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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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