News Feed: November 22, 2011

by jbfauthor on November 22, 2011

Don’t worry about it: Thanksgiving sides that make themselves in a slow cooker. [NYT] The evolution of the human jaw: how the foods we eat shape our bodies. [NPR]

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On the Menu: October 3 through October 6

by jbfauthor on September 30, 2011

What better way to welcome October than with a fall feast at the Beard House? Monday, October 3, 7:00 P.M. Louisiana Style Diners at Drew’s Bayshore Bistro can enjoy a true down-home, low country meal without even leaving the tri-state area. Run by chef/owner Andrew Araneo, a 2010 JBF Award semifinalist for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic, Drew’s upscale bistro fare features the best of Gulf Coast cuisine: bold flavors, Cajun specialties, and spectacular seafood. Tuesday, October 4, 7:00 P.M. Hamptons Classic From Mexican street food–turned–haute cuisine to exquisite Mediterranean fare, the menu created by these talented chefs reflects the laid-back elegance of the South Fork. Locally sourced ingredients support the sophisticated flavors that have turned these restaurants

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The Bookshelf: Paula Wolfert

by jbfauthor on November 09, 2009

Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking Warm and full of integrity. That’s how Barbara Haber described JBF Award winner Paula Wolfert and her recipes at Beard on Books last week. After the introduction, Wolfert gave us some background about her lifelong love affair with cooking and the foods of the Mediterranean. She quit college to attend Le Cordon Bleu and went on to work with James Beard when she was only 19. After a very hard and tiring summer doing catering jobs with John Clancy, she decided to go to Morocco. According to Wolfert, in the 1950s, “if you were a writer and a beatnik, you went to Tangiers.” She didn’t go for the food, but it worked its way into her cooking, and she expanded out into the rest of the Mediterranean and, as she says, “it swept me away.” She went on in 1973 to write Couscous and other Good Food from Morocco, which became the definitive sourcebook for Moroccan cuisine.

Years later, Wolfert has penned over a dozen... Read more >

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The Bookshelf: Paula Wolfert's Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking

by jbfauthor on November 04, 2009

For a special installment of Beard on Books, JBF Award winner Paula Wolfert will be sitting down to discuss her new cookbook Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking. We'll be sure to report back on her discussion of this elemental technique; for now, we have a short primer about the myriad vessels employed in clay pot cooking. If you want to delve into the world of cooking with traditional clay pots, Wolfert recommends adding these basic pots to your kitchen battery: Spanish cazuela: The round, earthenware cazuelas of Spain are glazed all over, and can be placed in the oven or on top of the stove. Wolfert describes the cazuela as a sturdy workhorse, acting as a Mediterranean stand-in for skillets. Romertopf clay baker: This vessel dons a domed cover, making it something of a miniature oven. Romertoph

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