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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

David Downie: Awesome & Easy Seafood Pesto Recipe, Great Lunch at Da Mirin

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, February 9, 2011 Permalink 0

by David Downie

(Photo shown: Alison Harris’ cover shot for Enchanted Liguria, which shows the church of San Rocco di Camogli)

The perched village of San Rocco di Camogli could fit in a picnic hamper, yet it boasts a famous bakery (Maccarini), a great butcher shop (Arturo Paolucci), a Michelin-praised restaurant (Nonna Nina) and a friendly little trattoria with fresh fish and a nice terrace and eager owners: Da Mirin. Co-owner Sandro does the cooking, while his wife and fellow proprietor, Elena, waits and runs the show.

Today Sandro whipped up some succulent fresh fish mousse with local olive oil, salt and pepper – not the creamy, heavy kind of mousse you get in fancy restaurants or in France. We nibbled on that with focaccia while waiting for the Pesto di Mare. This too is Sandro’s invention. First you clean and mince or process a bunch of fresh, fragrant basil, tossing in a fistful of plump pine nuts. Then you set the salsa aside. (Yes, salsa. In Italy, sugo = “sauce” and it is cooked, whereas salsa is raw, always). You take a handful of fresh, ripe tomatoes, simmer them at low heat in excellent olive oil, with a pinch each of salt and pepper. You prepare a couple of handfuls of fresh shrimp. You boil pasta like trenette or linguine or tagliolini or even fresh gnocchi. While the pasta is cooking, you toss the shrimp in with the tomatoes. A few seconds before the pasta is al dente, you take the sauce off the heat, put it in a serving bowl and stir in the salsa (the pesto of basil and pine nuts – no cheese, no garlic). Then you toss in the hot pasta and serve pronto. Awesome. Super, really, killer awesome.