News Feed: February 12
Everything you ever wanted to know about beans [Chow] Spice up your life for Lunar New Year [Zester Daily] Pop-up restaurants give young chefs a license for experimentation [NYT] Make homemade candies to show your sweetie that you really care [Daily Beast]Recipe: Beef Short Ribs in Moscatel
Here's a weekend recipe for our snowed-slammed East Coast readers: fall-off-the-bone braised short ribs, cooked slow in Moscatel, a sweet, full-bodied wine from Spain. A host of spices gives the rich braising liquid some extra oomph; jalapeño chile brings bite. Aside from the critical step of browning the meat, this dish practically makes itself, which is just what you need after three days of shoveling.
Eye Candy: Cooking for Haiti
Eric Hara of the Oak Room served this lemon pavlova, lemon sorbet, and rose water syrup dessert at last week's Beard House benefit for Haiti. The dinner raised over $4,000 for the International Rescue Committee and its support of the country's earthquake victims.
See more photos from the evening here.
(Photo by Bobbi Lin)
Eat-Q: Culinary Aphrodisiacs
Our fascination with aphrodisiacs is nothing new. Mankind has been on the hunt for libido-fueling foods since, well, the birth of man, and our desperation can occasionally venture beyond good taste. For example, Aphrodite, the goddess of love in Greek mythology, considered the brains of a certain animal to be arousing. Can you guess which one?
A. Beetle B. Panther C. Snake D. SparrowSee if you answered correctly—and check out our full list of aphrodisiac trivia—by clicking here.
News Feed: February 11
The Hungry Filmmakers series will screen excerpts from five food-conscious films on February 23. [Hungry Filmmakers] The Momofuku crack pie wins over a former sweets snubber. [LAT] Corby Kummer is pleasantly surprised by the produce at Walmart. [Atlantic] Chinese New Year goes chic: how upscale restaurants celebrate the holiday. [WSJ] Could the iPad kill cookbooks? [Grub Street Chicago] Plan the perfect Valentine's Day with this guide from Bon Appétit. [Bon Appétit]On the Menu: Valentine's Day Seduction
We’ll always love the tried and true chocolate and roses, but this year we’re excited for something extra on Valentine's Day: a sexy menu from the renowned team from Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Spice Market. Chef Anthony Ricco’s reinvented Asian fare will be on display, as well as tasty sweets by the restaurant’s original pastry chef, Pichet Ong. Check out the menu below (warning: heart palpitations may occur):
Shaved Tuna with Chili Tapioca and Coconut-Lime Broth
Spiced Chicken Samosas with Cilantro Yogurt
Cod with Malaysian Chile Sauce and Thai Basil
Red Curried Duck with Pineapple Sambal
Tropical Fruit Sundae with Passion-Fruit Foam and Basil Seeds
Ovaltine Kulfi with Spiced Chocolate Sauce and Muckwa
Chocolate Cupcake with Salted Caramel and Vietnamese Coffee
To view the entire menu, visit the official event page.
Eye Candy: Grits, with the Volume on High
At last Saturday's Beard House dinner, chef Adam Cooke of the Barn at Blackberry Farm served these raw sheep’s milk cooked–Anson Mills grits, topped with an unctuous egg yolk, earthy Tennessee black truffles, and ham hock consommé jelly. (Doesn't this sound perfect for a blustery winter day?)
Check out more photos from his farm-to-table tasting here.
(Photo by Philip Gross)
News Feed: February 10
Bravo has announced the cast of the next season of Top Chef Masters. [LAT] Chile peppers, flying fish roe: these are the new aphrodisiacs. [NYT] Year of the Tiger: kick off this beast of a year with a Chinese feast. [Hungry Beast] The Chicago Tribune announces the winners of its 2010 Good Eating Awards. [Chicago Tribune] The Vermont Butter & Cheese Co. turns 25, celebrates with a new cookbook. [Boston Globe]Eat this Word: Zeppole
WHAT? Saintly snack. March 19, the day of San Giuseppe, is the day tradition binds Neapolitans to eat zeppole. (The plural takes an "e.") Not that it takes much encouragement. Although New Yorkers associate the deep-fried dough dusted with powdered sugar with street fairs in Little Italy, the snack dates at least to the early 19th century, and most likely several hundred years before that. It was the Neapolitan pastry chef Pintauro who first fried his zeppole on the sidewalk (outside his shop), and thus created what one commentator, Don Giulio Genonino, in 1834 called the "zeppole de pasticcere a delluvio" (flood of zeppole) that characterizes the streets in Naples on the Day of St. Joseph.
WHERE? Anthony Pino's Beard House dinner
WHEN? February 19, 2010
Wine Wisdom: Andrea Robinson
One of the few female master sommeliers in the world, an inductee into our Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America, and a JBF Award winner, Andrea Robinson is in high demand for her advice on wine. We recently caught up with her to get the details on her new project and her suggestions for a few value-minded quaffers.
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