Umami Beef Jerky, Redux
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Dishes | 11 Comments »I was recently daydreaming about the green papaya salad they serve at Bodega Bistro, on Larkin in SF, and especially about that Vietnamese-style beef jerky they use in it, and wanted to try making it. I cruised around the net ...
Iron Chef — Sunday, August 30, 6pm and 9pm PST
Friday, August 21st, 2009 Posted in Media related | 16 Comments »An email came in this morning from the Iron Chef people, telling me that the long-awaited episode has been moved up! It will air, for sure, on Sunday, August 30, at 6pm and 9m west coast time, and 9 pm ...
On the Massive Importance of Salt
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous, Uncategorized | 8 Comments »It occurs to me that, as much as I've talked about salt in the past few years, I've never really laid out a totally coherent/comprehensive post dedicated to this ingredient many of us take for granted. Forgive me for the length, ...
The End of Overeating
Saturday, August 15th, 2009 Posted in Book Reviews | 10 Comments »It’s not often that I read a book that begins to reach out, encloses itself around my neck, and starts to squeeze. Dozens of powerful ideas are like tentacles that not only grip, but begin to work their ways inside ...
The Art of the Quick, Tasty Lunch
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Cooking ideas | 5 Comments »More often than not these days, around noon or 1 pm I find myself rooting around the fridge's vegetable drawer in search of something for lunch. The goal is to have something on the table in 10 minutes, or roughly ...
Michael Pollan on How American Cooking Became a Spectator Sport
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »Well the maestro has done it again. Michael Pollan has a lovely screed in last Sunday's NY Times Magazine called "Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch: How American Cooking Became a Spectator Sport, and What We Lost Along the ...
The Pressure Is On! Star Anise Turkey
Saturday, August 1st, 2009 Posted in Dishes | 5 Comments »Well, after WAY too long an absence, the pressure cooker reentered my life today! For years I did have a reasonably modern one but it was aluminum, got pretty scruffy looking, and didn't make it with the last move, and ...
