Food news antipasto
Yesterday I wrote about how foods fall on a continuum, making it difficult to have hard and fast definitions for food. Today I spied an article that makes a counterpoint to that argument. A recent poll of amateur chefs…
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The brownie continuum
Today I ventured into our makeshift basement kitchen to bake for only the third or fourth time since we started on our remodel. I needed a dessert to take to a friend's house (a wonderful friend who has been cooking for…
The science behind sour
Do you enjoy sour flavors? I can't get enough of them, whether it's pucker-y pickles, astringent sumac, sharp sauerkraut, tangy citrus, or another piquant essence. Sour is one of the essential tastes (alongside sweet,…
Chowhound shuttering after 25 years
Earlier this month, founder Jim Leff of the pioneering culinary website Chowhound announced that the site would go dark - meaning all content would vanish and links would go nowhere - as of March 21, although the…
Doing it for the 'gram
Like many people, I segregate the types of things I peruse by social media platform. I connect with friends on Facebook, use Twitter to follow policy wonks, and utilize Instagram as a timeline cleanse, following mostly…
Food news antipasto
One of the first things many people learn to bake is cookies, standing at their mother's or grandmother's side, maybe on a chair or stepstool depending on how little they are. While kids and cookies are a natural match,…
Foods to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year
March 20 marks the beginning of Nowruz, the traditional Persian New Year festival celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, and the Kurdish regions of Iraq, Turkey and Syria, throughout Central Asia, and by members of the…
Le Creuset unveils a new bread oven
Normally I might include an article about new kitchenware in the weekly 'antipasto' post, but I am making an exception today. The first reason is that it's about Le Creuset, and the second is to make sure people have a…
JBF Awards: Chef and Restaurant nominees; Lifetime Achievement; Humanitarian of the Year and Leadership
Today the James Beard Foundation announced its nominees for the 2022 Restaurant and Chef awards. These awards honor culinary talent across the United States, with nominations in each of twelve regions. The winners of…
Celebrate Pi day with pie!
I usually forget about the "National Pie Day" that occurs in January, but that is okay since the logical choice for the day is Pi day, which is today. What better way to celebrate the mathematical constant that is such…
Food news antipasto
We start off this week with some sad news. Sally Schmitt, one of the founders of the pioneering Napa Valley restaurant the French Laundry, has died at the age of 90. Schmitt was the original chef and owner of the…
Kitchen trends with a nod to the past
How we plan and use our kitchens varies across cultures and across the years. Recently I spied an article on hidden kitchen appliances that described a trend of designers 'hiding' appliances such as microwaves and…