In search of culinary Nirvana
Well isn’t this just great! Just the other day, I was talking with a friend about how long various types of food lasts. Today, I hear about StillTasty.com. The site helps visitors to determine how long to keep particular types of food, provides storage tips, and does so through a very usable UI (user interface …
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Recipe care of Susan Steinberg My good friend Susan Steinberg has imparted a great deal of knowledge on me in these past few months. Steinberg is the very definition of a “functional foodie.” She ran a very successful local catering service for many years; that success led her to open a widely acclaimed restaurant. Nowadays, …
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Clara Cannucciari is old school – literally. She is a 93-year old cook who runs greatdepressioncooking.com. To be honest, I’m more interested in her stories than her cooking. She talks about food and cooking from the Great Depression. I thought this was appropriate on the heels of Tami’s $30 Project! You can check out all …
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So we bantered back-and-forth all day long. Were we going to do something last night? Would we go find a place or cook in? Who was coming and who was going? Finally, by 7:30 pm I was on my way to the grocery store. I grabbed some olive oil, salt & pepper, and some Hobnob …
Here’s an interesting article from a dedicated budget cruncher. GetRichSlowly has posted an article on How to Feed Yourself for $15 a Week. It’s a bit extreme, but interesting nonetheless. I try to feed myself for $20/day (sans the occasional trip to a new restaurant), and I seem to do pretty good with that. However, …
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ResearchBuzz has created a custom search engine geared toward cooking. You can find the engine here. This is a great way to create a meal based on what is in your refrigerator. I’ve been reasonably impressed with the results. Details after the jump! If any of you are on an extendable browser, I will be …
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This is a good video for those that want to improve their knife skills. I have a slightly modified technique myself, but since I don’t do videos, this will have to do. It is as useful as it fun to watch. I love his accent! Technorati Tags: cooking,cook,recipe,onion,dice,dicing,jean pierre,videos
Here is a cool little a video featuring French physical chemist Hervé This (internal). Next time you want mayonnaise, don’t go to the store and buy it – MAKE IT!!! It’s super easy and you can actually get pretty creative with it. Technorati Tags: videos,cooking,herve this
So when I first caught wind of Foodista, I checked it out, dismissed it, and moved on. Unfortunately, I did not have a blog at the time, so I could not share my feelings! Bummer! As luck would have it, their continued growth (quantcast), combined with some recent press (lifehacker / techcrunch), has sparked me …
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