Food Blog

Chicago Bans Foie Gras A sad day for liver lovers, a happy day for geese and ducks.
I know people have strong opinons on this, but this is nothing more than a political issue. I feel it has very little effect on the rights of animals. Most farmers who provide foie gras for fine restaurants can […]

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Tie Google Maps and Menu Pages together and you get Menu Map. For New York, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
There was lots of good suggestions over at this Gapers Block’s thread on vegetarian restaurants including a few vegetarian restaurant lists at vegchicago.com and PJ Chmiel’s Vegan Chicago. There’s also Happy Cow.

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Sushi and Rev. Moon “How Americans’ growing appetite for sushi is helping to support his controversial church”
‘Captain Scott’s Biscuit‘ “Those who took anything out of any of the huts could excuse themselves in the belief that they were merely saving a relic from gradual climatic destruction. Thus, glibly self-absolved, I approached an open tin of […]

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Choose Your Own Cola Adventure ” Programmable Liquid Container looks much like an ordinary drink bottle, but it is filled with a simple “cola base,” and the circumference of its upper half is decorated with six colorful additive compartments. Each compartment might contain one of any number of possible substances, such as flavor syrups, vitamins, […]

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Life is tough for Foodie NYC. He had to endure Tru and Trotter’s on consecutive nights. Poor guy.
We’re going to attempt to get into Mario Batali’s Del Posto next month, even though the Amatuer Gourmet and many of his commenters were “Del Disappointed.” Thorough review though, including videos.
The LA Times rounds up some more poor […]

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The Art of The Cure “Josh Friedland takes us through the steps of making guanciale-including, do not plan to hang your jowls at your mother-in-law’s-with recipes for the finished product.”
Smile, it’s kitchen camera “How can a chef be in two or more places at once? Plasma monitors.”
Are We Worthy of Our Kitchens? “Commenting on stoves […]

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I’m way behind around here. For now I’ll just put up some pictures of stuff I’ve cooked/eaten in the past couple of months.

Asian Pear Crepes, with ricotta. The Asian pear was lightly carmelized in butter, sugar and real vanilla bean.

Black Forest Ham, with raisin sauce. I wish I had noted how I made the raisin […]

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