Archive for February, 2010

Mix-and-match meal

Risotto is endlessly accommodating.

Ingredient buyer for Kraft Foods Let Tomato Vendor Sell Tainted Food

Offered with no comment : …federal agents descended on Kraft’s offices near Chicago and confronted Mr. Watson.

Historical Context: The Joys of Food History

If I have to point to one thing that I love about delving into the history of food, it’s uncovering influences upon diets that we have forgotten or have never had explained to us. I have a mind made for trivia.

Q&A with Art Smith

Chicago chef dishes on everything from his 50th birthday to his new cookbook to being in the hall of fame Art Smith is having quite a winter.

Romaine restoration

Caesar salad sparked the rebirth of romaine lettuce and one of the more remarkable turnarounds in modern agricultural history. A lot of times when food writers praise an old-fashioned ingredient such as romaine lettuce, they do it with a nod and a wink and more than a hint of condescension, like fashion critics chortling when a Parisian couture house sends its models out dressed in gingham and lace: “Oh, how very droll!”

Picking

We rate six models to find which ones work In Mom’s kitchen, I often had the job of peeling carrots or potatoes. The only utensil to turn to (besides the treacherous paring knife) was a stainless steel, vertical swivel peeler from the supermarket (also known as the Lancashire peeler).

Dangerous dogs? Group says it’s time for a redesign

Can America build a better hot dog?

Dangerous dogs? Group says it’s time for a redesign

Can America build a better hot dog?

When is a beer not a beer?

Through Metafilter , I recently discovered news of a beer that states it has an Alcohol-by-Volume(ABV) of 41% . 41%? That’s a beer that has a proof of eighty-two! To put this in some context, your average beer weighs in somewhere between 4-12% ABV, depending upon the beer

When is a beer not a beer?

Through Metafilter , I recently discovered news of a beer that states it has an Alcohol-by-Volume(ABV) of 41% . 41%?