Category Archives: Food Safety

Frying Chicken

By Emilia | Published: May 20, 2013

Frying chicken at home is easier then you think here are some tips that can help you out, via New York Times.

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America Has a Serious Eating Disorder

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: May 15, 2013

Danger: salt is back. Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman.

No, wrong. America has a serious THINKING disorder. See that white stuff raining down from my fingers? It’s salt. And it’s the way you should salt the food you cook on your stove top or the chicken that’s going into your oven. But if you listen to the ABC Nightly News reporting about The Dangers of Salt, aka ABC News acid reflux, and then read today’s NYTimes page one story saying that salt is not bad for you, you must be wondering who to listen to. Well if you are, just stop listening and think for your fucking self. I have a dear friend who prevents his kids from drinking any milk other than nonfat milk but thinks nothing of serving ...

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Farm Transparency v. Farm Secrecy

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: April 11, 2013

A foie gras farmer feeding her ducks. Photo by Michael Ruhlman.

A foie gras farmer feeding her ducks during the brief period of gavage. The ducks at the bottom of the photo showed no signs of illness or discomfort (they were quite merry, actually, if that's possible). Photo by Michael Ruhlman.

Last summer, on assignment for Condé Nast Traveler, I visited a farm that raises ducks for foie gras, driven there along harrowing roads in southwestern France by Kate Hill. I'd never seen the practice, vilified in America, of force-feeding ducks and, being in the land of foie gras and confit de canard, I had to see for myself. The farm, Souleilles, run by Yves and Geneviève Boissière, is wide, wide open in the town of Frespech. The husband and wife were warm and welcoming and ...

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A Mobile Idea

By Emilia | Published: March 25, 2013

A few friends came up with the idea of the ISLAND a mobile processing kitchen for preserving foods, via Good.

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Cook Your Own Food. Eat What You Want.
(Think for Yourself.)

By Michael Ruhlman | Published: March 14, 2013

Salt and fat does a body ight or wrong? Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman

Salt and fat are good for you! Salt and fat are bad for you! Oh my God, what should I do? Everyone, run and hide! Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman

I’d have thought that an article in last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Eat Your Heart Out by Gretchen Reynolds, would have made me happy. I’ve long argued that America’s terror of fat and salt is misguided and blown grossly out of proportion. But all the piece did was make me mad. It notes a study that found that men with heart disease who reduced their intake of meat and saturated fats and increased the polyunsaturated fats in their diet were more likely to die of a heart attack than the control group who maintained their customary diet. ...

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Category Archives: Food Safety

Frying Chicken

America Has a Serious Eating Disorder

Farm Transparency v. Farm Secrecy

A Mobile Idea

Cook Your Own Food. Eat What You Want.
(Think for Yourself.)

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