CookShelfAntipasto Holidays & Celebrations
It's May 10 - National Shrimp Day. And what a better way to celebrate than with this fun story. To set the scene: It's the first day of culinary school in New Orleans, and the chef instructor informs the class in no…
Should a recipe, if followed precisely, deliver culinary precision? Most experienced cooks realize that this kind of promise is actually not only unrealistic but also constraining. They use recipes as starting points,…
I guess it's Wacky Tuesday, at least according to the New York Post. As reported in this article, "Tv chef Rachael Ray has asked staffers to perform a wacky exorcism ritual while planning her move into arch rival Martha…
Courtesy of Michael Ruhlman, we're highlighting three thoughtful books today. In his blog entry, Culinary Intelligence - An Emerging Trend, Ruhlman reviews two books. Culinary Intelligence: The Art of Eating Healthy and…
Brownies may not be haute cuisine, but they have a lot going for them. They're a comforting bite in times of stress, induce chocolaty feel-good moments, fill the house with warm aromas, often bring back simple,…
The Master Cleanse is one of those fad/extreme diets that seems to pop up every ten years or so. Currently, it's hot -- with celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyoncé rumored to follow the regime. It's a simple diet,…
We love reading about food (maybe not quite as much as cooking it, but almost), so when a prestigious magazine like Saveur produces its awards for best food blogs, we're anxious to see who is on it and what blogs we…
In 2011, a 36-person team organized by former Microsoft chief technology officer and avid foodie, Nathan Myhrvold, produced a 5-volume, 2,400 page cookbook called Modernist Cuisine. Weighing 45 pounds, the book(s)…
Over at Slate, Tony Scocca is fed up with recipes that perpetrate lies; in particular, the fallacy that you can caramelize onions in 10 minutes. He quotes recipes from such respectable sources as The New York Times,…
Food Online Holidays & Celebrations
Our friends over at theKitchn.com have been compiling some great ideas for kitchen presents -- in time for Mother's Day, anniversaries, shower gifts, birthdays, or just because... They have two lists: Smart Food Gifts…
Here at EYB we like to bring our community cutting-edge news from the culinary world. In that spirit, here are a couple of items that caught our attention. In Oregon, the first restaurant specializing in marijuana-baked…
Over at Eater, they've calculated who the richest chef in the world is. Admittedly, we were surprised. Yes, Wolfgang Puck made the list, as did Rachael Ray, but who would have guessed Jamie Oliver? Check the names out…
