There’s never been a restaurant more embedded in my memory as Les Quinze Nits in Plaza Real, Barcelona, Spain. More particularly, I remember every nuance of the dessert that I had there, the dessert that started my culinary passion. I even waited in line a second night in a row in order to experience that …
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Baker’s Dungeon w/ Egon
In this, the first of a new series of posts on baking, I bring you videos of Jeffrey Hamelman of the King Arthur Flour Bakery in Vermont. His Witness the ghostly pallor that comes from decades of overnight shifts. Your lower back will practically ache in sympathy as you watch them work. Here’s the link: …
8 Mesmerizing Food Videos
Saveur Magazine just put up 8 great food videos. The first one starts with Jacques Pepin boning a chicken then proceeds to other kinds of food prep. Watermelon carving from Vid Nikolic on Vimeo. Jill Berlin
Professionalism Part: How Devoted Are You?
This post goes out to all the industry people that read this little blog of ours. I don’t really want replies but I’m just pondering an issue I’ve recently come across… How devoted are you to your kitchen?… We all (well most of us) chose to work in our specific kitchens due to a respect …
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Caviar on a Budget
This is one of those no-brainer foods and since I’m a vegetarian it’s a quick fix for an app. http://bit.ly/gmZjQ3
Artisinal plea from a fed-up-foodie
We not only label foods, but we label ourselves – Certainly is “food for thought”
Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Super simple recipe requires only a few ingredients and a little patience. Before you start, you need paper cupcake cups and a muffin tin (if the mini version of both is available it makes for a better size) and a pot of boiling water for your bain marie. -Melt about 500g of dark chocolate in …
Giving the finger to fast food.
Some people are just so darned creative. This must have taken hours to do. The detail is pretty astonishing. Imagine being able to constantly reference your fingers for food establishments to avoid. It would certainly take all the brain work out of avoiding fast food. High Five. Click to see full size. Thanks to Poorly Dressed …
Quote from Leon Kass, Ethicist, from his book The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfection of Our Nature
“…nature does everything in the operations of a beast, whereas man contributes to his operations by being a free agent. The former chooses or rejects by instinct and the latter by an act of freedom, so that a beast cannot deviate from the rule that is prescribed to it even when it would be advantageous …
Food In Space 2
When you are in space, cooking is a whole new ballgame. Food doesnt stay in the pot, and tends to float off. Setting a table is difficult for the same reason. Food though is just as critical in space as it is here on earth. Astronauts are subjected to body stressors that require their bodies …
Food In Space 1
Space is not a human friendly place. It is a vacuum that will suck the life out you in about 14 seconds. In 1965, a NASA researcher was accidentally exposed to a near vacuum and his last conscious memories was the water on his tongue beginning to boil. Fortunately, he was saved and we …
The Reality of Fast Food
How do ads for fast food stack up against the real thing? For almost everyone its a no brainer, fast food looks nothing like their lush, plump and delicious ads.
KFC Double Down
It is now official the Double Down from KFC has made it way above the 49th parallel, as of October 17th. KFC has upped the anti with this apocalyptic sandwich. For anyone who doesn’t know what the Double Down is then please allow me to describe what comes with this insane sandwich, it you can …
For the love of food
The culinary world is known to be grueling towards its devoted followers forcing them into hard labour, long shifts and very low paying jobs. It’s notorious for its late nights, heavy drinking and definitely attracting a lot of curious individuals into its realm. However, I recently realized that it evolved into something even more grueling …
Ethical Food: Mechanically Seperated Meat
We take so much for granted when it comes to food. So much so that many of us have lost touch with where and how our food is made. While I understand that much of the food available is processed, there is a distinct disconnect when it comes to understanding exactly what that means. To …
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