A Literary Culinary Journal
Once a turnip said, “I taste very good with honey.” “Go you boaster,” replied the honey, “I taste good without you.“–Russian folktale
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Food photographer Steve Homer of Sabor de Almería in the southeast of Spain.
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by Jonell Galloway
The Guardian says Ferran and Albert Adrià, the culinary visionaries of El Bulli, will be performing the superstar restaurant’s cocktails at Tickets in Barcelona, paired with a “greatest hits collection” of food: Parmesan ice cream, Iberian ham “airbag-uette,” mango leaves with marigold, yogurt pistachulines, and steamed brioche with mozzarella. So what next, Ferran?
Click here to watch the video.
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The world’s first vegan strip club: Will topless dancers really be able to teach customers at Casa Diablo to shun meat?, The Guardian
Shared Meals, Shared Knowledge, The New York Times
Angela Hartnett’s wood pigeon salad recipe, The Guardian
Energy Shots: The Next Big Thing in Marketing Caffeine to Children (Marion Nestle), The Atlantic
Prevent Alzheimer’s, Cancer: The Positive Effects of Drinking Coffee, The Guardian
How to make dandelion and burdock beer – dig for victory and a very British root beer, The Guardian
The Pawpaw: Foraging For America’s Forgotten Fruit, NPR
Pinch Me – A Culinary Dream Tour of Germany, Doc Sconz
The Danish food revolution: How the Danes went local, sustainable, and DIY, Culinate
Baked Sweet Potato Fries, She Wears Many Hats
Cheese flavour map charts cheddar/blue/regional/goats cheeses by how nutty/earthy/tangy/savoury, British Cheese Board
Feeding frenzy: Who’s behind the unsavory food stamp parodies, grist
Kraft recalls Velveeta mac and cheese, may contain wire bristles, Digital Journal
Book Review: “25 Years of Recipes from ‘The Art of Eating.” (Julia Child called the founder, Ed Behr, a cultist!), Zester Daily
Shrimp Po’ Boys with a Spicy-Sweet Remoulade, Feast on the Cheap
Gandhi Tour developed in India, Time
Grilled Halloumi and Turkish Fig salad with Persian Pomegranate, Shiyam Sundar
« Bio-logique » : Sur la logique de production et de consommation du « bio » aujourd’hui en France, exploratrice de saveurs
NO-GO zones for coal seam gas projects should be set up to protect high food-production areas, Victorian farmers say (Australia), Weekly Times Now/Slow Food Melbourne
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by Simón de Swaan
For, say they, when cruising in an empty ship, if you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.–Herman Melville, 1851
Herman Melville, an American author, is best-known for his novels of the sea and his masterpiece Moby Dick (1851), a whaling adventure dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne and heralded as one of the greatest novels in the English language.
Click here to read more about Moby Dick, which recounts the adventures of the narrator Ishmael as he sails on the whaling ship Pequod under the command of Captain Ahab, in search of the great white whale Moby Dick.
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by Jonell Galloway
So the Paris chocolate show, the Salon du Chocolat — undoubtedly the most cherished in the world — is officially open to the public, from October 20 to 24, 2011.
More than 800 chefs have created some 700 recipes to the delight of young and old alike, and pastry chefs will be demonstrating their master creations for all to see.
The the 17th Salon du Chocolat was officially inaugurated last night, and started out with bang: the initial bang of the fashion show, made up of chocolate dresses. The fashion show will be shown every day at 5 p.m. The photo above shows just a sample of the amazing creations that adorned the runway. This year, the dresses include creations by France’s best chocolatiers, as well as by up-and-coming fashion designers, and the Godmother of French fashion, Chantal Thomass.
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Prerna Singh is a food photographer and blogger. She spent most of her childhood in a few small towns in central India – a time she fondly remembers, with rotis straight out the clay oven and mom’s cooking, with produce straight from the farms.
She got her MBA in India, and worked in the advertising industry. She is now married and living in the U.S. with her husband and son.
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by Jonell Galloway
The Swiss Cookbook, by the famous but fictional Betty Bossi, the equivalent of Betty Crocker in the U.S., can make a good addition to a cookbook collection for those who want to cook Swiss dishes but can’t read French or German. It makes a great Christmas gift, and is handy to have in the house, whether you’re a gourmet cook or just an occasional one.
The recipes are organized by region. In a land with four languages and such cultural diversity, this is a necessity. There is a brief description of each region and its cuisine, along with attractive photos. Each recipe is accompanied by a photo.
The ring binding and glossy pages make it practical to use. The Swiss Cookbook is appropriate for Swiss people as well as for expatriates, because it gives a good overview of traditional Swiss cuisine and contemporary cuisine using Swiss ingredients.
It is an attractive gift for most anyone interested in food.
It can be ordered online from the Betty Bossi online shop, and is also available in many supermarkets in Switzerland.
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by Tamar Chamlian
Lasagne doesn’t have to be fattening. Here are five easy steps to make your lasagne healthy while keeping it delicious!
Bon Appetit!
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by Mónica Pinto
It all started centuries ago in the Portuguese convents. The nuns used to starch the habits with egg whites and, consequently, they ended up with huge quantities of egg yolks, so they started making a variety of rich and delicious sweets, mostly using egg yolks and sugar, in fact lots of both. Sometimes they would add almonds and a small list of other ingredients, but the egg yolks and sugar were always the main ingredients of the Portuguese convent sweets.
Papos de anjo, in English, would be something like, “angels’ stomachs” or “angels’ bellies”, and they are one of the most traditional of Portuguese sweets. They start as sugar-free, fluffy little egg cakes, round and smooth, just like the nuns imagined an angel’s belly, but then they are covered with a very sweet and aromatic syrup that makes them a melt-in-the-mouth treat, a delicacy for people with a very sweet tooth.
Enjoy!
Click here for Metric-Imperial converter.
Pastry:
6 egg yolks
1 egg white
Syrup:
Serve at room temperature.
I’m a food photographer and stylist with an Art & Design degree. I live in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, near the sea with my husband, my two boys and my dog. I love home cooking from around the world and have a very special interest in traditional Portuguese cuisine. I love to cook with fresh herbs, edible flowers and fresh vegetables. Some I grow organically in my kitchen garden. Others I buy from local farmers markets. I’m the author of Pratos e Travessas a blog about cooking, food photography and food chronicles.
Meet Jonell Galloway, a freelance writer and editor specialized in French cuisine. 
