Freshly sliced brioche. Photo by Donna
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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Brioche Revisited
Posted in Books, Bread, Bread App, Breakfast, From Scratch, Recipes Tagged bread baking, brioche, Martha Stewart, New York City, recipe, twenty 7 Comments
Return of Butcher Shops
Posted in Article, Beef, Butchery, Food Adventure, Food Culture, Food Politics, Food Safety Tagged butcher shops, butchery, new york times, revival, small business Leave a comment
Maple Syrup Mystery
Posted in aromatics, Article, Food Culture Tagged food history, maple syrup, the atlantic Leave a comment
Poutine!!
Posted in Article, Ethnic Cuisine Tagged canada, cheese curds, french fries, gravy, poutine, poutine chronicles Leave a comment
Pappadams!
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I made my staple Lemon-Cumin Dal the other day and while I served, Donna brought the pappadams over to the light for this photo. I always serve these Indian—what, crackers?—with dal. They add a delicate crisp crunch to the meal and an exotic (to me) flavor. If you've never served them, I urge you to try them. Not only delicious, but fun to cook! Made from lentil or chickpea flour, they're sold as flat smooth discs. Slip them into hot oil and they puff and fold and are finished in five seconds.
While I'm hoping a prominent food blogger, who publishes one of the most lovely recipe blogs I know, will try the recipe for this mung-bean-based dal, featured in Twenty, it reminds me of two other writer cooks specializing in Indian ...Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman
Posted in Appetizers, Books, Ethnic Cuisine Tagged Dorie Greenspan, Indian Cuisine, Monica Bhide, pommadoms, Suvir Saran 13 Comments
Twenty in the News
There has been a flurry of activity in regards to Michael's new book Ruhlman's Twenty it is featured in today's Chicago Tribune; "20 Steps to Better Cooking". Joe Crea from Cleveland's The Plain Dealer writes about a few of the Twenty techniques, in "Michael Ruhlman's 'Twenty' Recipes. Russ Parson's of the LA Times has also reviewed Twenty.
Upcoming Ruhlman Events
Tonight at 6:00pm see Michael at Lantern in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Thursday Michael is back in Ohio for the Cleveland Culinary Challenge that is being held at the Tri-C Hospitality Management Center.
On November 11 & 12 see Michael at the Fabulous Food Show in Cleveland.
To learn more about events follow Michael on Facebook and Twitter.
Posted in Article, Books Tagged chicago tribune, Joe Crea, LA Times, Lantern, Russ Parsons, The Plain Dealer, twenty 7 Comments
