Monthly Archives: October 2010

Pickled Green Tomatoes!

I get green tomato pickles on my mind every time I walk past the tomatoes on the vine in my backyard these chilly days. I've been reading about pickles, too.  One of the best books I've found is Linda Ziedrich's The Joy of Pickling.  It's not only thorough, it's also very well written (I was hopeful from the beginning when I saw that the book opens with an epigraph from an excellent Salman Rushdie novel).  I liked also that she immediately simplifies the subject by saying there are basically two kinds of pickles, fermented pickles and vinegar pickles.  Fermented or natural pickles use a brine to encourage good bacteria to create the acidity.  Vinegar pickles can work faster and tend to have more of a sweet-sour profile, whereas the fermented pickles don't rely on ...

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City Fresh Eggs

Raising chickens in your backyard is a growing trend in cities such as NYC, LA, Seattle, Ann Arbor, and Chicago. Do you know your local ordinances?  via BackyardChickens.com

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Michelin Ratings 2011

One-Star, Two-Star, or Three-Star?  Find out what NYC, San Francisco area, and Chicago (November) restaurants earned stars, via Michelin Guide.

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Facts About Organic Milk

Is the price you pay for organic milk really worth it? Here are some reasons why organic milk is good for you, via Huffington Post.

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Had Something To Say

As I've said before, the best things happen when you get carried away.  Two people who share this view are Diane Cu and Todd Porter, photographers and filmakers, aka whiteonricecouple.  Two weeks ago, at the BlogHer food conference in San Farancisco, they asked to film me talking, I'm still not sure why.  Diane said she wanted to film me thinking. I thought that was going to be kind of difficult. I'd just come from the concluding keynote panel with glutenfreegirl and orangette, two people I really admire, and had a few minutes before heading to a bacon curing demo orchestrated by Elise.   I've got no excuses other than the six cups of coffee before the panel. The book of which I speak, is Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, by Harvard Anthropologist Richard Wrangham. I've talked about this book before. ...

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