They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach but it seems the dining tables have turned as increasing numbers of men are taking up cooking in a bid to seduce women.
Rise of the ‘gastrosexual’ as men take up cooking in a bid to seduce women
July 28th, 2008 — article
Gardeners New and Old Make Way for Vegetables
July 22nd, 2008 — article, food politics, organic, produce
Seed companies and garden shops say that not since the rampant inflation of the 1970s has there been such an uptick in interest in growing food at home. Space in community gardens across the country has been sold out for several months. In Austin, Tex., some of the gardens have a three-year waiting list.
A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss – NYTimes.com
July 22nd, 2008 — food angels, food politics, foodinomics, health, health and wellness, produce
Locally grown food, even fully cooked meals, can be delivered to your door. A share in a cow raised in a nearby field can be brought to you, ready for the freezer — a phenomenon dubbed cow pooling. There is pork pooling as well. At Sugar Mountain Farm in Vermont, the demand for a half or whole rare-breed pig is so great that people will not be seeing pork until the late fall.
Father Tongue
July 11th, 2008 — article
My father was an Iowa native, child of a meat and potatoes culture more or less untouched by the canned-soup-casserole revolution, and set many of our food expectations. Vegetables were considered suspicious but necessary elements of the meal, and to be rendered safe by vigorous and long cooking. Meat was a gift to the table, and cooked with care. More importantly, somewhere along the line he’d tripped over the holy trinity of James Beard, Craig Claiborn and Julia Child, and had converted to francophilia. Perhaps it was in college, hotbed of all radical thought. I can imagine him flambéing crepes while others were setting fire to the ROTC building.
Pringles are not crisps, rules UK court in VAT case
July 8th, 2008 — article, food crimes
Pringles are not crisps, rules UK court in VAT case
Proctor & Gamble, the maker of popular snack Pringles, is set to save millions of euros after the UK High Court rules the product is not a crisp.
Revealing the intricacies of VAT rules in relation to modern foodstuffs, the court said that Pringles could be sold tax-free because they do not have enough potato in their formulation.With only 42 per cent of potato content the snack is neither wholly or exclusively made from potato, and is also made from dough, making them more like a cake or biscuit.
Now if someone will finally admit they aren’t food either…
Doughnut Bacon Burger
July 8th, 2008 — photo
must be seen to be appreciated.
Recipe of the Day: Beet Rosti With Rosemary
July 2nd, 2008 — recipe
This thick beet pancake — which I learned 20 years ago from Michael Romano — is cooked slowly until the beet sugars caramelize and a crunchy, sweet crust forms. It’s a lovely, unusual and versatile side dish, good with braised meats or grilled food. Served with a salad, it can even be a light dinner.
The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating
July 2nd, 2008 — Food Science, article, health and wellness, produce
Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his favorites, like purslane, guava and goji berries, aren’t always available at regular grocery stores. I asked Dr. Bowden, author of “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth,” to update his list with some favorite foods that are easy to find but don’t always find their way into our shopping carts.
Tummy’s Taste For Red Wine With Red Meat
June 30th, 2008 — article, wine
fromscience daily
What happens when red wine meets red meat? If the rendezvous happens in the stomach, scientists in Israel are reporting, wine’s bounty of healthful chemical compounds may thwart formation of harmful substances released during digestion of fat in the meat.
Ferran makes an olive out of an olive
June 5th, 2008 — video