August 2006

The Pasty.com A very attractive web site that sells Cornish pasties and other goodies from Cornwall. some of which they will ship overseas! (tags: shopping uk cornwall pasties) Fish can think Fish display intelligence. Good news for tropical fish...

It's a lazy Sunday afternoon (mainly because I'm avoiding the task of Defrosting the Freezer...more about that later) and I'm sitting here contemplating TV Reality Cooking Shows.

Someone who had read my rather detailed reviews of Top Chef, as well as my adventures following the BBC Masterchef challenges, asked me recently why I didn't do similar reviews of Hell's Kitchen.

Filed under:  books and media tv chefs
Applebee's Hires Tyler Florence To Design New Menu Items Applebee's has hired Food Network star Tyler Florence to design new menu items. They certainly can use the help. (tags: restaurants foodtv tylerflorence chefs) Heidi's Haggis A story of culinary...
Jesus Pan Burn in the face of Jesus into your food. I have to wonder if it's a hoax... (tags: humor religion) swissinfo - Emmental suffers from liberalised domestic market and large-scale foreign competition cheese Just say no to...

The tall, willowy plant with the long, narrow leaves waved around in the breeze, behind the rows of neat balls of mini-basil. Wondering what it was, I stretched out a hand and rubbed a leaf.

Immediately, my senses were filled with a lemony, refined aroma. It was like a lemon scented geranium, but not quite. It was like lemon balm, but not as minty. The sunburned, kindly faced owner of the market stall said that it was verveine. He went into a long explanation, of which I understood perhaps half, about how to care for the plant. I nodded ernestly and took notes.

Filed under:  fruit preserves and pickles weekend project summer shf
bacon wallet Who wouldn't want one? Awesome. (tags: bacon wallet shopping)...
Worker trapped in vat of chocolate Heaven or hell? hmm... (tags: chocolate) The biggest food magazine empire you've ever heard of I've never heard of or even seen these magazines. Maybe I'm too New York-centric when it comes to...

butter sizzling

Over on my GenevaLunch blog, I've written about the wonderful taste and smell of Swiss butter. If you have a chance to come here please make an effort to try some, and if you can, melt some in a hot pan.

Filed under:  essays ingredients butter
Get the funk out | Chicago Tribune Useful tips on how to refrigerate food properly. (tags: foodsafety refrigerators)...

In my previous post about Japanese food, I talked about what makes up a typical Japanese meal, which applies to breakfast, lunch and dinner. There's a fourth meal that is very much a part of Japanese food life - oyatsu. Oyatsu is snack time, and it's usually eaten at 3 in the afternoon.

Filed under:  dessert japanese snack baking cake

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