NYT: Bittman Talks Industrial Farming

NYT: Bittman Talks Industrial Farming

Not All Industrial Food Is Evil

By MARK BITTMAN

I’VE long wondered how producing a decent ingredient, one that you can buy in any supermarket, really happens. Take canned tomatoes, of which I probably use 100 pounds a year. It costs $2 to $3 a pound to buy hard, tasteless, “fresh” plum tomatoes, but only half that for almost two pounds of canned tomatoes that taste much better. How is that possible? more...

Thrillist: Power-ranking the 10 best hot sauces on Earth

Thrillist: Power-ranking the 10 best hot sauces on Earth

Food Porn from Japan

日本料理　龍吟　苺アメ2011 

ダシ巻き玉子焼　Japanese Omelette 

 How to make a Japanese rolled omelette ( Dashimaki Tamago )
as demonstrated by the Master Chef at the Shunraku Kaiten Sushi Restaurant, Shunraku on Route 36 Eniwa Hokkaido.

材料　Ingredients
玉子 eggs 8
砂糖 sugar 30g
塩 salt 3g
みりん Mirin 1tsp （1パイ）
酒 Sake 1 tsp　（1パイ）
カツオダシ Bonito Stock 180ml

Slate: Sous-vide cooking is destined for ubiquity in home kitchens

Slate: Sous-vide cooking is destined for ubiquity in home kitchens

On the surface, this seems like a meaningless argument rightly confined to the astronomically priced margins of fine dining. However, underlying the chatter about beef cheeks and broccoli stems is a debate of immense importance about how we're going to cook, in our own kitchens, a decade from now and beyond. That's not obvious because most of us still have no first-hand experience with sous vide; though it's common in professional kitchens, it's still a niche technique with virtually no penetration into our homes. But that's about to change.

FRED'S ORIGINAL is CLOSED on MONDAYS - NOT to WORRY - FRED'S TEXAS NORTH can cover your DIABLO BURGER NEEDS!

FRED'S ORIGINAL is CLOSED on MONDAYS - NOT to WORRY - FRED'S TEXAS NORTH can cover your DIABLO BURGER NEEDS! 

FRED'S ORIGINAL is CLOSED on MONDAYS - NOT to WORRY - FRED'S TEXAS NORTH can cover your DIABLO BURGER NEEDS!

Marketwatch.com: 40% of U.S. food is never eaten

40% of U.S. food is never eaten

 

 

How composting could benefit pocketbooks and the environment

 As much as 40% of food goes uneaten in the U.S., according to estimates from the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency. Americans are, in other words, throwing out the equivalent of $165 billion in wasted food every year, according to a recent analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental group. In fact, one study estimates, just 15% of wasted food would be enough to feed more than 25 million Americans every year. And one in six Americans currently lacks a secure supply of food, says Dana Gunders, an NRDC project scientist in San Francisco.

 

BEAT that HEAT - MANGO SALSA: Step by step from The OUTLAW CHEF

MESSIN' WITH MANGOS

Outlaw-Chef.com - The Outlaw Chef, Terry Chandler, Proud Proprietor of FRED'S TEXAS CAFE, prepares MANGO SALSA for the Central Market Cooking Class 

OUTLAW CHEF GETS ISLAND FEVER. Filmed at the Fort Worth Central Market on 2/24/2010. 

The menu includes:
* Wild Mushroom & Goat Cheese Quesadilla Appetizer with Guacamole
* Corn Meal Encrusted Red Snapper with Mango Salsa
* Central American Red Beans & Poblano Rice
* Sage-Honey Flan