by Michael Ruhlman | Nov 12, 2014 | Article, Farming, Food Business, Food Safety, food science, health, Potatoes, Rant, Vegetables
Beware the cancer lurking within these harmless-looking spuds/iPhoto by Donna The New York Times recently called my attention to the USDA approval of a new genetically modified potato intended to reduce cancer by eliminating acrylamide. What is acrylamide?...
by Michael Ruhlman | Mar 11, 2014 | baking, cheese, Potatoes
Here is the classic potato gratin that I made at a makeshift studio during the first series of the Le Creuset demo videos. My daughter had come along to see lovely Charleston, look at the College of Charleston, and generally take in the scene, and the only comment...
by Michael Ruhlman | Sep 19, 2011 | Potatoes, sidedishes, Vegetables
What are the most special things we can cook? I contend the most special preparations are not those that are most difficult, time-consuming, or use the most expensive ingredients, but rather the ones that result in food we can’t buy. I can make bread, and...
by Michael Ruhlman | Jul 11, 2011 | Appetizers, Charcuterie, Guest Post, Potatoes, Recipes, Salads, Seafood, sidedishes
I’ve known of Dorie Greenspan for ages, author of numerous books, highly respected and well-liked in the food world, even has large group of blogs at Tuesdays with Dorie, dedicated to her book, Baking: From My Home To Yours. But it wasn’t till last fall...
by Michael Ruhlman | Nov 10, 2010 | Appetizers, Potatoes, Recipes, sidedishes, Technique
Sweet potato chips beat potato chips by a mile. I hadn’t cooked these in years, which is a real shame—so many missed opportunities for pleasure! Sweet potato chips are dense, flavorful, nutritious, and compulsively eatable. They all but jump into your hand...
by Michael Ruhlman | Jun 28, 2010 | Potatoes, Recipes
OK, things are starting to roll a little faster here. Delighted this week to see peas in our CSA haul! Still a helluva lot of lettuce (which, truth be told, my belly needs a little a more of). We were a little disappointed in week three, when some of the lettuces...
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