The Best Recipe for Culinary Cultural Imperialism

You know, I should just stop picking up Cook’s Illustrated Magazine.

I should know better by now.
I should know by now that the authoritative tone that their writers take works my very last nerve. I should know that, while their recipes are researched and tested obsessively and thus WILL work, most of them are […]

A Sri Lankan Curry

Sri Lanka is a land of gemstones, tea and spices.
This independent island nation, which sits about 18 miles or so off of the southeastern coast of India, is cast in the Indian epic, The Ramayana, as the stronghold of Ravana, the abductor of Sita, the wife of Rama, a human avatar of the god, Vishnu. […]

Michael Pollan’s Simple Rules For Healthy Eating

Avid reader Bomboniera sent me an article by Michael Pollan from the January 28th issue of the NY Times entitled, “Unhappy Meals.” Unfortunately, one has to pay to read it on the Times site as it has already been archived , however, it is available on Pollan’s site for free.
I wanted to point folks over […]

The Return of Food in the News

Big Pork vs. Little Lactavist
I found this on Metafilter yesterday: The National Pork Board, in their infinite compassion and sense of moral clarity, sent a threatening legal letter to a central Ohio mom (and author of The Lactavist Blog) who had produced a clever t-shirt with the slogan, “The Other White Milk” and […]

From Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Stir Fried Smoky Bacon With Bean Curd

Back when I reviewed Fuchsia Dunlop’s new cookbook on Hunan cuisine, Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook, I promised to present several recipes from the book as an example of the fine riches that await the avid cook and reader.
And I did present two recipes: Beef with Cumin and Peng’s Home-Style Bean Curd.
However, two recipes are not several […]