Sun, March 14, 2010

The Year in Food

Posted 2 months, 1 week ago

Most of the highlights in the food realm over the last decade can be framed in the context of two competing paradigms that have clashed. In one corner we have big food: factory farms, fast food restaurants, mystery meat, biotechnology, and other examples of the economics of scale applied to…

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Jewish Pleasure: Is Honey Cake Better Bitter?

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

It’s Rosh Hashanah. Happy New Year. Gastronomically speaking, I’m a self-hating Jew. If my dear departed Grandma Betty ever gave your Grandma the recipe her upstairs neighbor in Tamarac gave her for Swedish Meatballs, I feel I owe you an apology.

That’s not to say there isn’t a ton of good…

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On a Wing and a Prayer: Bon Appetit Says We Love Chicken

Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago

And chicken we had—in pot pie, in stews, in soup, and mixed with other meats in main courses… They were depression food and if, throughout my career, I have printed more recipes for chicken than any other meat it is because it is the most versatile of viands. Although I dined on chicken at…

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