Tag: food
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May 29, 2007 05:58 PM EDT --
Gather Round the Table
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
Laying Down the Slaw
With summertime nearly here, it’s time to start talking about that contentious issue: coleslaw. This is one of those fun . . .
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February 03, 2007 11:36 AM EST --
Voluptuous.
Intriguing.
Seductive.
Silky.
Sexy.
That’s what you want from your wine, your dessert, and your sweetie on Valentine’s Day. A great way to set that mood . . .
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June 05, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
Morel of the Story
There's no doubt, this was a banner year for the houby hunters around eastern Iowa. In addition to my regular crew of foragers who bring fungi into my restaurant on a regular . . .
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June 20, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
Is there anyone, save Professor Hathaway from the 80s cult film Real Genius, who doesn’t love popcorn?
Despite a quick online search turning up such non-sequiturs as Jiffy Pop being listed in . . .
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February 19, 2007 02:36 PM EST --
Gather ‘Round the Table
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
17 February 2007
Mussels
When eminent food historian and author Waverly Root published his seminal book Food: An Authoritative and Visual History . . .
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August 02, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
The Silence of the Bees
Loss of Honeybee Colonies Causing Alarm Worldwide
By Kurt Michael Friese
Listen closely in your garden. Have you noticed that it is just a little quieter this year? . . .
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August 19, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
Here it is again, that situation we thought (back in February) would not happen again this year, but we did it again anyway, didn’t we? You and I promised ourselves that we’d be more . . .
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October 25, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
From the outset: I have no problem with vegetarians or vegans. I fully respect their opinions and their gustatory choices. I encourage everyone to eat healthily, and to do so in a manner that . . .
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September 03, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
Click here if you missed part 1
Now it’s 2 weeks on and the tomatoes still keep coming. Last time we talked about having friends over and making a party of it. Everyone brought their bounty . . .
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September 18, 2007 02:03 PM EDT --
There are certain foods that I believe are unpopular with children and other finicky eaters simply because of their names. One such is the unfortunately named squash; it seems to make people think . . .
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December 05, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
Seems as though the rules for cooking with fats and oils change every time you pick up a newspaper. One oil is bad for you, then it’s good for you, then it’s only good if it’s . . .
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December 19, 2007 11:08 AM EST --
For some folks, Christmas is about peace and good tidings. For others it is a joyous celebration of the birth of the savior. For many it is just about the presents. In my family it was, and still is, . . .
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July 13, 2008 02:25 PM EDT --
Too many people in this country have been sold a bill of goods. They've been tricked, flim-flammed, conned, and hustled. They've been bamboozled into believing that food comes wrapped in plastic . . .
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March 26, 2008 01:51 PM EDT --
The March, 2008 issue of Metropolis focuses on the overarching idea of localism and its relationship to sustainability. It is, as always, a beautiful and well-written issue, but in it one particular . . .
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March 16, 2007 05:15 PM EDT --
Gather ‘Round the Table
Chef Kurt Michael Friese
16 March 2007
Memphis BBQ
It can be indeed fascinating, in fact all-consuming, to delve into the myriad forms of BBQ across the United States. . . .
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May 03, 2007 01:53 PM EDT --
One of the true fathers of western cuisine, Auguste Escoffier, said “Of all the products put to use by the art of cookery, not one is so fruitful of variety, so universally liked, and so complete . . .
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July 03, 2007 01:36 PM EDT --
This week we celebrate our independence, mostly by drinking a lot of beer. There are, however, more refreshing libations to be had. They come from the world of cocktails, and they come with . . .
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June 03, 2008 05:29 PM EDT --
As the date for Slow Food Nation -- the big sustainable-food conference scheduled in San Francisco this coming August -- draws near, I've been thinking about attitudes toward food in the erstwhile . . .
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April 19, 2008 09:29 PM EDT --
As Earth Day approaches this year, it seems that people are thinking more about food's price than its ecological footprint. A simple trip to the grocery store tells the same story we've been hearing . . .
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October 17, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
When it comes to rich, flavorful, tender meat, it is hard to beat veal. While still enormously popular in Europe, especially in France, Italy and Germany, it is much harder to find in the US, and . . .
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