A new definition of bread bag
Reducing food waste just got fashionable - as in items to wear and/or to hold. At the fashion website Dauphinette, you can find Toast Bags, Croissant Minaudière, a Bag-uette, and more items made from real, surplus…
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We start out this week's review with the passing of two very different culinary figures. The first is Marian Burros, cookbook author, food columnist for The New York Times from 1981 to 2014, and former Washington Post…
Forgotten vegetables
While there is a large variety of vegetables to be found at farmers' markets and grocery stores, some veg that were once staples in diets around the world have faded into obscurity. The Takeout looks into fifteen of…
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Love avocados but struggle to get them out of their skins? You may want to try the viral method that relies on a whisk. It is just as easy as it sounds - cut the avocado in half, remove the pit, and "insert your whisk…
In praise of beige food
Beige is not a color that inspires - it is most often associated with words like dull, drab, boring, and bland. This is true even when you extend it to the food world. Instagram is not exactly brimming with glam shots…
Are cooking shows on their way out?
Cooking shows have proliferated in the past 20 or so years - every streaming service has multiple offerings, as do more traditional broadcast and cable networks. These vary from competitive reality TV to educational…
Cooking by sound
A friend was over at my house one day when I was baking a cake. When I took the pan out of the oven I held it to my ear. Puzzled, my friend asked what I was doing. I told her I was listening for the cake to tell me it…
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Gordon Ramsay announced he plans to revive his show Hell's Kitchen in the UK, possibly with a spin-off chain of restaurants. His show in the US has run for 24 seasons and spawned seven restaurants across the country.…
Food52 goes to the farm
Food52 is not the place I would think of when it comes to rural life. Based in NYC, it's filled with glam and a definite urban vibe. However, the site recently added a new weekly column from food writer and recipe…
Of ground cherries and gooseberries
There are not many tropical fruit flavors to be found growing in gardens in the northern Midwest where I live. In fact, there is really only one garden stalwart with this attribute: ground cherries. After I posted a…
The vegan restaurant dilemma
A few weeks ago I wrote about how, after four years as a vegan-only establishment, Eleven Madison Park was adding meat back to the menu. The famed NYC restaurant is not the only vegan eatery to make changes in the…
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Want to experience something from Rene Redzepi's NOMA but can't afford to go to Copenhagen? You can try Noma Kaffe, a monthly subscription service that allows you to sample the coffee served at the award-winning…