Food Blog

A few food links -
An excellent food blog to add to the list - Bourrez Votre Visage, which means “stuff your face”
On Bourrez a found a link to fat guy who has some good articles including guides to New York’s Old-School Italian Restaurants and New York’s Steakhouses, with a good explanation of what […]

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I didn’t win
I don’t usually expect to win these things, since the winner is usually the most unique tasting chili more than anything else. All three winners were extremely sweet versions.
I asked one of the judges, a friend who is a chef at another restaurant, if there was any entry that really […]

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I’m training for a chili contest on Super Bowl Sunday. I’ve been trying out a few variations on what I want to do.
I should mention that this contest at Nevin’s Pub benefits the North Shore Ulster Project and is a good opportunity for pub patrons to try a few dozen free chilis. While I’m […]

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Sahr, from the Cotton Tree asked a good question in my comments - What should a novice chef have in their pantry?
The simple answer is - the ingredients you need to make the base of the type of food you like. Tomato paste if you like Italian, coconut milk if you like Thai etc. However […]

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Some more food links I found:
Yes - in 10 years we may have no bananas
Two fungal diseases, Panama disease and black Sigatoka, are cutting a swath through banana plantations, just as blight once devastated potato crops. But unlike the potato, and other crops where disease-resistant strains can be bred by conventional means, making a fungus-free […]

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I got some Raz El Hanout spice for Christams (thanks Mom!) and used it on some chicken the other night. It’s a Morrocan mix of ginger, anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, peppercorns, and cloves. Like curry, the mix can vary, but my brand is heavy on the cinnamon and ginger. I took 4 lbs. of chicken thighs […]

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It’s been awhile, but finally I have some money to go shopping, and a car to go shopping with, so I should be doing some interesting things again soon. Until then here are some food links:
The Poor Get Stuffed “Within as little as ten years, the world will be faced with a simple choice: arable […]

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How did I miss this one? Murrayhill5, a NY food blog also includes a food news blog and a food book blog. Added bonus is that she’s a photgrapher, so the images are beautiful. Also she has a a very complete food blog list with several I’ve never seen:
an obsession with food and the companion […]

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A few food links while i compose my NY restaurant reviews:
Explaining Brain Freeze The Science Behind The ‘Ice Cream Headache’ via diamondblog
Tips on how to rescue food disasters via nothing new to eat
A new slant on leeks Cooking with the Seasons January column
The Trouble with Chicago School Lunches
Not by Bread Alone America’s Culinary Heritage […]

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For Christmas, we had a meal at home, an appetizer of New Zealand prawns and cockles, with some lime and ginger, followed by roast pheasant, stuffed with wild rice and glazed with lingonberries.
The pheasant turned out perfect, but I would have added an extra ingredient to reduce the limey-ness of the appetizer. Something still citric, […]

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