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Wendell Berry on Small-scale Farming in Good Times and Bad

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Quote from Wendell Berry‘s Bringing it to the Table, On Farming and Food, introduction by Michael Pollan

In the time when my memories begin –the late 1930s — people in the country did not go around empty-handed as much as they do now. As I remember them from that time, farm people on the way somewhere characteristically had buckets or kettles or baskets in their hands, sometimes sacks on their shoulders.

Those were hard times — not unusual in our agricultural history — and so a lot of the fetching and carrying had to do with foraging, searching the fields and woods for nature’s free provisions: greens in the spring-time, fruits and berries in the summer, nuts in the fall. There was fishing in warm weather and hunting in cold weather; people did these things for food and for pleasure, not for “sport.” The economies of many households were small and thorough, and people took these season opportunities seriously.

David Downie: Part 1 of his take on Salon du Chocolat in Paris

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, October 24, 2011 Permalink 0

by David Downie

Choc Around the Clock in Paris at the Salon du Chocolat

The annual chocolate feast, fete and orgy known here in Paris as the Salon du Chocolat takes over the city this year from October 20 to 24. If you’re not in Paris already, get here fast. There might not be any chocolate left if you arrive on the last day.

It has been remarked (by yours truly) that if you toss out a euro these days it will probably land on a Paris chocolate shop or pâtisserie with a celebrated chef bent on titillating his customers’ taste buds while dazzling their eyes and lightening their wallets.

No other city, not even Brussels, has as much fine chocolate as Paris. Paris is the chocolate capital of the world.

While the Swiss and Belgians weren’t looking, Paris stole their milk cows and became the swaggering global capital of chic chocolate.

All challengers to this claim please take one of our chocolate tours and then decide whether to proceed with the duel.

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Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 24, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, October 24, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.–Socrates, c 430 BC

Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher unlike any other, since he never wrote anything. He is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.

He believed in teaching people how they ought to live and how to think for themselves, and is therefore compared by many to Jesus and Buddha, even though he had no dogma as such. He was convicted and executed for irreverence toward the Greek gods.

Chocolate News: Paris Salon du Chocolat Roundup

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, October 24, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

This year’s fashion show at the Salon du Chocolat in Paris was probably the most stunning and creative to date. The fashion designers gave a burlesque atmosphere to the entire show, and there was a full array of top top models to show their creations to their best advantage.

I’m melting! Chocolate catwalk show comes a cropper after model’s dress falls off. The Daily Mail has one of the most complete coverages of the chocolate dress fashion show, with a full photo show, including the several shots of Karine Ferri’s dress as it gradually desconstructed as she walked down the runway.

Trendhunter show a great closeup of the gladiator bikini that 2005 Miss France Cindy Fabre paraded.

Japan was the featured chocolate country this year, and Japanese Susumu Koyama, 47, was even named “Best Foreign Chocolatier” — winning out over top masters from celebrated chocolate-making nations like Belgium and Switzerland.

The Telegraph has a great photo of Anca Radici, with a close-up of her chocolate stockings and shoes.

ShoppingBlog shows some highlights in video, including the deconstructing dress.

Good photos to be seen on Out and About in Paris as well.

The show ends tonight, so if you’re in Paris, you still have time to pay a visit.

Health Challenge: 101 ways to use quinoa, well actually 5 easy ways

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, October 21, 2011 Permalink 0

by Tamar Chamlian

Quinua (Quinoa) plants near Cachora, Apurímac,...

Quinoa is a health food addict’s best friend. I have a love affair with it.

If I were to tell you that it could be used in 101 ways, yes there would be. I’ll keep it simple to start, however, by listing 5 easy, quick-fix ways to incorporate this magic grain in your everyday meals.

Do you want to know what so “magical” about quinoa? Its glory is that it is high in protein and fiber, yet provides you with lots of long-lasting, balanced energy.

But I don’t only like quinoa because of its nutritional values. I also like it because it is easy to combine it with other ingredients when cooking.

I often come home after a long day and the just the thought of thirty minutes in the kitchen making a big homemade meal overwhelms me. And can my digestive system really handle a big heavy meal?

The quinoa is sitting there, set, ready to go in just 10 minutes (and sometimes even less).

Here are my 5 easy, healthy quick-fix dishes:

Mix cooked quinoa with salad greens, small green peas, corn, steamed zucchini and cherry tomatoes. Drizzle a generous amount of olive oil and lemon juice. Add some salt and pepper, and you have a wonderful salad that can serve as a well-balanced meal
Substitute it for rice as a side for grilled vegetables and chicken.
Growing up in the Middle East, we regularly had tabbouleh. Tabbouleh is made with bulgur. I now cook my traditional homemade tabbouleh with quinoa. The replacement of bulgur with quinoa is much healthier and lower in carbohydrates.
Eat quinoa as a breakfast cereal. Simply mix the cooked quinoa with non-dairy milk and let it simmer. Add some slivered almonds and cranberries. Add cinnamon if you want to spice it up.
Substitute your burger patties with a mixture quinoa and chickpea patties. Add herbs and spices, such as paprika, cumin, garlic, coriander, and thyme.

Quinoa is revolutionary in the world of cereals and grains. It is chock-full of nutrition and fiber.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 21, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, October 21, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Once a turnip said, “I taste very good with honey.” “Go you boaster,” replied the honey, “I taste good without you.“–Russian folktale

Food Art: Tapas Time, food photography by Steve Homer

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, October 21, 2011 Permalink 0

Food photographer Steve Homer of Sabor de Almería in the southeast of Spain.

Ferran and Albert Adrià to “perform” cocktails

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, October 20, 2011 Permalink 0

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?

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Food News Daily: October 20, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, October 20, 2011 Permalink 0

Mainstream Anglo Media and Press

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

Best of the Anglo Food and Travel Blogs

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

Alternative Press/Sites

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

World

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

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, October 20, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, October 20, 2011 Permalink 0

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.