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Kitchen Chemistry

July 29, 2010
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During my summer internships at General Foods, I worked with many industrial processing techniques and chemicals that I later dismissed as having no practical value for a home cook working on a much smaller scale. I was proven wrong years later when the collection of techniques lumped together under the name “molecular gastronomy” became standard [...]

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Tony and Me

July 27, 2010
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From the day I read Kitchen Confidential (KC ) right through to today, Anthony Bourdain has been a huge influence on how I cook, eat, and think about cooking and eating. He motivated me to try new things, which has led to some amazing meals at Per Se, St. John, Au Pied de Cochon, and [...]

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Market Transition

July 24, 2010
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It’s still way to hot to be motivated to cook, but the family must be fed, so I wandered around the farmer’s market today, waiting for inspiration  to strike. We’re a third of the way through the market season, which means tomatoes, corn, and peaches are starting to show up. I bought some early tomatoes, [...]

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Ginger Scallion Noodles

July 21, 2010
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You need ginger scallion sauce on your noodles, in your fridge, and in your life. For real.” That’s David Chang’s advice in the Momofuku cookbook, so who am I to argue? I needed a noodle fix, and the recipe didn’t involve heating up the kitchen to the point where it was uninhabitable, so it was [...]

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Market Meltdown

July 17, 2010
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It’s hot out there. It’s been hot for weeks, so hot that I don’t feel like cooking for fear of turning the kitchen into a blast furnace. So I went to the market with an eye toward what I can cook just on the stove. I found Italian broad beans, green peppers, cherry tomatoes, raspberries, [...]

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Chocolate Ice Cream

July 15, 2010
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My chocolate ice cream is richer than the legendary Toscanini’s Chocolate No. 2 (Dark).” I made that boast last year, but never followed up with any proof, or even a recipe. A combination of feeling like cooking again, summer heat, and the arrival of a new kitchen gadget spurred me to make said chocolate ice [...]

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The Return of the Bacon Explosion

July 13, 2010
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Ever since I wrote about making a Bacon Explosion, I have been pestered by a writer friend, Scott Edelman, who insisted that I bring one to Readercon 21. I advised him of the difficulty of serving a smoked pork product in a hotel room, but he waved off all of my objections. As these discussions [...]

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Market Holiday

July 3, 2010
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I‘m still working through last week’s market haul, so today was more of a reconnoitering instead of a purchasing trip. Still, I couldn’t pass up the first yellow beans, fava beans,  and red onions of the season, as well as some flowers for She Who Must Be Obeyed and a triple berry pie  for our [...]

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Mayonnaise

July 2, 2010
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At the urging of Ryan Adams, whose adventures in cooking through all of Fergus Henderson’s Nose to Tail: The Whole Beast are chronicled at Nose to Tail at Home, I submitted a proposal for a weekly feature at the now-defunct Eat Me Daily (EMD) blog. My idea was to show how easy it is to [...]

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Fast Recipes for Grilling

June 30, 2010
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It’s the start of another summer, which means it’s time for another of Mark Bittman’s “101″ lists for The New York Times. In the past, he’s compiled simple recipes for salads, picnics, and meals; now he’s compiled quick recipes for the grill: There, in all of their Fourth of July glory, are 101 grilling ideas [...]

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