food + cooking
Crosne Jewels
They look like grubs, but crosnes are crisp and crunchy, earthy and sweet, like quinces masquerading as vegetables.
11.14.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- vegetable,
- produce,
- fall,
- robert pincus
food + cooking
Under Pressure
To pressure-cook or not to pressure-cook? That is my question.
11.13.06
food + cooking
Eating Egyptian in Appalachia
Our nation's appreciation of regional and local foods is maturing. I've found no better evidence of this phenomenon than in Fred Sauceman's two-volume series The Place Setting.
11.08.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- slow food,
- books,
- john t. edge
food + cooking
Oops (Again)
Pig ears are practically offal (and all the cool kids like offal). The story of a culinary train wreck.
11.07.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- pork,
- meat,
- cookbooks,
- robert pincus
food + cooking
Olive Oil 101 (Part I)
In Spain, they take their olive oil seriously. Very, very seriously. The University of Córdoba offers a postgraduate degree in the stuff.
11.06.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- spain,
- travel,
- lisa abend
food + cooking
Way Down South in Mississippi
In a bizarre alternate universe, the annual Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium, a ham maker can be accorded the respect due a head of state.
11.06.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- southern u.s.,
- travel,
- francis lam
food + cooking
Revere Ware
Most people expect my batterie de cuisine to be composed of only high-end brands, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
11.06.06
- Keywords
- cooking + technique,
- cookware,
- kitchen,
- food prep,
- kemp m. minifie
food + cooking
Forgotten Cuisines of America, Part 2
The Hmong were a mountain people living in northern Laos when the Vietnam War spilled across the border. When the war ended, many resettled in the U.S.
11.02.07
- Keywords
- asian,
- culinary culture,
- restaurants,
- robert sietsema,
- forgotten cuisines
food + cooking
Hearty Enough for Whole Wheat
Whole wheat pasta does actually enhance some dishes. The sauce must be one that puts up a fight, to match the pasta's assertive wheatiness.
11.01.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- italian,
- nutrition/diet,
- lesley porcelli
food + cooking
Gambling is Better Than Sharing
Ah, community, togetherness, sharing: Isn't that what the potluck exemplifies? Well, yes and no.
10.18.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- books,
- julia langbein
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