Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 21, 2012

Published by Friday, September 21, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Some sensible person once remarked that you spend the whole of your life in your bed or in your shoes. Having done the best you can buy shoes and bed, devote all the time and resources at your disposal to the building up a fine kitchen. It will be, as it should be, the most comforting and comfortable room in the house.–Elizabeth David, Slow Food, 1951

here was a British cookbook writer who, on her return from “exile” in Egypt after WW2, decided that action had to be taken with regard to the quality of food in Britain. She was outright hostile to second-rate cooking and the use of frozen, canned and out-of-season ingredients, and is, in many people’s mind, a precursor of the concept of Slow Food. In any case, she was a primary mover in bringing true traditional home cooking using quality ingredients back into the mainstream in Britain.

All her books are listed here, and most are still available at Book Depository or other online independent booksellers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Switzerland: Tasting Week (La Semaine du Goût) Program

Published by Thursday, September 20, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Click to see the Tasting Week program for the entire country. Tasting week runs from 13 to 23 September 2012.

This year many of the events are sponsored by Savoring a week of ‘slow food’ across the country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Switzerland: Historical Cheese Events around the Country

Published by Thursday, September 20, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

 

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Keep up with all the real (vs. industrial) cheese events all over Switzerland. Click here for listings and updates.

 

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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 20, 2012

Published by Thursday, September 20, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Do not be afraid to talk about food. Food which is worth eating is worth discussing. And there is the occult power of words which somehow will develop its qualities.–X. Marcel Boulestin, Simple French Cooking for English Homes 1923

Xavier Marcel Boulestin was a French chef, restaurateur and the author of cookbooks that popularized French cuisine to the English-speaking world. The Restaurant Boulestin, known as the most expensive in London, opened in 1927. Its fame, and the long series of books and articles that Boulestin wrote, made him a celebrity. Among those influenced by Boulestin was the English cooking expert Elizabeth David, who praised Boulestin in her writings, and adopted many of his ideas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Food Art: Spanish beach bar food: prawns and monkfish kebabs, food photography by Steve Homer

Published by Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Permalink 0

Our ongoing series of tapas photos from our latest food artist discovery: food photographer Steve Homer of Sabor de Almería in the southeast of Spain.

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Food Art: Bergen Fish Market, food photography by Meeta Khurana Wolff

Published by Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Permalink 0

See more food photo compositions at Meeta K. Wolff.

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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 19, 2012

Published by Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Cuisine is when things taste like themselves.–Curnonsky

Maurice Edmond Sailland, better known by his pen-name Curnonsky, and dubbed the Prince of Gastronomy, was the most celebrated writer on gastronomy in France in the 20th century. He wrote or ghost-wrote over 65 books and enormous numbers of newspaper columns, included his most famous book, La France Gastronomique: Guide Des Merveilles Culinaires Et Des Bonnes Auberges Fran Aises (Gastronomic France: Guide to Culinary Marvels and Good French Inns).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Simple Sustenance: Spud Love — Spiced Potatoes and Dill

Published by Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Permalink 0

by Renu Chhabra

If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.–Robert Morley

It is hard to find someone who does not like potato.

From french fries, latkes, croquettes, gratins, fritters, hash browns, salads, to soups and stews — the list is endless. Most of us have our favorite potato dish or two.

This starchy tuber may seem like a very humble commodity, but is definitely celebrated in kitchens around the globe. Americans, Italians, Indians, French, or Irish — they all have their potato specialties making it difficult to ignore its place in the gastronomic arena.

My recent visit to India confirmed its importance even more.

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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 18, 2012

Published by Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.–Bette Davis (in the film Old Acquaintance)

Bette Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas. Click here to see a trailer from her movie Old Acquaintance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Just a spoonful of honey makes the medicine go down

Published by Monday, September 17, 2012 Permalink 0

 by Magda Wawrzonkowska

Honey is available all year long, but it’s at its tastiest in summer and early autumn when it has just been harvested. So we’re right in the middle of the honey season. This is the best time to discover its amazing properties. Give your body a wonderful gift — stop buying off-the-shelf honey products that contain only a small percentage of honey and discover the plethora of uses for this truly marvelous golden liquid!

Honey in honeycombs

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