. My birds are a heritage breed and not a inbred variety like his. Mine eat only bugs and grass and his still require 80% of their diet be commercial GMO/Soy laden feed. I may have to cook a few more of mine, but I feel better...

throughout the year and in different sections of the country. Caged hens could be fed different feeds to produce the same deep gold color but that’s not as widely acceptable to the average American consumer. They could also...

Really? Ozzies? I used to frequent the one in Bklyn Hts., what 8 years ago... and liked it, but when it moved out and I happened upon the one inPkSlope I was a tad disappointed. I have had a nice cup of regular blk coffee at the...

at my farmers' market is raising some heirloom breeds of turkey, so that should be interesting. Last year I made a cranberry sauce with a lot of minced fresh ginger that I found at the farmers' market—very nice and...

after the meal was additionally interesting – apparently a high-vitamin C apple created through selective breeding to be browning-resistant. For myself the dessert choice was a no brainer - “haute cornbread” is a...

From what I understand, eggs deteriorate in quality as they get older (the whites become more liquidy, etc.). But they won’t catch salmonella from sitting around in the fridge or on the counter—they’re either...

You are correct on the une of curaçao in the Pegu. I think I’ve just become so tired of inept bartenders giving me a blank stare when I ask for orange curaçao that I just ask for triple sec anymore. Peychaud’s is...

the party. MIL and SIL are happy, you got out of cooking more than half the meal for people who didn’t really care anyway. Expectations always breed resentments. You expected them to enjoy your meal and your efforts. When they...

they gather this special breed. Can anyone get them to fess up?

right now than there have ever been, but overfishing has reduced shark population to historic lows. That’s because chickens breed prolifically, reproduce quickly and in relatively large numbers, and are slaughtered at at an...

My local farmers' market ( in north west England), has a stall selling ostrich meat. Occasionally, they have ostrich eggs. One is the equivalent of 14 hens eggs – now that is one heck of an omelette. One day, I’ll...

restaurant, I order what I can’t or don’t make easily at home: Tea Smoked Duck, for example. Tofu skin/veggie chicken that’s made in-house at the restaurant. Slow-cooked Old Hen soup, Slow-stew beef noodle soup....

brought the Brooklyn Blackout Cake from Two Little Red Hens on 2nd Ave and 86th Street in Manhattan. (... a thank you to Loeb for posting about this bakery here on the board. It has been open since December yet I did not know it...

a small farmer had been breeding to constitute a cross between a French and a Dutch duck. The flesh was flavorful, and there were reasonable amounts of fat between the skin and the flesh. The beet puree was interesting, imparting...