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David Downie: Gallette, Italian Riviera Sea Biscuits

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Permalink 0

by David Downie

gallette del marinaio, sea biscuits, panificio maccarini

Everyone knows about the focaccia of Genoa and the Italian Riviera. But who remembers the region’s hardtack?

Sea biscuits: those hard, dry crackers that sailors would take with them on long journeys, because normal bread got moldy within days?
In Italian, sea biscuits are called “gallette.” The same word is used for the surf-worn, flattened stones you find on beaches. That’s because sea biscuits look very much like those stones, with pock marks.

There used to be hundreds of bakeries up and down the coast of Italy, and in America too, that baked sea biscuits. Now only a handful continue the tradition, most of them in Liguria, and only one makes gallette in the old-fashioned way, meaning the way they were made in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Food News Daily: September 20, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Permalink 0

Mainstream Anglo Media and Press

A scotch eggstravaganza: A just-set egg in sausagemeat with a light and crisp crumb coating is a lovesome thing, The Guardian

Is Wall Street Driving World Hunger?, The Atlantic

Notes from my Slow Food Challenge dinner, by Joe Yonan, The Washington Post

Walmart’s Fresh Food Makeover: Can the retailer known for its poverty wages solve the problem of urban “food deserts”?, The Nation

The world’s most expensive whisky: Dalmore 62: A bottle of Dalmore 62 scotch whisky has been bought for a new world record of £125,000, The Guardian

Tomato Carpaccio (Mark Bittman), The New York Times

Work starts on York’s Chocolate Attraction (theme park), BBC

American History, Seen through a Shot Glass, NPR

Best of the Anglo Food and Travel Blogs and Sites

Closing the Productivity Gap for Women Farmers, Impatient Optimists

Ahoy Matey! International Talk Like a Pirate Day – September 19, The Rambling Epicure

Food News Daily: September 13, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Permalink 0

Mainstream Anglo Media and Press

Dinner with a side of yodeling, Chicago Tribune

The Next Big Thing: Peruvian Food, The Wall Street Journal

Lemon squares, New Zealand Herald

Nutrition app to ‘separate fat from fiction’, The Sydney Morning Herald

36 Hours in Bern, The New York Times

Antibiotics in Pork Draw More Scrutiny By Inspectors, The Wall Street Journal

Hunting for the great white grape, San Francisco Chronicle

Sous-vide cooking gives chefs an option (Thomas Keller), Los Angeles Times

How to Cook a Complete Indian Meal, Times of India

Food Photography

Cherry composition, Alessandro Guerani

Best of the Anglo Food and Travel Blogs and Sites

Blueberry Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting, My Baking Addiction

The Best Mashed Potatoes: Really What Does that Mean?, Creative Culinary

Dan Barber, Renowned Chefs Draft Letter to Young Chefs (video), Eater

Bratwurst with jalapeño-peach mustard, Broke Ass Gourmet

TV Dinners: Grand or Gauche?, Leite’s Culinaria

Alternative Press/Sites

Cooking Survey Reveals That 28% Of Americans Can’t Cook, Huffington Post Food

Flawed Fruit: The Not-So-Rosy Reality of Industrial Tomato Farming in America, Mother Earth News

The New Dirty Dozen: 12 Foods to Eat Organic, The Daily Green

World

Comer en la Escuela, A Table

Little Chefs, Best Shellers, Printing Food and Human-Derived Gelatin: The new gastro generation, Food Meditations

Salada com queijos, Vovó que ensinou

Food News Daily: August 31, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Permalink 0

Mainstream Anglo Media and Press

Ladurée Brings Its Macarons to New York, The New York Times

: Lemon Pepper Macarons, by Meeta Khurana Wolff

Sesame crusted chilli and mint fish cakes with melon salsa, New Zealand Herald

China arrests 2,000 over illegal food additives, Irish Times

Dan Lepard’s nectarine strudel recipe, The Guardian

Making a brew, South American style, Irish Times

Wolfgang Puck picks London for his first venture in Europe: The US celebrity chef is scarcely known in Britain – and that’s good, he says, The Independent

The return of the fixed-price menu, San Francisco Chronicle

The palate’s Prozac, Brisbane Times

The Antibacterial of Coriander Oil, Journal of Medical Microbiology

How to make blackberry wine and whisky (to help us forget it’s the last day of ‘summer’), The Guardian

Best of the Anglo Food and Travel Blogs and Sites

A Beef With New Age Vegetarians, Zester Daily

In a Pickle: Pickled Red Tomatoes, Serious Eats

Freezer Tomato Sauce, Leite’s Culinaria

Sautéed Pork Medallions with a Ginger-Infused Balsamic Reduction, Feast on the Cheap

Alternative Press/Sites

How to Stay a Foodie Family on Food Stamps, Civil Eats

Sourdough Biscuits, Mother Earth News

Eating Sustainable for $5 a Meal (podcast by Josh Viertel), Edible Communities

Don’t like bothering with food safety rules? Sue the FDA!, Food Politics

Stumped in the produce section? No fail tips for picking perfect summer veggies, Eating Well

World

Lingonberry Dark Chocolate Buns, What’s for Lunch Honey

Chutney Surkh-e-Murch: Red Pepper Chutney in the Afghan Manner, The Spice Spoon

Ganesh Chathurti Recipes, I Love India

Butterscotch Pot de Creme, Dulce de Leche & Brown Sugar-Cumin Roasted Pecans, Eggbeater

Feuilles de brick – la recette en vidéo, Christophe Certain

Los Pedroches: por la ruta del jamón ibérico, A Table

Food News Daily: August 30, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Permalink 0

Mainstream Anglo Media and Press

Baked Trout With Arugula and Blueberries, Washington Post

Here’s Eating Lunch With You, Kid, New York Times

Cheers! It’s a real ale renaissance: Despite pub closures and a dwindling lager market, record number of microbreweries are opening, The Guardian

10 Best English Cheeses, The Independent

Food News Daily: August 24, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Permalink 0

Mainstream Anglo Media and Press

Bending the Rules on Bacteria (Harold McGee), The New York Times

True Food (a video), National Geographic

True Characters: You and Barry McBride have set up a restaurant with no name and no prices in Killarney, Irish Times

How to build a recipe: a video by Grant Achatz, chef of Alinea

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

I always say to build a recipe you have to know how to think with your tastebuds. Here’s a video with a thorough explanation of the process by one of the best in the world: Grant Achatz, chef at Alinea in Chicago, Illinois, in the U.S. He approaches it in an intuitive, yet logical manner. I strongly advise up-and-coming chefs to watch this. It holds lessons for life.

Click here to watch video.

Image courtesy of Caroline. Grant Achatz in center.

A Video: Why Meryl Streep Was Inspired to Play Julia Child

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, February 3, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

“Julie and Julia” was by no means one of my favorite food movies. Julie was of such a banality, lost in life with no purpose that made any sense, compared to Julia Child, who when she lacked something to do in Paris, set off on a mission that was to last the rest of her life. In this short video, Meryl Streep describes why she was inspired to make the movie. She really was the perfect choice, and I listen to excerpts of Streep’s performance over and over for inspiration.

Meryl Streep’s Julia Child Inspiration