April 2013
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WatchLove this relationship between Alex Guarnaschelli and her mother, Maria.
[CBS]
March 2013
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February 2013
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RECIPE: Perfect 10 Cookie
luckypeach:
Here’s the recipe for Christina Tosi & Karlie Kloss’s Perfect 10 Kookie.
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January 2013
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“Do you know how to check the warmth of the soil? … Well, what you have to...”
– Jekka McVicar on spring planting
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“I’ve been very disappointed in 365, to tell you the truth. I’ve...”
– Tom Mueller on Whole Foods’ 365 olive oil
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December 2012
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“One thing I will say, above all else, is that you are not making an official...”
– Lizz Winstead
November 2012
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October 2012
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Exactly what cheese are Kraft Singles supposed to...
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“In 2011, the FDA inspected 6 percent of domestic food producers and just 0.4...”
– Bloomberg: Food Sickens Millions as Company-Paid Checks Find It Safe
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“I do think consumers would understand the price differences in wine if they saw...”
– Vineyard owner David Page on disclosure and transparency in wine-making
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“In the long run, it’s not wonderful. Wine producers have traditionally valued...”
– What is global climate change doing to our favorite wines?
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“It is not in our day considered a sign of serious emotional derangement to...”
– Steven Poole’s Let’s start the foodie backlash
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“I think it could be plausibly argued that changes of diet are more important...”
– George Orwell, as quoted by Annia Ciezadlo, in response to Monica Bhide’s question, “Does food writing matter?”
September 2012
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The Tale of the $15 Tomato
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Dubner: A lot of things we do for fun or for entertainment — things like gardening or knitting or baking — these are things that our great-grandparents HAD to do, and probably would’ve loved to NOT have to do.
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Levitt: I think that is really a sign of how spoiled we have all become. Our basic needs are so well taken care of that we need to seek out some sort of hardship...
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The 20 Most Significant Inventions in the History...
Via The Atlantic:
No. 3 is canning.
No. 2 is pasteurization / sterilization.
Maybe you can guess what No. 1 is.
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August 2012
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“It’s going to be really busy between 7:30 and 9:30 or 10, and then it’s going to...”
– Mario Batali, on small kitchens and soft voices
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Tracie McMillan on Walmart produce
Journalist Tracie McMillan went undercover at Walmart and in farm fields for her book The American Way of Eating. Among her observations:
Walmart does a really good job of telling everyone how much lower their prices are, which tends to be true if you’re comparing a typical basket of goods.
But McMillan did a comparison in Detroit, where fresh produce at a local grocery store was 7...
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A cheesemonger's memoir
Here now, two little excerpts from a longer excerpt from One More for the People, a book by Martha Grover.
On pre-crumbled cheeses
“You know what I like?” she says. “I like the Gorgonzola that is already crumbled.”
Silence.
The woman speaks again. “By the look on your face I can tell that you think that’s not very good.”
“It’s just that what I like isn’t the same as what you like. It’s not...
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