffed again, ...

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World's delicacies
Difficult to find and divine to eat, there is much to be gleaned from one of nature’s most delicious delicacies. ...
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Tricks of the trade
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Vallee de champignons
For a taste of the woods, you don't have to forage for mushrooms: dedicated foodies are cultivating them at home. ...
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Health
Study: TV Food Ads Encourage Unhealthy Diets ...
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The road to longevity
A type of ultimate longevity grocery list of foods that can fight disease and, supposedly, add years to your life. ...
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Fiery food
Some like it hot; I order the spiciest green curry on the menu, ask for extra jalapeños ...
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Healthy Eating
Don’t feel like cooking a huge dinner, check these recipes ...
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