I came across this video on Youtube. Its from the U.S. National Archive and was produced in 1945. The butchery skills are amazing as is the music and the narration. Note the caliber of the cow at the begingin of the video and the color and marbling of the meat. This movie was made before factory farming came into its own. Enjoy.
Its the new year and while everyone struggles to get back into the swing of things, we here at notesonameal.com would like to put a smile on your face.
This is a site for pairing foods and drinks – great for chefs and bartenders. Foodpairing shows tasty food pairings based on scientific data – it’s amazing because it takes the worry if “this tastes good with that”. They hold food pairing workshops and also match ingredients to brands.
“Quick lad, pipe me a log thing!” I have never seen such wanton, gratuitous use of a pipping bag in my life.
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Tired of eating the garbage cereal shapes in a box of Lucky Charms? Tired of picking out the little bits of marshmallow goodness from each bowl by hand? Are you ready to change your life?
This is a great video I found while wandering around youtube. It has some sassy language so I wouldn’t blare it at work. Mac Lethal, spits some mad rhymes while flipping flapjacks. Tight lyrics and perfect pancakes; a win both ways. Enjoy.
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.
Just in time for the holidays, the Ma Maison team decided to enter a fierce but fun gingerbread competition. The rules were simple, make “something” out of gingerbread was basically all we were told. The construction had to be 2x2x2 feet and everything except the base had to be edible. Ma Maison came up with the idea of a bakery and although our results didn’t win the prize, a few great lessons were learned in the process. Here is what was created and some of the competitiors
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.
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 from France. He’s young, driven and makes some of the most incredible show pieces around. He is literally taking the pastry world by storm. Everything in each image below is made out of sugar – everything. All the images below are taken from his blog which I whole heartily encourage your to visit.
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