Need Recipe Site Suggestions
Posted on February 28, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!As I was using my Recipe Search Engine to dig up information on verrines (more on these in another posting), I realized that just including the biggest [tag]recipe sites[/tag] in the U.S. wasn’t enough to cover every food category, [...]
Read More..>>Build a Better Mousetrap…
Posted on February 27, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
And customers beat a path to your door, right?
But what if you build a (self-proclaimed) better set of flatware?
The jury is out, but [tag]CurvWear[/tag] is betting that its ergonomic flatware will “become a natural extension of the hand” and thus attract devotees at $99 a whack for a stainless steel, three-piece set, according to founder [...]
Taco Bell Blues
Posted on February 26, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Hot on the heels of an E. coli outbreak from tainted lettuce, [tag]Taco Bell[/tag] is now bleeding money and, worse, getting pummeled in the NYC media.
Seems that rats were found scurrying about a shuttered Taco Bell in New York’s Greenwich Village.
Kraft Gets Crafty
Posted on February 22, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Jell-O and Velveeta, take a back seat.
Here come complete meals from [tag]Kraft[/tag] in the form of prepackaged salads, treats and sandwiches.
What’s happening?
Chinese Food in America
Posted on February 21, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Most of all are introduced to Chinese food through American derivatives such as chow mein, chop suey, egg rolls and fortune cookies. These were indeed the dishes that Cantonese (primarily) immigrants started concocting in California during the Gold Rush heyday with an eye to the American palate.
Of course, the real history of [tag]Chinese cuisine[/tag] is [...]
End Onion Tears
Posted on February 20, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Just by accident, I may have hit upon a method to keep your eyes from weeping when you chop an onion. However, I still need some more empirical proof.
Here’s what happened:Â I chopped part of an [tag]onion[/tag] on Saturday to put on top of a [tag]chili[/tag] concoction I was devouring, so IÂ stored the two-thirds of [...]
Sucker for Kitchen Appliances, Gadgets
Posted on February 19, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Through the years I’ve bought so many [tag]kitchen appliances and gadgets[/tag] that my kitchen can no longer house them. Most sit forlorn in my garage, though I pull one out every once in a while when I get a wild itch for some weird concoction.
I have, for instance, every device imaginable to chop. So what [...]
Won Ton Ravioli
Posted on February 18, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
This is where [tag]Rachael Ray[/tag] and [tag]Sandra Lee[/tag] of Food Network come in handy–when you need down-and-dirty recipes.
I picked up some won ton wrappers at an Asian food fare the other day in hopes of making some crabmeat ravioli, but before I could, my Chinese wife decided–this being the start of Chinese New Year’s–to make [...]
Real Emeril: Chef or Entertainer?
Posted on February 16, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Those of us who’ve been watching Food Network since its infancy have seen a lot of people come and go, but one of the stars in the network’s firmament has always been [tag]Emeril Lagasse[/tag]. (Where are you, David Rosengarten? Story for another day, I guess.)
The thing is, there are actually two Emerils. Which one do you prefer?
Phlight of Phancy
Posted on February 15, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Going to [tag]Phlight[/tag] restaurant and wine bar on Valentine’s Day was both disappointment and revelation.
The revelation was the city of Whittier, Calif. I’ve lived in Southern California most of my life and was born here but never spent much time in or near Whittier. Turns out it has some of the nicest bedroom communities around, along [...]
