I don’t think the world needs much in the way of reality television, much less much more, but Top Chef has been my exception. I was looking forward to Season 4, but it just hasn’t caught my attention the way previous seasons had. Joe DeSalazar of foodieNYC nailed it for me: What could I possibly [...]
April 2008
[Looking for Part I?] I tried the popcorn soup a few times and it came out really well. I thought I’d post the final popcorn soup recipe. It goes something like this: INGREDIENTS 2 small (or 1 medium) yellow onion(s), small dice 2 leeks, white parts only, small dice 2T+2T sweet butter 16oz frozen corn, [...]
Cooks tend to be geeks about their equipment (viz: eGullet, Serious Eats, or Chocolate & Zucchini). I always love it when I’m allowed to check out other people’s knife kits, seeing what gets them through their workday. A guy with whom I went to cooking school carried a decently-sized toolbox with seemingly dozens of knives. [...]
Saw something recently about popcorn soup (perhaps I was reading something about WD-50? maybe I have Dufresne on the membrane), but I have it on the brain now. I’m happy with the initial results, but it isn’t quite doing it for me yet. I started with a small amount of white aromatics, sweated in butter. [...]
It is amazing how much a coffee drinker can spend on coffee beans. So much money for such an ephemeral product. The very roasting of coffee beans not only develops the flavors we are looking for, but also starts the irreversible oxidation process that will slowly destroy those flavors. Match its short-lived nature with the [...]
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