Endland. Home of the Royal Family, the Union Jack and the iconic phrase ‘keep calm and carry on.’ Now, it is also home to the hot dog stuffed pizza crust. Yes, pizza hut is offering a truly unique way to eat even more processed meat, by stuffing a hot dog into the crust of your …
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Chemical Accountability In Meat Processing.
The head of the USDA food safety is Elizabeth Hagen. She has gone on record as saying:
The Gutmaster 8000
Behold The Gutmaster 8000! This a machine designed to eviscerate, decapitate and clean salmon. So, just how effective is this slice and dice contraption? It can fully process a salmon in less then two seconds, averaging out at about 30 salmon a min. The salmon get fed into a conveyor system where various blades make …
Yours Truly, Ossington & Dundas, Toronto
Having just opened its doors late last year, Yours Truly Restaurant at Dundas and Ossington has caused quite the stir in the foodie world. The chef, Jeff Claudio is a veteran of fine dining cuisine with an impressive resume that includes Noma in Coppenhagen, Alinea in Chicago and Per Se in New York. Needless to …
Tuna Sales Record: $736 000 or $2800/kg
At the first auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market, a world record for tuna was set when a Sushi mogul purchased a 269kg blue fin tuna for just shy of $2800 a kilo. For those doing the math that works out to about $736 000.00 US. The astounding price was up …
Food Pairing Site
Food Pairing 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. Check it out! Jill
German Cinnamon Stars
How to boil corn.
Below is a text sent to a random person from somebody concerned about boiling corn. It is amazing. Mom would be proud. Thanks to Autocowrecks for this insightful screen capture.
Toronto Underground Market [TUM]
Saturday, was the second edition of the Toronto Underground Market. We bought our tickets back in September and we were quite anxious to go! We are thankful we bought our tickets so early because they sold out very quickly. It is difficult to determine how many people actually attended this event but let’s just say …
Happy Birthday To Us.
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. …
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
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 …
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 …
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