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Complaint Department: Truffles in Paris
A group of friends gathered to celebrate the 50th birthday of Randal Breski, whose partner, David Tanis, is a chef at Chez Panisse.
12.14.06
- Keywords
- peggy knickerbocker,
- ingredients,
- paris,
- thanksgiving
travel + culture
As Offal As It Sounds
Four years after the mad-cow scare that saw les abats banished from menus, the French are going head over heels for them.
12.09.06
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- restaurants,
- ingredients,
- meat,
- culinary culture,
- paris
food + cooking
In Search of the Glories of the East
The heavy spices of western Chinese cooking can conceal a multitude of sins: namely, raw ingredients that are themselves rather tasteless.
12.04.06
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- ingredients,
- restaurants,
- chinese,
- asia,
- shanghai
food + cooking
When the Can Can
When you don’t have the time or the inclination to prepare homemade stock, give yourself a break and take the shortcut.
11.29.06
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- poultry,
- beef,
- food prep,
- maggie ruggiero
food + cooking
Taking Stock
I need only a tasting spoon to tell you that Gourmet’s roast turkey will make a wonderful base for gravy and/or soup.
11.13.06
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- ingredients,
- food prep,
- thanksgiving,
- behind the scenes,
- test kitchen
food + cooking
The U-Bomb
The Mushroom Council sent me an interesting press release that I thought I'd share. It proclaims that mushrooms are the king of umami.
11.09.06
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- ingredients,
- health + science,
- vegetable,
- produce,
- maggie ruggiero
food + cooking
Seasonal Market: Cardoons
Cardoons have arrived at the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market,
looking, as always, like celery on steroids.
11.03.06
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- peggy knickerbocker,
- ingredients,
- seasonal,
- food prep,
- produce
food + cooking
Oyster Primer
Many people, including Gourmet contributing editor and seafood guru Jon Rowley prefer eating oysters in the r months—from September through April.
November 2006
- Keywords
- seafood,
- jane daniels lear,
- ingredients,
- oyster
food + cooking
Ketchup Conundrum
You have to give ketchup its due. Anything that can make both scrambled eggs and hamburgers taste better is working a certain amount of mojo.
10.30.06
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- ingredients,
- art + design,
- dressing,
- alan sytsma
food + cooking
The Vegemite Skinny
The good news is that there is no issue with personally importing Vegemite, and Australians can bring it in freely for personal consumption.
10.25.06
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- ingredients,
- food policy,
- legislation,
- maggie ruggiero