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French Food Quote: Daily Food Quote, August 15, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, August 15, 2011 Permalink 0

Nouvelle cuisine was so specifically French that it was, and still is, misunderstood in the rest of the world. You have to be dominated by Escoffier before rejecting him becomes meaningful.–Mark Kurlansky, Choice Cuts (2002)

Mark Kurlansky’s Choice Cuts features more than 200 essays on what great thinkers, writers, musicians and sometimes even foodies thought about food in all its forms throughout time. It is essential to any cookbook collection and serves as an amusing read at any time of the day.

The Rambling Epicure is looking for social media marketing interns: immediate opening

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, August 8, 2011 Permalink 0

Would you like to be part of a highly motivated team of well-known writers and artists from around the world working to promote real food in all its aspects?

The Rambling Epicure is a daily international food chronicle, and the first online newspaper to follow global food trends and news.

Based in Switzerland, The Rambling Epicure joins the voices of food writers and artists from around the world who are interested in promoting a mindful, responsible approach to real-food shopping, cooking, and eating, as well as food politics, safety, history, art, literature and philosophy.

Although the common language of our site is English, many articles are published in Spanish, French, German and Chinese, in bilingual version, and we plan to include still more languages. This allows us to reach a truly international audience and spread the word, literally following food from seed to table and sometimes even beyond. We want to expand, and we have no borders. That is why we are looking for social media interns from now into the fall.

Take a good look at our site and our goals, and if you’d like to be part of the our mission to spread the word, please contact us by clicking the blue Contact Us button at the top right of the home page.

There are no geographic location requirements for the job. You can do it from anywhere on the globe. All you need is fluent English and a stable ADSL or broadband connection.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, June 16, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, June 16, 2011 Permalink 0

by Sim ón de Swaan

[A Comice pear is] sweetly and subtly perfumed…so soft it is best eaten with a spoon, a tenderness more appealing to gourmets than to those who have to pick, ship, handle and store it in constant fear of ruinous spoilage.–Waverley Root, Food

Waverly Root, author of Food: An Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World, was an American journalist and writer, best known for the book The Food of France published originally in 1958, and is still in print today. He died in 1982. Click here to read his obituary.

Spontaneous Cuisine: Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote, It’s in Season!

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, April 18, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Recipe: Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote

I always get really excited when the strawberries and rhubarb come on the market. For me it’s literally like “breaking news.” They’re really the first local fruit.

Photo courtesy of Happy Hoarfrost.

One of my favorite dishes is strawberry-rhubarb compote. It’s healthy, full of fiber and vitamins; it’s also versatile and can be used in many ways.

In addition, it’s about as easy as you can get.

Continue Reading…

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, April 15, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, April 15, 2011 Permalink 0

by Sim ón de Swaan

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.–Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. Click here to listen to Pavarotti.

David Downie and Alison Harris On Book Tour from April 20 to May 20 in NYC and SF Bay Area

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, March 31, 2011 Permalink 0

by David Downie

Food and travel writer David Downie and photographer Alison Harris are gearing up for their U.S. book tour, to beat the drum about their pair of newborn books: Quiet Corners of Rome and Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light (April 25, 2011) and (April 5, 2011). The covers, if you please!

Details about the books, book tours and links to their favorite book sellers are listed on David’s site, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.

Also featured on their tour and already available for purchase: Food Wine Burgundy, Food Wine Rome, Food Wine Italian Riviera & Genoa, and Cooking the Roman Way (the new e-book version).

What’s on the playbill? They’ll be showing slides (actually, Alison will do a PowerPoint presentation), talking, chatting, interacting via riveting Q&As, giving live radio interviews (most are still to be scheduled), and generally performing all the other tricks and great things writers and photographers do on book tours. Singing, dancing, walking tight ropes, jumping through hoops…

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, February 1, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway and Simon de Swaan

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.–George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, and died on November 2, 1950. Although of the landed Irish gentry, his father failed at both being a civil servant and working as a grain merchant. The family lived in genteel poverty, and Shaw’s education was irregular, also due to his dislike of any organized training, and ended at the age of 16. Shaw did however develop a broad knowledge of music, art, and literature, thanks to his mother’s strong cultural influence and many visits to the National Gallery of Ireland.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, January 27, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, January 27, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simon de Swaan

Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese.–Luis Buñuel (1900-1983)

Luis Buñel was born in 1900 in Spain. While studying at the University of Madrid, he met Salvador Dali and Federico Garcia Lorca. He later went to Paris and served as an assistant to experimental filmmaker Jean Epstein, then went on to become a major Surrealist filmmaker in his own right, first in Hollywood, and later in Mexico. He was known for having good food and drink on his sets.