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Hot Seat
Myth: Eating bread or rice will cool a burning mouth. I find it to be the equivalent of placing hot coals on your tongue.
10.24.06
- Keywords
- health + science,
- ingredients,
- vegetable,
- thai,
- lillian chou
food + cooking
Vegemite Ban a Sham?
A concerned friend sent me a Slashfood post saying vegemite was being banned in the U.S. I panicked. I’m addicted to this Aussie savory.
10.23.06
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- food policy,
- legislation,
- maggie ruggiero
food + cooking
High on the(Ground)hog
I shot my first woodchuck as a teenager and felt so awful about killing it that I persuaded my mother to make it for dinner.
10.18.06
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- meat,
- food prep,
- ian knauer
magazine
His Ham Stands Alone
Allan Benton is the man behind some of the most flavorful ham and bacon we’ve tasted in years. Breathe deeply now, and inhale the sweet kiss of hickory.
October 2006
- Keywords
- pork,
- meat,
- restaurants,
- southern u.s.,
- john t. edge
magazine
The Muse of Masala
A lifetime of cooking can leave a chef exhausted and uninspired. A journey to southern India can make him sing again.
September 2005
- Keywords
- michael roberts,
- indian,
- ingredients
magazine
Pepper Pilgrimage
Time was, a craving for pimientos de Padrón could be satisfied only in Spain. Then along came a gardener from New Jersey.
January 2005
- Keywords
- calvin trillin,
- ingredients,
- vegetable,
- produce,
- spanish
magazine
Dried and True
Although freshness has become somewhat of a fetish among modern cooks, the fact is that many of the world’s finest foods aren’t fresh at all.
January 2005
- Keywords
- bruce cost,
- asian,
- chinese,
- ingredients,
- cooking + technique
magazine
Consider the Lobster
For 56 years, the Maine Lobster Festival has been drawing crowds with the promise of sun, fun, and fine food. One visitor would argue that the celebration involves a whole lot more.
August 2004
- Keywords
- seafood,
- best of gourmet,
- david foster wallace,
- ingredients,
- travel
magazine
Back on the Farm
Making the most of your ingredients is one thing. But at Blue Hill restaurant, actually making the ingredients is something else entirely.
July 2004
- Keywords
- dan barber,
- chefs,
- restaurants,
- new york,
- ingredients
magazine
By the Big Sea Water
More than half a century ago, a young boy discovered a mysterious and forbidding body of water—and tasted a smoked fish that has haunted him ever since.
May 2004
- Keywords
- travel,
- seafood,
- culinary culture,
- william least heat-moon,
- nichol nelson