For Old-Fashioned Flavor, Bake the Baking Soda
"Sodium bicarbonate, (aka baking soda), can become a more muscular and versatile ingredient by baking-it. Makes a good lye substitute for pretzels, different types of noodles..."
Acids are invaluable mainstay cooking ingredients. Lemon and lime juices, myriad vinegars and sour salt, or...
Read more: For Old-Fashioned Flavor, Bake the Baking Soda; nytimes.com
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." ~Albert Einstein (quotegarden.com)
Delightfully yours, Food Meditations
Refine your Palate
For chef Michel Troisgros you shouldn't be afraid to taste anything and everything all the time. This is the only way you can learn...
Read more: Famed Chef Says Refine your Palate with Repetition; huffingtonpost.com
Forgotten Ingredient
Just a drop or two of this relatively inexpensive product to add a subtle kick of one of the world’s great flowers to stews, pastries or salads. Use with moderation!...
Read more: Rose Water Adds a Subtle Kick; nytimes.com
Romantic-N-Sexy Foods
What do Cleopatra and Casanova have in common? They both indulged in aphrodisiacs...
Read more: Top 10 Ten Best Aphrodisiacs; gayot.com
Legumes
Beans are a marvel. They come in all colors and sizes and are high in protein, low in fat, and rich in fiber, folic acid and iron...
Read more: Bringing The Bean Out Of Its Shell; npr.org
Ficus
Fig obsessed, that travels all the time except during the fig season, with 14 trees!...
Read more: For the Love of Figs; southernaccents.com
Greens
Leafy greens are good for us. There is more than just spinach and lettuce, with different flavours and health benefits...
Read more: Beyond Iceberg: Nine Nutritious Leafy Greens; divinecaroline.com
Quick & Tasty
It's inspiring to wander around the produce section at food stores and markets as the new season's salad ingredients start to appear...
Read more: Salads on the run (+recipes); nzherald.co.nz
Live Bite During the anchovy season in Northern California, photographer and writer Abner Kingman spent a day with a crew on the San Francisco Bay...
Read more: Anchovy Fishing Onboard the Merva W - Photos; sunset.com
Food Photography
Photographer Andrew Scrivani gives pointers on how to photograph pureed soups, lentil soups and broth-based soups...
Read more: How to Take Pictures of Soup; nytimes.com
Arts & Crafts
The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition “Counter Space” looks at the kitchen as an embodiment of modern design...
Read more: The Heart That Beats, Heats, Chills and Whips; nytimes.com
Cooking Schools
talian, Indian, Japanese and Thai are all on the lesson plans at these top Bangkok cooking schools. Plus, tips on picking the right course...
Read more: 10 Bangkok cooking schools that will turn you into a master chef. Or at least a decent one; cnngo.com
From the Mixer
~ Flavor components and ingredients that are presented in this dish ... -
Read more: Alaskan King Crab, Steelhead Roe, Calamondin, Tangerine Lace; curtisduffy.com
~ The Peruvian cousin to crudo, sashimi, and ceviche...
Read more: What Is Tiradito?; yumsugar.com
Chef's News
~ The elegant, recently remodeled French Quarter dining rooms of Stella! were filled with diners to meet the culinary legends...
Read more: Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud, Jerome Bocuse and Scott Boswell cook up 5-star meal for good cause; nola.com
~ A magic place! "If G. Detou didn’t exist, I couldn’t live in Paris" _David Lebovitz...
Read more: G. Detou in Paris; davidlebovitz.com
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