Archive for October, 2007

Sangria – The Forgotten Drink

October 30, 2007

        I have a feeling that not many Americans really know what Sangria is all about. I see it on a drink menu very rarely and often times it could be better. Sangria is that drink you dream about sipping on during a long hot summer day with friends and family. Let’s [...]

Posted in At the Bar, World Cuisine 228 Comments »

Fish and Chips – The Endangered Dish

October 29, 2007

Americans, like myself, I believe underestimate the power of a large plate of Fish and Chips. Personally I find it very difficult to even find on a menu, let alone on a menu of an establishment I trust not to screw it up. So I hear that England and the surrounding locale seems to be [...]

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The 5 Mother Sauces – Tradition Prevails

October 29, 2007

When Escoffier began to catalog his culinary expertise into books in a sense he created many standards for recipes and methods to prepare food in the French tradition. By doing so he modernized the culinary arts and made it possible for the common man to prepare dishes like he could.

Posted in UnClad Ingredients 436 Comments »

31 Food Blogs – Spook Yourself

October 23, 2007

Photography: Jack O Lanterns by Jooliree Food is apart of our life. We have a plethora of choices in our day to day lives. If we wake up hungry, with an empty refrigerator like myself, we think to ourselves “Hmm. I’m hungry, where can I go to get a bite to eat?”. If we want [...]

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Mandoline Slicers – Lined Up

October 22, 2007

Mandolines have become a very useful tool in all types of kitchens. They make it easy to make several uniform cuts in a short amount of time. There are alternatives to them such as Robo-Coup attachments, the ever popular Salad Shooter from the ’90′s, or great knife skills with a lot of patience. I have [...]

Posted in Tools of the Trade 441 Comments »

Coffee From Around the World

October 18, 2007

I like Coffee. The thing is, once you have had great coffee it gets hard to drink that St#rb#cks stuff again. I recently was in Jamaica and had their Blue Mountain Coffee. Probably the best coffee I had ever had. It could be because it might have been the freshest coffee I ever drank, none-the-less, [...]

Posted in UnClad Ingredients, World Cuisine 370 Comments »