May 25, 2006
Technorati tags: Top Chef
May 23, 2006
Brush up on proper sushi etiquette, for example It is OK to eat nigiri-zushi (sushi) with your hands. Sashimi is only to be eaten with your chopsticks.
On the cover of “500 Tasty Snacks — Ideas for Entertaining” (1949) is my very favorite food photo: A circle of beige appetizers and canapes on a platter. In the center, toothpicks speared with olives, pearl onions and cheese cubes have been stuck into what looks like a mutant purple brain from a science-fiction B movie. Maybe it’s purple cabbage?, one co-worker suggested. Eggplant? Tinted cream cheese? I couldn’t find a recipe in the book, but every time I look at it, I expect the mound to hop off the cover and chase teenagers down to the local movie theater, where they will meet an untimely death after putting up a terrific fight for survival of the human race.
That’s Suzanne Boyle, a writer at the Belleville News-Democrat in her whimsical look back at vintage cookbooks, including recipes for such delicacies as Peachy Bacon Skillet (1966) and Coconut Prune Whip (1953). Pick up your own long-lost cookbooks at OldCookbooks.com.
Last but not least, excite yourself with Flickr’s Food Porn Photo Pool.
May 19, 2006
May 12, 2006
…is another’s perfume. The makers of Stilton cheese have launched their own perfume. Read the full article here.
May 11, 2006
Edible photography at La Tartine Gourmande as well as a simple sorbet recipe
A letterpress vegan cookbook at Etsy
May 10, 2006
Get Mom one year of Gourmet, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, or Cookie when you spend $50 or more (free shipping on orders over $25) at the cookbook superstore, Jessica’s Biscuit.
The Peanut Butter & Co. Gift Set A cookbook filled with tasty recipes for each of the following: Smooth Operator, Crunch Time, Cinnamon Raisin Swirl, The Heat Is On, White Chocolate Wonderful, and Dark Chocolate Dreams.
Gourmet assortments from Earthy Delights and IGourmet.
April 27, 2006
Don’t miss these delectable broadcasts/podcasts:
Have a great weekend everybody!
April 26, 2006
Foodie View is billing itself as “the recipe search engine.” You can also try out Google Base which has a recipe subsection. The nice thing about Foodie View is that you can have a recipe box to save to and share with others and, in theory, not have to log in to all your fave recipe sites separately.
Find “boba,” or bubble tea, by zip code with BobaFind (Via The Food Section). You can, of course, try making your own, too.
Classic Bubble Tea
The tea should be very strong. A Hong Kong-style tea or Ceylon Black tea is recommended. If using coffee, espresso is a good choice.
1/2 cup chilled, cooked bubble tea pearls
1 cup crushed ice
1 cup very strong chilled black tea
1 cup homogenized milk, or to taste
Honey or granulated sugar, to taste
Place pearls in a large parfait glass. Combine all remaining ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake rigorously until mixture is frothy. Pour into glass and serve with large-diameter straws.
Makes 1 (16 ounce) drink.
Shakers were masters of simplicity. 18thC Cuisine recently shared this classic lemon pie recipe. Make sure your lemons are organic and washed well, they’re going in, rind an all!
Shaker Lemon Pie
Slice lemons as thin as paper, rind and all. Combine with sugar; mix well. Let stand 2 hours, or preferably overnight, blending occasionally. Add beaten eggs to lemon mixture; mix well. Turn into 9-inch pie shell, arranging lemon slices evenly. Cover with top crust. Cut several slits near center. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees and bake for about 20 minutes or until silver knife inserted near edge of pie comes out clean. Cool before serving.
Recipe from The Shaker Cook Book by Caroline B. Piercy.
Oh and this just in! She’s also posted today instructions for violet water, syrup and conserves!
April 21, 2006
Her first English cookbook is published, read about the encounter with Japan’s “Empress of Domesticity” Harumi Kurihara in the New York Times.
Plate like (a budget) Jean Georges with these salad and app plates from Target.
Rock out to Chef Bourdain’s playlist. via The Food Section.
And this heartbreaking development, an organization of Cilantro-haters has formed!
April 19, 2006
Who needs Disneyland when you have the grocery store? “The latest shuffle of the American lifestyle menu has produced a new weekend diversion: trekking to ‘destination supermarkets,’ or grocery Disneylands, where, yes, tons of food is sold, but there is sooooo much more.” Click here for the full story from USA Today.
Dolly Parton has a new cookbook out, Dolly’s Dixie Fixin’s. The singer explains how to make her banana pudding and more than 125 other recipes in the book, which will raise money for her Imagination Library, which provides a free book a month for children from birth to age 5.
Turn your Cadbury Creme Egg into a Fabergé Creme Egg with Pimp My Snack. via The Food Section.
