Food Blogs in English
September 3, 2010
00:00
Skinny Celebrities Pushing Fatty Food
Filed under: On the Blogs
Photo: Carl's Jr.
The thing with endorsements is that the featured celebrities are actually supposed to use the products -- that's what makes the public flock to buy it. Slashfood couldn't agree more with the editors over at The Stir, who said "I have a really hard time believing that these super-skinny celebrities chow down on the greasy fast food.....makes me want to scream false advertising."
Head over to The Stir to find out which seven celebrities set off the BS alarm, and watch their endorsements.
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
September 2, 2010
23:00
The Avenue Pub, New Orleans - What's On Tap?
Photo: The Avenue Pub
A weekly look at the draft selections in beer-friendly bars across the country.
New Orleans is a city that is known for its parties and its drinking. But for a place that loves alcoholic beverages, craft beer has been conspicuously underrepresented in their landscape of libations.
Polly Watts, owner of New Orleans' The Avenue Pub, pointed to people's preference for other drinks. "Louisiana is a big liquor consumer," she explains. "Lots of vodka and rum." It makes sense: Bourbon Street is more than just a catchy name. And The Big Easy's penchant for fine dining plays a role as well. "We're a really big wine state too," she told us.
Not to say that beer didn't exist. It just wasn't always the drink of choice. And it was rarely ever craft. "For decades, the only beer you'd see was generic macrobrews," said Watts, before adding, "maybe an occasional Abita," referencing one of Louisiana's few well-known craft breweries.Continue reading The Avenue Pub, New Orleans - What's On Tap?
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
22:00
A Clue to the McDonald's Fountain of Youth
Filed under: Fast Food
Photo: julien, Flickr
Anyone who's cleaned out a minivan can attest that McDonald's food just...doesn't...age. A fresh-looking burger lies stiffly next to a completely rotted apple core. The fries scattered in the backseat are hard and cold, to be sure, but there's not a spot of mold on them. And it's been weeks since the kids had those Happy Meals! What gives?
There's long been speculation that this food fountain of youth is due to a massive amount of preservatives. But McDonald's maintains that their burgers, at least, are completely preservative-free.
The answer may not be quite as sinister as suspected. Although McDonald's hasn't actually fessed up to whether preservatives lurk in anything other than its burgers, there are scientific explanations for what Salon calls this "shelf life of the undead," and while they're not exactly scary, they're not exactly healthy, either. Rather than huge levels of chemicals, we're talking hefty servings of fat and salt.Continue reading A Clue to the McDonald's Fountain of Youth
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
21:00
White Castle Looks to Grow Its Domain
Filed under: Chain Stores / Restaurants
Photo: White Castle
What's going on behind the venerable ramparts of White Castle?
As Nation's Restaurant News reports, it appears that the chain is looking to be home to more than just its oddly addictive little sliders. It's testing three different restaurant-within-a-restaurant concepts, trying its hand at a strangely diverse mix of fast-food fare: barbecue, pressed club sandwiches, and "Americanized Asian noodles."
Taken together, it kind of looks like company executive simply headed down to the food court at their local mall and had an epiphany: "Hey, we could do all this!"
Inside one of its restaurants in Lafayette, Indiana, White Castle recently opened Blaze, which it bills as "modern barbecue." (We have no clue what they mean by "modern" here; presumably they won't be serving mastodons on a spit.) According to the online menu, Blaze offers a range of barbecue staples, from pulled chicken to brisket, and traditional sides (baked beans, mashed potatoes, etc.).Continue reading White Castle Looks to Grow Its Domain
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
20:00
The Myriad Meals of YumSugar
Filed under: On the Blogs
Photo: mio-spr, Flickr
Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:
- If there were an International House of Doughnuts, these selections would definitely be on the menu.
- Will the MasterChef cookbook spoil you?
- Learn everything you wanted to know about cod, the fish that saved the world.
- The truth about brain freeze will blow your mind.
- Find out why Top Chef D.C. isn't so trivial.
- Honey, are those blackberries in my grilled cheese?
- Skip Capri for some Napoleonic tomatoes and Parmesan crisps.
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
19:00
What's the Deal with Organic Pricing?
Filed under: News
Photo: sunjaec, Flickr
Stroll the aisles at your local natural foods store. Notice anything? Along with the sandalwood scent and fair-trade coffee comes higher prices, especially for organic produce. When you stop to think about it, it might seem kind of odd; after all, organic farmers don't use all those conventional chemicals and fertilizers, so there would seem to be a lower overhead. Right?
Turns out it's not that simple. Citing a University of Wisconsin study, The Seattle Times points out that there are many factors contributing to the higher price of organic produce -- including start-up costs (converting land from conventional farming to certified organic takes three full years), rotation farming (to maximize natural fertilization), and hands-on cultivation (as a means of pest control). It all results in more work for a lower yield, meaning lower profits for the farmer -- and higher prices in the natural foods aisle.
So why bother eating organic? The two biggest reasons: fewer pesticides and (potentially) more nutrients. A 2007 study funded by the European Union showed that organic fruits and vegetables can contain up to 40 percent more antioxidants than their conventionally grown brethren. (Even more astounding, organic milk had a whopping 60 percent more antioxidants and essential fatty acids than conventional milk.) In some cases organic foods don't show any extra nutritional benefit (as Time recently reported), but the environmental benefit still remains.Continue reading What's the Deal with Organic Pricing?
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
18:00
Not a Dry Eye in the Space Station - 'Top Chef D.C.'
Filed under: Television/Film
Photo: David Giesbrecht / Bravo
We're winding down on Top Chef. With five contestants and still no clear front-runner, anyone could go home. The tension is high. The challenges are ever-more bizarre. Padma is wearing a weird tuxedo-jacket-and-men's-necktie combo. And the need to get the hell away from the stifling thematic confines of Washington, D.C., are more apparent than ever.
The second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin? NASA food scientists? Entrees meant to be freeze-dried and served in zero gravity? Really?
With just one elimination to go before a change of scenery, we were anxiously awaiting the announcement of the exotic locale. Apparently, we weren't the only ones.Continue reading Not a Dry Eye in the Space Station - 'Top Chef D.C.'
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
17:00
Cornmeal Onion Rings with Curry Tomato Sauce - Feast Your Eyes
Filed under: Feast Your Eyes
Photo: sweetbeetandgreenbean, Flickr
Onion rings are the fried-food lover's way to banish remorse. It's a vegetable, and it has anti-inflammatory properties; maybe it even helps fight cholesterol. So what's a little oil among friends? Works for me. Blogger sweetbeetandgreenbean coats the rings with corn meal and herbs instead of flour, which makes for a crisp batter. (Get the recipe here.) And instead of a big pool of ketchup she spices it up with a curried tomato sauce. (Of course, if you want to cut down on the fat, oven-fry the onions, as in this recipe.) Serving them on a bed of red cabbage adds color and fiber, and, for those of us who live in world where onion rings trump the rings of Saturn, that means it's practically a balanced meal. Or so I say as I reach for another crunchy ring.
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Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
14:49
95 Raveneau Monts Mains (!) and my guacamole recipe
From the department of “dreams do come true”… Our new friends Sonia and Steven came over for a school-night dinner last night and what a school-night it was! We were utterly floored by the bottle they brought over: 1995 Raveneau Monts Mains 1er Cru. “I thought you might enjoy this,” said Steven wryly. My goodness, [...]
Source: Do Bianchi
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
12:14
20 Great Moments in Booze.
1. Sneaking a swig of whisky out the bottle in the middle of the day. 2. Sipping gin & tonic on an international flight. 3. Drinking Zamalek out of a quart while sitting on a beer crate. 4. A big glass of red wine by the fireplace in winter while it pours down outside. 5. [...]
Source: David the Foodie
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
10:37
The Good Value Guru Diaries, 2010. Neil Pendock.
This book is a “Guide to unexpected people, places and potations in the Winelands”.Potations, if you didn’t already know it, means drink. And knowing Neil (and sure who doesn’t), you’d know that would be wine. 10 days, 100 wineries, over 1,200 wines tasted. This diary tells the story of that road trip, or should I say, [...]
Source: Spill Food
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
09:34
Whale Cottage Blog a ‘controversial’ Finalist for 2010 SA Blog Awards
Yesterday was a day of reckoning for the bloggers of South Africa, who had been judged by a committee of three, and voted for by their fans, in making the short-list of ten finalists in 25 categories of the S A Blog Awards. We are delighted to have been selected as a Finalist in the Most Controversial [...]
Source: Whale Cottage Portfolio
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
00:46
Does My Blog Look Good in This August 2010 - the winners
It's been a week of giving and receiving good news here at CookSister HQ! First came the good news that I am a finalist in the 2010 South African Blog Awards, both in the Best Food & Wine Blog and...
Source: Cook Sister
Categories: Food Blogs in English
00:30
Mario Batali's Eataly [PHOTOS]
Filed under: Restaurants
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Eataly Caffe and Eataly Gelato
A map of the massive 50,000 sq. foot space.
Inside Eataly - produce section.
La Piazza - a place to take your freshly sliced meats, cheeses and sandwiches and eat them.
The meat and cheese counter.
The cheese case.
Feast your eyes on the size of those Gulf Shrimp in the front.
Freshly made pastas
The meat counter.
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Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
00:00
Tiki Time -- LeNell it All
Filed under: Drinks
Photo: Demián Camacho Santa Ana
With the renewed interest in classic cocktails over the past decade, it wasn't uncommon to get a little attitude from some bartenders -- whether in hip urban establishments or honky tonk bars -- if you ordered piña colada ("the blender is broken"), a Mai Tai, or any other foofy drink that traditionally comes in a funky mug with a fruit salad garnish. Not anymore. Tiki drinks and all their gewgaw are back in full swing.
In the early 30's, Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt figured out how to make some money with his interest in Polynesian culture. He named his place Don the Beachcomber (and later even changed his own name to Donn Beach), becoming quite the entertainer and host at his restaurant bar. Legend has it that he ran a water hose on top of his tin roof to mimic the sound of rain so customers would keep chatting and drinking. With over 80 drinks to his credit, he is the father of the tiki cocktail craze that lasted for decades. With copy cats galore attempting to make a profit off his concept, many of the liquor bottles at the Beachcomber bar were replaced with ones labeled with cryptic letters and numbers to keep the recipes as secret as possible.
California's Victor Bergeron built on the Beachcomber's success. His tiki entertainment empire became known as Trader Vic's. His books Trader Vic's Book of Food and Drink (1946) and the Bartender's Guide by Trader Vic (1947) are worth adding to your library.Continue reading Tiki Time -- LeNell it All
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
September 1, 2010
23:00
Minnesota Dares Fairgoers to Try Camel-on-a-Stick
Filed under: Events
Photo: KARE 11 News
Like most state fairs, at Minnesota's you can make a meal (or even more) out of things served on a stick. There are your corn dogs, of course, as well as drumsticks, cotton candy, and popsicles. You can even get bacon-and-cheddar mashed potatoes on a stick.
But this year, as Minnesota Public Radio reports, there's something new being served up vertical: camel.
"It's the food of kings," Jamal Hashi tells MPR. A native Somali, Hashi runs Safari Express, a food stand in Minneapolis, but he's currently manning the eatery's outpost in the International Bazaar section of the fair.
Served kebab-style, Hashi's camel tastes a lot like bison, he says. "It's a very, very lean meat...it's high in protein, and it doesn't have any of the gamey taste you would imagine from other game meats."Continue reading Minnesota Dares Fairgoers to Try Camel-on-a-Stick
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
22:00
FoodHub Becoming the Facebook of Local Food
Filed under: Online
Photo: FoodHub
Social networking is helping local food growers and processors find ways to sell their wares to local food service businesses in the Pacific Northwest.
FoodHub, an interactive online tool launched in February by Portland-Ore.-based nonprofit Ecotrust, helps growers and food professionals find each other, The Oregonian reported.
With a revamped site set to launch in a few weeks, Ecotrust VP of food and farms Deborah Kane talked to the newspaper about FoodHub and how it works.Continue reading FoodHub Becoming the Facebook of Local Food
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
21:48
A fav guitar: Fender ’62 reissue blonde Stratocaster
That’s my Fender ’62 reissue blonde strat with mint-green pick guard, one of my favorite guitars. The photo was taken a few years ago when I was playing with NN+ in New York. And yes, that’s a fake black-eye: we all dressed as injured tennis players for that particular Halloween show. ;-) I’ll be playing [...]
Source: Do Bianchi
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine & Beverage News, Wine Blogs in English
21:00
What the Chilean Miners Are Eating
Filed under: On the Blogs
Photo: eatocracy
Over on Eatocracy, CNN Correspondent Karl Penhaul got a first-hand look at the food being delivered to the Chilean miners trapped 2,300 feet below ground.
So what's been the biggest challenge? "Finding items that will fit down -- and survive the journey through -- the 4-inch tube that's currently the 33 miners' only link to the surface."
Head over to Eatocracy to find out what they're sending down...
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
20:00
Cupcakes Uncorked
Filed under: Trends
Photo: Rakka, Flickr
Cupcakes are being reinvented yet again, this time with wine folded into the batter.
Enjoy Cupcakes, in Solvang and Los Olivos, Calif., deep in Santa Barbara's wine country, has developed about fifty signature recipes that include wine. Olallie Berry Rosé, Meyer Lemon Chardonnay, Caramel Pinot and Chocolate Blackberry Syrah are among the flavors. No wonder this sweet spot is located inside the tasting room for Saarloos and Sons.Continue reading Cupcakes Uncorked
Source: Slashfood
Categories: Food & Related News, Food Blogs in English
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