November marks our second anniversary. Thank you to all our readers and to those that have made this blog possible. A special thanks to everyone who has contributed to Notes On A Meal over the last two years. Its been fun so far and we look forward to another great year of great food posts. …
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Herve This
He is the Grand daddy of molecular gastronomy and a pioneer in understanding how food works. He is, also, a little nuts. Here is a wonderful little clip I found on YouTube. Thanks to coolhunting for this great video
Birthday Round Up: Our First Post
Well it was’nt much, but it got us off the ground. Here it is, our very first post. More photographs taken in and around chefs school.
Beautiful custom knives in Brooklyn
It is pretty much fact that cooks love knives. Of all the gear in kitchens, we love knives the most. We covet them, baby them and cut stuff up with them. I am no exception. I am constantly on the prowl for new knives, innovative knives; knives that speak to me. Thats when I came across this …
Foodstock Pt. 2
Thanks to Rodney and Jess for this great write up about Foodstock. More to follow. Yesterday, we headed up north near the town of Honeywood to join the estimated 25,000 guests of the 2011 Foodstock. This event was promoted by celebrity chef Michael Stadtländer and was designed as a fundraiser and manifestation against the …
Geek Grill Gambit
I know there are more inexpensive and functional ways to keep tabs on temperature in your grill, but there are none cooler. Enter the iGrill bluetooth thermometer. It is a stand alone meat probe style thermometer that also comes with an app to link directly to your iphone or ipad via bluetooth. Features include safe …
Man To Eat Nothing But Wife’s Breast Milk.
Its been a while since we ran a spread on the growing popularity of using human breast milk for things other then feeding a child. In the interest of keeping up to date with rapidly expanding world of human breast milk consumption, here is yet another wonderful, touching and slightly strange story. It all boils …
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Sugar Art Mastery
I can’t say that pretend to know much about the world of pastry arts. I would even go so far as to say the whole pastry world for me is full of mystery and wonder. So when I saw the sugar work below, I almost fell off my chair. The pastry chef is Bastien Blanc-Tailleur …
Pastry Tip
Is your pie soggy? Is your crust not, well, crusty? Wanna try something neato that will make your pie flakey and lovely? Just add vodka. Make your favorite dough recipe and substitue all the water for vodka. The alcohol makes the dough more pliable and easier to work with. When you bake it, the alcohol …
Apple vs. Apple
In my other life, outside of cooking, I am a huge geek. I love tech and I am a bit of a Mac nerd. While I love both worlds, there are few cases where the two meet. For example, while I am typing this, my left index finger is unusable and pretty tender as I …
Cake Part 1
I found some interesting cake pics on the interweb and thought I would share…
Food Printing.
Recently, the LA Times reported that the smarty pants people at Cornell University had developed tool food tool for “solid freeform fabrication.” Basically, its a 3D printer (currently all the rage in nerd circles) for food. Layer by yummy layer, food is created or built. As a prime example, I direct your attention to the …
My Drunk Kitchen
I don’t know much about the reasons why this web series was created and I don’t really care. It is pee your pants funny. So there. Welcome to My Drunk Kitchen
One more creepy factory food machine.
It is a reality that our food delivery chain depends on systemization and increasing mechanization. That being said, it is strange and creepy. As a result, people are moved further and further away from the food they eat. This video is disturbing and quite graphic. It shows the JR-50 Robotic Hog Head Dropper severing the …
Summer Slow Down
I have to apologize for our summer slow down. We have been eating, traveling, relaxing and well, not really posting much. There are a few travel posts coming up soon and in the spirit of being proactive, here is a neat-o meat tid-bit. Behold, the wondrous, incredulous and all together frighting automatic chicken de-boner. It …